Aparajito Aparajito Aparajito ( "Ôporajito"; "The Unvanquished") is a 1956 Indian Bengali drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), and is the second part of "The Apu Trilogy". It is adapted from the last one-fifth of Bibhutibhushan Bannerjee's novel "Pather Panchali" (1929) and the first one-third of its sequel "Aparajito" (1932). It starts off where the previous film "Pather Panchali" (1955) ended, with Apu's family moving to Varanasi, and chronicles Apu's life from childhood to adolescence in college, right up to his mother's death, when he is left all alone. When Ray started making "Pather Panchali", he had no
Pather Panchali number of critics attended. Although some were initially unenthusiastic at the prospect of yet another Indian melodrama, the film critic Arturo Lanocita found "the magic horse of poetry ... invading the screen". "Pather Panchali" was subsequently named Best Human Document at the festival. Lindsay Anderson commented after the Cannes screening that "Pather Panchali" had "the quality of ultimate unforgettable experience". In subsequent years, critics have given positive reviews. A 1958 review in "Time" described "Pather Panchali" as "perhaps the finest piece of filmed folklore since Robert Flaherty's "Nanook of the North"". In her 1982 book "5001 Nights at the Movies",