Pather Panchali

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

26 August 1955, 22 September 1958

Part of the series

The Apu Trilogy

Director

Satyajit Ray

Composer

Ravi Shankar

Based on

Pather Panchali

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Awards

National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature Film, Bodil Award for Best American Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film, National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, National Film Award for Best Feature Film

after a work by

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

assessment

Bechdel test

box office

21000000, 134241

capital cost

150000

cast member

Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta, Chunibala Devi, Tulsi Chakraborty, Subir Banerjee, Aparna Devi

color

black-and-white

copyright status

public domain

country of origin

India

described by source

70 Iconic Films of Indian Cinema

director of photography

Subrata Mitra

distributed by

Aurora Film Corporation, Netflix, Fandango, iTunes

distribution format

digital download, video on demand

duration

120

film editor

Dulal Dutta

has characteristic

film based on a literary work

narrative location

India

nominated for

BAFTA Award for Best Film

original language of film or TV show

Bangla

producer

Government of West Bengal

production company

Government of West Bengal

review score

9.3/10, 98%

screenwriter

Satyajit Ray

title

পথের পাঁচালী

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