The London Indian Film Festival - Apur Panchali (Apu's Song) | UK Premiere | Cert 12a

Bengali with English subtitles | 97 min | India | Dir. Kaushik Ganguly | with Parambrata Chatterjee, Ardhendu Banerjee, Parno Mitra.

One of the greatest child characters in cinema history is the little boy Apu in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali
(Song of the Little Road). Kaushik Ganguly's heart-touching, jewel box of a film is inspired by the real-life actor Subir Banerjee, who played the young Apu. 58 years after Pather Panchali a film student goes in search of Subir. He carries news that a German film festival are keen to honour Subir, but the student discovers a reticent older man, whose life has ironically reflected the tragic character he played. With sparkling character performances and intercut with Ray's Apu trilogy, this film is cineaste heaven.

Q&A with Dir. Kaushik Ganguly