(পথের পাঁচালী) Pather Panchali (1955), Also Known As: Pather Panchali: Song of the Little Road, Country: India Language: Bengali, Watch full Movie

Pather Panchali (1955)

The story of a young boy, Apu, and life in his small Indian village. His parents are quite poor - his father Harihar, a writer and poet, gave away the family's fruit orchard to settle his brother's debts. His sister Durga and an old aunt also still lives with them. His mother Sarbojaya bears the brunt of the family's situation. She scrapes by and sells her personal possessions to put food on the table and has to bear the taunts of her neighbors as Durga is always stealing fruit from their orchard. Things get worse when Harihar disappears for five months and Durga falls ill. Even after Harihar returns, the family is left with few alternatives

Director: Satyajit Ray
Writers: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (novel), Satyajit Ray (screenplay)
Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee

Cast
Complete credited cast:
Kanu Bannerjee ... Kanu Bandyopadhyay)
Karuna Bannerjee ... Sarbojaya Ray (as Karuna Bandopadhyay)
Chunibala Devi ... Indir Thakrun
Uma Das Gupta ... Durga (as Uma Dasgupta)
Subir Banerjee ... Apu (as Subir Bandopadhyay)
Runki Banerjee ... Little Durga (as Runki Bandopadhyay)
Reba Devi ... Seja Thakrun
Aparna Devi ... Nilmoni's wife

Details

Country: India

Language: Bengali

Release Date: 22 September 1958 (USA)

Also Known As: Pather Panchali

Filming Locations: Boral, West Bengal, India

Box Office

Gross: $536,364 (USA)

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Company Credits

Production Co: Government of West Bengal 

Technical Specs

Runtime: 125 min | 122 min (within Bengal)

Sound Mix: Mono

Color: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1