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Broken Engagement | Arranged Marriage
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Best Film from any Source | 1962
Best Foreign Language Film | 1960
Best Film | 1959 | Satyajit
Box Office Collection 134,241 USD
Sharmila Tagore, who plays Aparna, the wife of Apu (played by Soumitra Chatterjee), and who was only 14-years-old when she appeared in the film, later recalled filming the scene in which Apu brings his new bride back to his untidy apartment in the city. The director, Satyajit Ray, gave Tagore no direction, other than that she was to enter the room and look around, and she did not view the apartment set before they shot the scene. So when Chatterjee opened the door and they both walked in, Aparna's reaction to Apu's living quarters was actually Tagore's own spontaneous reaction. Later, she realized that Ray deliberately did not prepare her, in order to obtain exactly that spontaneous response from her.
One of the problems facing Satyajit Ray was that showing scenes of intimacy between a young married couple - such as kissing and hugging - were strictly forbidden at the time.
Sharmila Tagore was only 14 when she made the film.
Matt Groening stated several times that Satyajit Rays Apu-trilogy were his favorite movies.
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.
"Pulu: So are you writing anything? What are you writing? Apurba Roy: A wonderful novel. Pulu: And you've kept it mum all this time? Apurba Roy: You know a good publisher? Pulu: All in good time. Apurba Roy: Listen to this: a young boy. A young boy. A village boy. Poor but sensitive. His father's a priest. The father dies. The boy comes to the city. He doesn't want to be a priest. He'll study. He's ambitious. He studies. Through his education and struggles, we watch as he sheds his old superstitions and fixed views. He questions everything and takes nothing on trust. Yet he has imagination and sensitivity. Little things move him and bring him joy. Perhaps he has greatness in him, the ability to create, but... Pulu: He doesn't make it. Apurba Roy: That's right. But it doesn't end there. It's not a tragedy. He does nothing great. He remains poor, in want. But he never turns away from life. He doesn't run away. He wants to live. He says living itself brings fulfillment and joy. He wants to live!"
"Landlord: You're an educated man. You have pictures of great men on the wall. But when it comes to the rent, you hem and haw?"
