The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. The highest scoring of the 3 titles in its series.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
290 audience votes
Key crew
- Ravi ShankarOriginal Music Composer
- Satyajit RayDirector
- Satyajit RayScreenplay
Cast
- Soumitra ChatterjeeApurba 'Apu' Roy
- Sharmila TagoreAparna Roy
- Alok ChakravartyKajal Roy
- Swapan MukherjeePulu
- Sefalika DeviShashinarayan's Wife
- Dhiresh MajumdarShashinarayan
- Dhiren GhoshLandlord
- Belarani DeviApu's Neighbor
- Asha DeviCast
- Shanti BhattacherjeeOffice Associate
- Panchanan BhattacharyaCast
- Bechu SinghaCast
Stills
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Themes
dying and deathbroken engagementarranged marriageblack and whitecalcuttanovelist
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