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 Kurosawa praising his work. Gregory Nava's 1995 film "My Family" had a final scene that repeated that of "Apur Sansar". Ira Sachs's 2005 work "Forty Shades of Blue" was a loose remake of "Charulata." Other references to Ray films are found, for example, in recent works such as "Sacred Evil", the "Elements trilogy" of Deepa Mehta. According to Michael Sragow of "The Atlantic Monthly", the "youthful coming-of-age dramas that have flooded art houses since the mid-fifties owe a tremendous debt to the Apu trilogy". The trilogy also introduced the bounce lighting technique. "Kanchenjungha" (1962) introduced a narrative structure that resembles