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title: 'Pather Panchali (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Satyajit Ray'
released: '1955-08-26'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pather-panchali-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048473/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pather Panchali (1955)

1955 · 120 min · Drama · India

Original title: পথের পাঁচালী
Part of: The Apu Trilogy

## Synopsis

Pather Panchali is a 1955 Indian drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray in his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the same name. The film stars Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta, and Chunibala Devi in leading roles. As the first instalment of The Apu Trilogy, the film depicts the childhood hardships of the protagonist Apu and his elder sister Durga amid the harsh realities of rural poverty. The film is widely acclaimed as a classic of Indian cinema and is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films in the history of cinema.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray)
- **Screenplay:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ravi Shankar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ravi-shankar)
- **Producer:** [Government of West Bengal](https://cinepixo.com/people/government-of-west-bengal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Subrata Mitra](https://cinepixo.com/people/subrata-mitra)
- **Editor:** [Dulal Dutta](https://cinepixo.com/people/dulal-dutta)

## Cast

- [Kanu Banerjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanu-banerjee)
- [Chunibala Devi](https://cinepixo.com/people/chunibala-devi)
- [Tulsi Chakraborty](https://cinepixo.com/people/tulsi-chakraborty)
- [Subir Banerjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/subir-banerjee)
- [Aparna Devi](https://cinepixo.com/people/aparna-devi)
- [Uma Dasgupta](https://cinepixo.com/people/uma-dasgupta)
- [Karuna Banerjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/karuna-banerjee)

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