Aparajito

Satyajit Ray had not planned to make a sequel to Pather Panchali, but after the film's international success he decided to continue Apu's narrative. Aparajito picks up where the first film left off, with Apu (now played by Smaran Ghosal) and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As Apu progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we watch the formation of a life that grows ever richer in moral and emotional complexity, in regards to both his studies and his relationship with his mother.