The World of Apu (1960)

  • PG-13
  • 10/03/1960 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 45m

Overview

Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Novel

Satyajit Ray

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee's headshot

Soumitra Chatterjee

Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray
Sharmila Tagore's headshot

Sharmila Tagore

Aparna Ray
Alok Chakravarty's headshot

Alok Chakravarty

Kajal Ray
Swapan Mukherjee's headshot

Swapan Mukherjee

Pulu
Dhiresh Majumdar's headshot

Dhiresh Majumdar

Shashinarayan
Sefalika Devi's headshot

Sefalika Devi

Shashinarayan's wife
Dhiren Ghosh's headshot

Dhiren Ghosh

Landlord
Shanti Bhattacherjee's headshot

Shanti Bhattacherjee

Office Associate

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