Pather panchali
(DVD)

Based on the novel by Bibhutibhushan Banerji.

First in a series known as the Apu trilogy, the 2nd of which is Aparajito (The unvanquished) and the 3rd of which is Apur sansar (The world of Apu)

Includes filmography of director; film awards.

Includes opening title and credits in English.and original title and credits in Bengali.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.

Special features include: interactive menue, scene selection.

This DVD cannot be played in Audio CD players. This may damage the speakers or the Audio system. This DVD can be played back on DVD players & multimedia systems--Container.

Photography, Subrata Mitra ; art, Banshi Chandragupta ; editing, Dulal Dutta ; music, Ravi Shankar.

Kanu Banerji, Karuna Banerji, Subir Banerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Subir Banerji, Chunibala.

A poor Bengali family survives in a village but wider horizons tempt the father. The protection of family members' reputations, the relationship of the family group to an elderly 'aunt', and first confrontations with death contribute to the early development of the boy Apu. His father's dreams prevail over the objections of his mother so that at the end of the film the family moves to the big city of Benares.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD-video; DVD9; Region free; NTSC; 5.1 surround sound.

Closed-captioned; in Bengali; optional subtitles in English.