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Contents

List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements xi

1 Self-taught Film-maker: Satyajit Ray’s Formative Years 1
2 Apu in Fiction and Film: Adapting the Novels
Pather Panchali and Aparajito 27
3 An Epic in Production: Making the Apu Trilogy 43
4 Working with Ravi Shankar: The Music of the
Apu Trilogy 81
5 Pather Panchali: Critique 91
6 Aparajito: Critique 109
7 The World of Apu: Critique 127
8 From Calcutta to Cannes: The Reception of the
Apu Trilogy 147
9 Apu in the East and West: The Trilogy and
Ray Today 161
Epilogue: Ray Talks about the Apu Trilogy 177

Films Directed by Satyajit Ray 185
References 189

Select Bibliography 203
Index 207

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