Pather panchali: (1955) is the first film of the

Pather Panchali (1955) is the first film of the Apu Trilogy, a landmark of Indian cinema by Satyajit Ray. The film depicts the life of a poor rural family in Bengal with poetic realism and humanism, and marks Ray's departure from the commercial and political trends of Indian film. 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 ... Pather Panchali (Bengali: পথের পাঁচালী, Pôther Pãchali; transl. Song of the Little Road[1]) is a 1929 novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and was later adapted into a 1955 film of the same name by Satyajit Ray. Considered to be one of the greatest literary works describing rural life, Pather Panchali deals with the life of the Roy family, both in their ancestral village in rural Bengal and later when they move to Varanasi in search of a better life, as well ... Learn about the history, the making, and the meaning of Pather Panchali , the first film of Ray's Apu Trilogy. Explore the themes of poverty, childhood, and humanism in this masterpiece of Indian cinema.