Rotten
Ray's relaxed, open style had a tremendous influence on the film world of 1956, but time has absorbed some of its originality.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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Aparajito
Overview
Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he 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.
Director and cast
- Satyajit Ray Director
- Karuna Banerjee as Sarbojaya Ray
- Pinaki Sengupta as Young Apurba 'Apu' Roy
- Smaran Ghosal as Teenage Apurba 'Apu' Roy
- Kanu Bannerjee as Harihar Roy
- Ramani Ranjan Sengupta as Bhabataran
- Charuprakash Ghosh as Nanda Babu
- Subodh Ganguly as Headmaster
- Santi Gupta Cast
- Ranibala Cast
- Sudipta Roy Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It doesn't have quite the tension or quite the variety of mood but it has a special brooding quality and a more explicit conflict between East and West.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
It's a masterpiece for which terms like 'simplicity' and 'profundity' seem inadequate.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It is done with such rare feeling and skill at pictorial imagery, and with such sympathetic understanding of Indian character on the part of Mr. Ray, that it develops a sort of hypnotism for the serene and tolerant viewer.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Standing above fashion, it creates a world so convincing that it becomes, for a time, another life we might have lived.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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