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 in 1955, it was named Best Feature Film and Best Bengali Feature Film. The next year, it competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, where it won Best Human Document and an OCIC Award – Special Mention. More awards from film festivals across the world followed: the Vatican Award (Rome), the Golden Carbao (Manila), and the Diploma of Merit (Edinburgh) in 1956; the Selznick Golden Laurel for Best Film (Berlin), the Golden Gate for Best Director and Best Picture (San Francisco) in 1957; Best Film (Vancouver), and the Critics' Award for Best Film (Stratford) in 1958. It also won several