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Apur Panchali is a 2013 Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. It is based on the life of Subir Banerjee, the actor who played Apu in Pather Panchali (1955), the first film of Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy. Director Kaushik Ganguly won the award of best director for Apur Panchali in the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in November 2013. The director mentioned in an interview that he found similarities between certain parts of the life of Subir Banerjee and the iconic character Apu. The film uses several minutes of footage from Pather Panchali in its narrative.
Original Release
04/25/2014
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Parambrata Chattopadhyay | Subir Banerjee (Young) |
| Parno Mittra | Ashima |
| Ardhendu Banerjee | Subir Banerjee (Old) |
| Gaurav Chakrabarty | Arka |
| Ritwick Chakraborty | |
| Runki Banerjee | Little Durga / (Archive Footage) |
| Subir Banerjee | Apu / (Archive Footage) |
| Kanu Bannerjee | Harihar Ray / (Archive Footage) |
| Karuna Bannerjee | Sarbojaya Ray / (Archive Footage) |
| Soumitra Chatterjee | Apu / (Archive Footage) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Parambrata Chattopadhyay | Subir Banerjee (Young) |
| Parno Mittra | Ashima |
| Ardhendu Banerjee | Subir Banerjee (Old) |
| Gaurav Chakrabarty | Arka |
| Ritwick Chakraborty | |
| Runki Banerjee | Little Durga / (Archive Footage) |
| Subir Banerjee | Apu / (Archive Footage) |
| Kanu Bannerjee | Harihar Ray / (Archive Footage) |
| Karuna Bannerjee | Sarbojaya Ray / (Archive Footage) |
| Soumitra Chatterjee | Apu / (Archive Footage) |
| Uma Das Gupta | Durga / (Archive Footage) |
| Chunibala Devi | Indir Thakrun |
| Smaran Ghosal | Apu |
| Nemai Ghosh | Self |
| Robayet Hossain Ovi | Ovi |
| Sharmila Tagore | Aparna |
| Kaushik Ganguly | |
| Juan Angel | (as Sova Sen Dutt) / Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Shrikant Mohta | Producer |
| Mahendra Soni | Producer |
