The Apu Trilogy 1995 film "My Family", the final scene is duplicated from the final scene of "Apur Sansar". Similar influences and references to the trilogy can be found, for example, in recent works such as "Sacred Evil", Key's 2004 visual novel "Clannad", Paul Auster's 2008 novel "Man in the Dark", the "Elements trilogy" of Deepa Mehta and even in films of Jean-Luc Godard. The technique of bounce lighting pioneered by Subrata Mitra, to recreate the effect of daylight on sets, has also had a profound influence on the development of cinematography. Ravi Shankar's soundtracks to the films were also a major influence
The Apu Trilogy of Apu") has a 100% fresh rating based on an aggregate of 22 reviews. This makes "The Apu Trilogy" one of the highest-rated film trilogies of all time (97%, 94%, 100%), along with the "Toy Story" trilogy (100%, 100%, 99%), "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (91%, 96%, 93%), the original "Star Wars" trilogy (94%, 97%, 78%), and the Before Trilogy (100%, 95%, 98%). Andre Robinson, in his book "Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye" comments that the three films differ in their predominant moods. and taken together the trilogy is compared to the development of an Indian classical "Raga". "Sight