The Apu Trilogy (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

Two decades after it's original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray's breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new restoration. The Apu Trilogy brought India into the golden age of international art-house film, following one indelible character, a free-spirited child in rural Bengal who matures into an adolescent urban student and finally a sensitive man of the world. These delicate masterworks-Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished), and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)-based on two books by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee, were shot over the course of five years, and each stands on it's own as a tender, visually radiant journey. They are among the most achingly beautiful, richly humane movies ever made-essential works for any film lover.

Starring: Soumitra Chatterjee, Ravi Shankar, Pinaki Sengupta, Sharmila Tagore, Karuna Banerji, Smaran Ghosal, Subir Banerji, Swampan Mukerjee, S Aloke Chakravarty, Kanu Banerji, Runki Banerji, Uma Das Gupta, Ramani Sen Gupta, Charu Ghosh, Chunibala Devi, Reva Devi, Subodh Ganguly, Kali Charan Ray, Rama Gangopadhaya, Tulshi Chakraborty, Santi Gupta, K S Pandey, Harimoran Nag, Sudipta Ray, Ajay Mitra