Rent Aparajito (1956)

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Rent Aparajito (aka The Unvanquished / Apu 2: The Unvanquished) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
'Aparajito' sees Apu (Smaran Ghosal / Pinaki Sengupta) move with his family to the busy city of Benares, where they hope to build a new life after suffering a devastating family tragedy. But when Apu's father then dies, the young man decides to head out on his own and attend college in Calcutta, leading to a growing estrangement between himself and his widowed mother.
Actors:
, Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Lalchand Banerjee, , , , , Debabrata Chakraborty, Harendrakumar Chakravarti, Hemanta Chatterjee, Meenakshi Devi, Subodh Ganguli, , Santi Gupta, Ajay Mitra, Anil Mukherjee, Shibnarayan Nag, Bhaganu Palwan, K.S. Pandey
Directors:
Producers:
Satyajit Ray
Writers:
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Satyajit Ray, Kanailal Basu
Others:
Karuna Banerjee
Aka:
The Unvanquished / Apu 2: The Unvanquished
Studio:
Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
Genres:
Bollywood, Children & Family, Classics, Drama
Collections:
Award Winners, Lions on the Lido, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Satyajit Ray, Top 10 Award Winners at the London Film Festival, Top 10 Films By Year, Top 10 Films of 1959, Top Films
Countries:
India
Awards:

1957 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion

BBFC:
Release Date:
10/02/2003
Run Time:
108 minutes
Languages:
Bengali Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
B & W
Bonus:
  • Extracts from BBC Omnibus – 'The Cinema of Satyajit Ray'
  • Production Notes by Ray Biographer Andrew Robinson
  • 'Pather Panchali' Storyboards
  • Stills and Poster Gallery
  • 'The World of Apu Movie Masterclass' Documentary
BBFC:
Release Date:
25/05/2020
Run Time:
110 minutes
Languages:
Bengali LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.37:1
Colour:
B & W
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Audio recordings from 1958 of director Satyajit Ray reading his essay "A Long Time on the Little
  • Road" and in conversation with film historian Gideon Bachmann
  • New interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Shampa Srivastava, and Sharmila Tagore; camera assistant Soumendu Roy; and film writer Ujjal Chakraborty
  • Making "The Apu Trilogy": Satyajit Ray's Epic Debut, a new video essay by Ray biographer Andrew Robinson
  • "The Apu Trilogy": A Closer Look, a new program featuring filmmaker, producer, and teacher Mamoun Hassan
  • Excerpts from the 2003 documentary 'The Song of the Little Road', featuring composer Ravi Shankar
  • The Creative Person: "Satyajit Ray," a 1967 half-hour documentary by James Beveridge, featuring interviews with Ray, several of his actors, members of his creative team, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta
  • Footage of Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992
  • New programs on the restorations by filmmaker: kogonada

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