Satyajit Ray 's "The Apu Trilogy "

Satyajit Ray doent not need an introduction to Indian film lovers. His famous work " The Apu trilogy " obtained national attention when they started getting international recognitions. Apru trilogy was selcted as one of the best 100 films made ever by TIME Magazine critics. These movies throw light into the story of a child growing to manhood in modern India. His triumphs are small, his tragedies large, but Ray's filmmaking is direct in manner, simple in its means and profound in its impact (Time). After the critical and commercial success of his first film, Pather Panchali, Ray made Aparajito. This film was not very successful with the Bengali audience at the time of its first release. However, in Venice Film Festival, Aparajito was hailed as a masterpiece. His two subsequent films - Parash Pather (The Philosopher's Stone) and Jalsaghar (The Music Room) were commercial failures (satyajitray.org). His fifth and the final film of the Apu Trilogy, Apu sansar, made the critics and public happy.

The Apu trilogy is a series of three movies directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (Song Of The Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu). The movies — completed between 1955 and 1960 — were based on the novels of the Bengali author Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. The original music for the trilogy was composed by Ravi Shankar. Despite being rooted deep in Indian culture, these films evoke a universal humanistic response. That is because the trilogy is all about human relationships.

Awards:

Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), 1955 :

President's Gold & Silver Medals, New Delhi, 1955;Best Human Document, Cannes 1956 ;Diploma Of Merit, Edinbugh, 1956;Vatican Award, Rome, 1956 ;Golden Carbao, Manila, 1956 ;Best Film and Direction, San Francisco, 1957 ;Selznik Golden Laurel, Berlin, 1957 ;Best Film, Vancouver, 1958 ;Critics' Award - Best Film, Stratford, (Canada), 1958 ;Best Foreign Film, New York, 1959 ;Kinema Jumpo Award: Best Foreign Film, Tokyo 1966 ;Bodil Award: Best Non-European Film of the Year, Denmark, 1966

Aparajito (The Unvanquished), 1956
Golden Lion of St. Mark, Venice, 1957 ;Cinema Nuovo Award, Venice, 1957 ;Critics Award, Venice, 1957 ;FIPRESCI Award, London, 1957 ;Best Film and Best Direction, San Francisco, 1958 ;International Critic' Award, San Francisco, 1958 ;Golden Laurel for Best Foreign Film of 1958-59, USA ;Selznik Golden Laurel, Berlin, 1960 ;Bodil Award: Best Non-European Film of the Year, Denmark, 1967

Apur Sansar (The World Of Apu), 1959
President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1959 ;Sutherland Award for Best Original And Imaginative Film, London, 1960;Diploma Of Merit, 14th International Film festival, Edinburgh, 1960 ;Best Foreign Film, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, USA, 1960

Apu Triology (Pather Panchali, 1955; Aparajito, 1956; Apur Sansar, 1959)
Wington Award for each film, London Festival, 1980

Apu Trilogy in Satyajit Ray's words...
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Part 3

Reviews
The Apu Trilogy, by Roger Ebert. March 4, 2001. Chicago Sun Times
The Apu Trilogy, "Art wedded to truth must, in the end, have its rewards". by Richard Phillips
The Apu Trilogy, by Rob Mackie. March 21, 2003. The Guardian

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