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Apur Sansar

1959 film by Satyajit Ray
Movie film Q622376
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Summary

Apur Sansar is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,644 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Film Award for Best Feature Film[3]
  • Director: Satyajit Ray[4]
  • Screenwriter: Satyajit Ray[5]
  • Composer: Ravi Shankar[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7], coming-of-age film[8]
  • Follows: Aparajito[9]
  • Cast member: Soumitra Chatterjee[10], Sharmila Tagore[11]
  • Producer: Satyajit Ray[12]
  • Part of the series: The Apu Trilogy[13]
  • Director of photography: Subrata Mitra[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Bangla[15]
  • Commons category: Opur Shôngshar[16]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[17]
  • Review score: 9/10[18], 97%[19]
  • Color: black-and-white[20]
  • Country of origin: India[21]
  • Publication date: May 1, 1959[22], October 4, 1960[23]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[24]
  • Narrative location: Kolkata[25]
  • Film editor: Dulal Dutta[26]
  • Nominated for: International Submission to the Academy Awards[27]
  • Title: অপুর সংসার[28]
  • Duration: 101 minutes[29]
  • Assessment: Bechdel test[30]

Why It Matters

Apur Sansar has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did Apur Sansar receive?

Honors received include National Film Award for Best Feature Film[3].

Related Entities

film India Netflix Ravi Shankar Satyajit Ray Sharmila Tagore

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Bechdel Test Movie List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 31
    P14724 → 8886818
    Wikipedia languages → ['as', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'h
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 8886818, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301862214|Apur sansar (#301862214)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (films"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 61104
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 61104, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  3. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → apur-sansar
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: apur-sansar, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295964055|APUR SANSAR (#295964055)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il cinema ritro"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1959-05-01T00:00:00Z, +1960-10-04T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Satyajit Ray
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+101'}
    Follows → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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