Aparajito (1956)

Aparajito picks up where the first film leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Varanasi (then known as Benares). As Apu progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother. This tenderly expressive, often heart-wrenching film, which won three top prizes at the Venice Film Festival, including the Golden Lion, not only extends but also spiritually deepens the tale of Apu.

IMDb rating	8.2
Producers	Epic Productions
Original title	অপরাজিত
Directors	Arup Guhathakurta, Shailen Dutta, Suren Chakraborty, Subir Hajra, Satyajit Ray
Writers	Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Satyajit Ray

Cast

Kanu Bannerjee

as Harihar Ray

Karuna Banerjee

as Sarbojaya Ray

Smaran Ghosal

as Teenage Apu

Pinaki Sengupta

as Young Apu

Santi Gupta

as Ginnima

Ramani Sengupta

as Bhabataran

Ranibala

as Teliginni

Sudipta Roy

as Nirupama

Ajay Mitra

as Anil

Charuprakash Ghosh

as Nanda

Subodh Ganguli

as Headmaster

Hemanta Chatterjee

as Professor

Kamala Adhikari

as Mokshada

Lalchand Banerjee

as Lahiri

Kali Bannerjee

as Kathak

Panchanan Bhattacharya

Debabrata Chakraborty

Harendrakumar Chakravarti

as Doctor

Meenakshi Devi

as Pandey's wife

Anil Mukherjee

as Abinash

Shibnarayan Nag

Bhaganu Palwan

as Palwan

K.S. Pandey

as Pandey

Saraswati Pandey

Kalicharan Roy

as Akhil, press owner

Keya Sengupta

Mani Srimani

as Inspector

Udayshankar Tiwari