Aug 26, 1955
125 min
Full-HD

Pather Panchali (1955)

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1996.

Category

Drama

Country

India

Companies

Government of West Bengal

Subir Banerjee

Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray

Uma Das Gupta

Durga Ray

Karuna Banerjee

Sarbojaya Ray

Kanu Bannerjee

Harihar Ray

Chunibala Devi

Indir Thakrun

Runki Banerjee

Little Durga Ray

Reba Devi

Seja Thakrun

Aparna Devi

Nilmoni's wife

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