The Apu Trilogy

The Apu Trilogy
The Apu Trilogy
	Region 2 box set cover of Satyajit Ray's trilogy
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Written by	Satyajit Ray
Screenplay by	Satyajit Ray
Based on	Pather Panchali and Aparajito by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Produced by	Satyajit Ray
Starring	Subir Banerjee; Pinaki Sen Gupta; Soumitra Chatterjee;
Cinematography	Subrata Mitra
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Music by	Ravi Shankar
Production; companies	(Pather Panchali) : Government of West Bengal; (Aparajito) and (Apur Sansar) : Epic Films / Satyajit Ray Productions
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics / Merchant Ivory Productions; (Pather Pachali was distributed by The Aurora Film Corporation)
Release dates	26 August 1955 (Pather Panchali); 11 October 1956 (Aparajito); 1 May 1959 (Apur Sansar);
Running time	342 minutes (total)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

The Apu Trilogy is a celebrated series of three Indian Bengali-language drama films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956) and The World of Apu (1959). The trilogy's evocative score was composed by Ravi Shankar.

Adapted from two Bengali novels by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay—Pather Panchali (1929) and Aparajito (1932)—these films are widely regarded as a cornerstone of Indian and world cinema. Produced on a modest shoestring budget using an amateur cast and crew, the trilogy garnered widespread critical acclaim and won numerous prestigious awards, including three National Film Awards and multiple honours at the Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals. Notably, Pather Panchali was made with a budget of roughly ₹ 150,000, approximately $45,300 at the time.