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Apur Sansar

By the time Apur Sansar was released, Satyajit Ray had directed not only the first two Apu films but also the masterpiece The Music Room, and was well on his way to becoming a legend. This extraordinary final chapter brings our protagonists journey full circle. Apu is now in his early twenties, out of college, and hoping to live as a writer. Alongside his professional ambitions, the film charts his romantic awakening, which occurs as the result of a most unlikely turn of events, and his eventual, fraught fatherhood. Featuring soon to be Ray regulars Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in star-making performances, and demonstrating Rays ever more impressive skills as a crafter of pure cinematic imagery, Apur Sansar is a moving conclusion to this monumental trilogy.

"The World of Apu finds Ray in total control of the frame, even using objects and people that exist independent of his direction to deepen the sense of Apus wanderlust and conflicting desires for isolation and belonging." SLANT

"Apur Sansar, the most tightly structured of [the Apu trilogy], is chock full of little masterstrokes of visual shorthand, like the way the passage of time is indicated by a camera dollying in and out of a hand fan." AV CLUB

"Apur Sansar is a poignant, triumphant final chapter to Satyajit Rays epic masterpiece, the Apu Trilogy" STRICTLY FILM SCHOOL