Apur Panchali

Apur Panchali
Directed byKaushik Ganguly
Produced byShree Venkatesh Films
StarringParambrata Chatterjee
Ardhendu Banarjee
Parno Mittra
Gaurav Chakrabarty
CinematographySirsha Ray
Edited byBodhaditya Banerjee
Music byIndradeep Dasgupta
Release dates
  • 25 November 2013 (2013-11-25) (IFFI)[1]
  • 25 April 2014 (2014-04-25) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Apur Panchali is a 2013 Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. It is based on the life of Subir Banerjee, the actor who played Apu in Pather Panchali (1955), the first film of Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy.[2][3] Director Kaushik Ganguly won the award of best director for Apur Panchali in the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in November 2013.[4] The director mentioned in an interview that he found similarities between certain parts of the life of Subir Banerjee and the iconic character Apu.[3] The film uses several minutes of footage from Pather Panchali in its narrative.

  1. ^ http://www.iffi.nic.in/Program%20IFFI-2013%20-%201st%20half%2010.11%20(2).pdf [dead link]
  2. ^ Ganguly, Ruman (29 March 2013). "Parambrata starts shooting for Apur Panchali". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Kaushik Ganguly's next film on Pather Panchali's child artiste". NDTV. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2013.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Kaushik Ganguly named Best Director for Apur Panchali at IFFI 2013". Dear Cinema. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.