Pather Panchali story
Pather Panchali (Bengali translation: Song of the Little Road) is a 1955 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of West Bengal. It is based on Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the same name and is Ray's directorial debut. It features Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta and Chunibala Devi. The first film in The Apu Trilogy, Pather Panchali depicts the childhood of the protagonist Apu (Subir Banerjee) and his elder sister Durga (Uma Dasgupta) and the harsh village life of their poor family.
14 total · 2 choice · 7 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| facing financial ruin | choice | Apu's family was very nearly broke and their poverty was much the cause of Durga's death |
| life in late modern India | choice | The film is set in rural Bengal around 1910 and follows the lives of some more or less ordinary people. |
| brother and sister | major | Apu and Durga |
| coping with the death of a child | major | Harihar and Sarbajaya mourned the death of their son Durga. |
| coping with the death of a family member | major | Apu was torn up over the death of his sister. |
| human childhood | major | the film focused much on the experiences of youngsters Durga and Apu as they played or faced challenges of childhood |
| husband and wife | major | Harihar and Sarbajaya |
| the role of the elderly in society | major | we saw how Indir had trouble finding welcome and was chased off by Sarbajaya |
| theft | major | Sarbajaya, Indir and Durga were variously accused of stealing. |
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | minor | Everyone worried about Durga when she became sick. |