"Pather
Panchali," "Aparajito (The Unvanquished), and "Apur Sansar (The World
of Apu) make up Satyajit Ray's trilogy of films about a young man
growing up in '20 era India. Although not originally intended as a
trilogy, the films, which took eight years to complete, were a cultural
breakthrough that showed the rest of the world a different side of
worldclass Indian cinema. Ray's ability to transfer a poetic justice to
the life trajectory of Apu from a good-hearted child to a responsible
adult, and father to his son, comes through in the director's patient
and all-encompassing embrace of the mysteries of life. Set in Bengal,
the engrossing trilogy transports the viewer into another world that we
come to know and accept as our own. Ravi Shankar created the music for
this unforgettable masterpiece of humanist cinema filmed by the
incomparable cinematographer Subrata Mitra.
(A+) (Five Stars)
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