7.6
The Big Country
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The World of Apu (1959)
May 1, 19591h 45mBN
8.1
275 votes
Overview
Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.
Director
Satyajit RayWhere to Watch
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Original Language
Bengali
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Revenue
$134K
Production Companies
Satyajit Ray Productions
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7.0By this third instalment of the adventures of “Apu” (now Soumitra Chatterjee), I was already quite fond of him. He has to shake off the last vestiges of his student years and find himself a job. Even with a teaching qualification this aspiring novelist finds that’s easier said than done but he gets by, delaying settling his seven rupee a month rent for as long as he can, and living cheaply. Then his friend “Pulu” (Swapan Mukherjee) introduces him to his sister “Aparna” (Sharmila Tagore) and the direction of his life takes quite an heartfelt change in direction. Before long they are married, sh…
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