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#Pather panchali blu ray series#
Each film in the series has lush and beautiful black and white cinematography. The cinematography by Subrata Mitra is quite remarkable. The emotional impact of these films is enhanced significantly by Shankar's wonderful music. The music is excellent throughout the trilogy and has a beautiful, serene, and majestic quality to it. The music score for each film was composed by Ravi Shankar. Ray worked with an incredible team of collaborators on these films. Inspired by American filmmakers, Ray felt he could explore filmmaking in a more dramatically compelling way. Ray's approach was significantly different. This was the common filmmaking style of the time. Though India was one of the largest film producers in the world in the 1950's, most of the films made in India were characterized by song, dance, and melodramatic storylines. In each of the films in the trilogy, the stories are focused on telling the story of Apu, his family, and his experiences growing up. The storytelling has a slice of life feel. The films explore the story of Apu throughout his life: from his early years as a boy living in an impoverished village, to his years as a young student in Calcutta, to his early years as a young man. While at the wedding, the groom is deemed unfit for marriage, and the family asks Apu to marry their daughter Aparna (Sharmila Tagore). A close friend of Apu's invites him to attend an arranged marriage wedding ceremony. In the third film in the trilogy, Apur Sansar ( The World of Apu), Apu (Soumitra Chatterjee) has graduated from school, is looking for work, and is writing his first (semi-autobiographical) novel. In the second film in the trilogy, Aparajito, Apu (Smaran Ghosal) is now a young man who has left home to go to school in Calcutta. His father, priest Harihar Ray (Kanu Bannerjee), who dreams of one day being a poet and writer, leaves the family to search for work, while his mother Sarbojaya Ray (Karuna Bannerjee) struggles to care for the family: Apu, his older sister Durga (Uma Das Gupta), and the elderly Aunt who lives with the family. His family lives in poverty and struggles to get by. In the first film in the trilogy, Pather Panchali, Apu is a young boy. Based on the beloved novels written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, the films made a significant mark in film history. The first film in the series, Pather Panchali ( Song of the Little Road), was an international success which put filmmaker Satyajit Ray on the map as one of India's most acclaimed filmmakers. The Apu Trilogy is one of the most acclaimed film series of all time.