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The World of Apu

The World of Apu

Part of Apu Collection

1959•1h 45m•8.1/10
Drama

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8.1/10(279)

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.

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Production

Satyajit Ray Productions

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Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray

Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Aparna Ray

Alok Chakravarty

Kajal Ray

Swapan Mukherjee

Pulu

Sefalika Devi

Shashinarayan's Wife

Belarani Devi

Apu's Neighbor

Asha Devi

Dhiresh Majumdar

Shashinarayan

Dhiren Ghosh

Landlord

Shanti Bhattacherjee

Office Associate

Panchanan Bhattacharya

Panchanan Bhattacharya

Bechu Singha

Abhijit Chatterjee

Aparna's Brother

Tushar Bandyopadhyay

Jiten Bhons

Jogesh Chatterjee

Gupi Banerjee

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