The Apu Trilogy

The Apu Trilogy
The Apu Trilogy
	Region 2 box set cover of Satyajit Ray's trilogy
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Written by	Satyajit Ray
Screenplay by	Satyajit Ray
Based on	Pather Panchali and Aparajito by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Produced by	Satyajit Ray
Starring	Subir Banerjee; Pinaki Sen Gupta; Soumitra Chatterjee;
Cinematography	Subrata Mitra
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Music by	Ravi Shankar
Production; companies	(Pather Panchali) : Government of West Bengal; (Aparajito) and (Apur Sansar) : Epic Films / Satyajit Ray Productions
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics / Merchant Ivory Productions; (Pather Pachali was distributed by The Aurora Film Corporation)
Release dates	Pather Panchali: 26 August 1955; Aparajito: 11 October 1956; Apur Sansar: 1 May 1959;
Running time	342 minutes (total)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

The Apu Trilogy comprises three Indian Bengali-language drama films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956) and The World of Apu (1959). The original music for the films was composed by Ravi Shankar.

The films are based on two Bengali novels written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay: Pather Panchali (1929) and Aparajito (1932). The three films went on to win many national and international awards, including three National Film Awards and seven awards from the Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals. The films were produced on a shoestring budget (Pather Panchali had a budget of roughly ₹ 150,000 ($45,300—equivalent to $494,900 in 2022) using an amateur cast and crew.

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