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Call Number: VHS00829

by Satyajit Ray; Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Merchant and Ivory Foundation.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: Bengali with English subtitles

Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1996.

Notes: Originally released in 1959 (106 mins.); From the novel by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee;

Summary: Tells of Apu, a struggling writer who, visiting the wedding of a friend’s sister, finds himself the bridegroom when the husband-to-be is discovered to be insane. Apu’s wife soon dies in childbirth and the shattered Apu, refusing to see his son, leaves to wander alone through the country. Several years later Apu’s friend hunts him down and convinces him to return to his son.

Also: See Pather Panchali (VHS00827) and Aparajito (VHS00828)

OCLC #: 35315306

Call Number: VHS00828

by Satyajit Ray; Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Merchant and Ivory Foundation.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: Bengali with English subtitles

Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1996.

Notes: Originally released in 1956 (113 mins.); Based on the novel Aparājita by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee;

Summary: Follows the life of the poor Bengali country boy, Apu and his encounter with the school system in Benares and later with the intellectual life at the university in Calcutta.

Also: See Pather Panchali (VHS00827) and The World of Apu (VHS00829)

OCLC #: 35323043

Call Number: VHS00827

by Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa; Satyajit Ray;

Format: VHS

Language: Bengali with English subtitles

Publisher: United States : Sony Picture Classics, 1996.

Notes: Originally released in 1955 (113 mins.); Based on the novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay;

Summary: The moving story of a rural family cursed with bad luck. Father Hari is a dreamer and poet, while his hard-working wife struggles to feed the family. But Durga, a free-spirited petty thief brings tragedy to the family in a moment of carelessness.

Also: See Aparajito (VHS00828) and The World of Apu (VHS00829)

OCLC #: 232994776