Apur Panchali (2014) - Goa
Synopsis
Talking about Apur Panchali, Kaushik said, "The film is inspired by the real-life story of Subir Banerjee, the child actor, who played Apu in Ray's Pather Panchali. Despite being one of the most celebrated child actors in the industry once, nobody cares to find out what he is doing now; no one remembers him. My film is a take on that. The USP of the film is the subject which has never been explored in Bengali cinema before. Interestingly, Subir's life has an uncanny resemblance to what Ray had depicted in The Apu Trilogy. And that's what inspired me to make this film. Albeit Pather Panchali was Subirda's first and last film, but if you study the man's life, you'd sit and ponder if Satyajit Ray had written The Apu Trilogy keeping Subirda in mind. Having said that, I'd like to make it clear that my film is a work of fiction, and not Subir Banerjee's biography."
It was in August 1955, when the film was released theatrically and its been 58 long years hence. But ironically Subir 'Apu' Banerjee never became a part of any film again in his entire life. The most striking point being, his real life existence started bearing an uncanny resemblence to the 'reel life' Apu that was created by Bibhutibhashan Badopadhay's. The saddest and probably the most wierdest coincidence being, when Subir acted in Pather Panchali as a kid he didn’t have the faintest idea that he was destined to carry the 'reel life' character’s curse throughout his life.
Director : Kaushik Ganguly
Producer : Shree Venkatesh Films
Cast : Parambrata Chatterjee,Parno Mitra
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Synopsis
Talking about Apur Panchali, Kaushik said, "The film is inspired by the real-life story of Subir Banerjee, the child actor, who played Apu in Ray's Pather Panchali. Despite being one of the most celebrated child actors in the industry once, nobody cares to find out what he is doing now; no one remembers him. My film is a take on that. The USP of the film is the subject which has never been explored in Bengali cinema before. Interestingly, Subir's life has an uncanny resemblance to what Ray had depicted in The Apu Trilogy. And that's what inspired me to make this film. Albeit Pather Panchali was Subirda's first and last film, but if you study the man's life, you'd sit and ponder if Satyajit Ray had written The Apu Trilogy keeping Subirda in mind. Having said that, I'd like to make it clear that my film is a work of fiction, and not Subir Banerjee's biography."
It was in August 1955, when the film was released theatrically and its been 58 long years hence. But ironically Subir 'Apu' Banerjee never became a part of any film again in his entire life. The most striking point being, his real life existence started bearing an uncanny resemblence to the 'reel life' Apu that was created by Bibhutibhashan Badopadhay's. The saddest and probably the most wierdest coincidence being, when Subir acted in Pather Panchali as a kid he didn’t have the faintest idea that he was destined to carry the 'reel life' character’s curse throughout his life.
Director : Kaushik Ganguly
Producer : Shree Venkatesh Films
Cast : Parambrata Chatterjee,Parno Mitra
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