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
Satyajit Ray in film, making for an interesting psychological study. Most of his writings have been translated into English. Most of his screenplays have been published in Bengali in the literary journal "Eksan". Ray wrote an autobiography about his childhood years, "Jakhan Choto Chilam" (1982), translated to English as Childhood Days. Ray penned his experiences during the period when he filmed the Apu Trilogy in his memoirs titled . He also wrote essays on film, published as the collections: "Our Films, Their Films" (1976), "Bishoy Chalachchitra" (1976), and "Ekei Bole Shooting" (1979). During the mid-1990s, Ray's film essays and an anthology of