Pather Panchali[]
1955, directed by Satyajit Ray
(IMDB Link) Criterion Summary: A depiction of rural Bengali life in a style inspired by Italian neorealism, this naturalistic but poetic evocation of a number of years in the life of a family introduces us to both little Apu and, just as essentially, the women who will help shape him: his independent older sister, Durga; his harried mother, Sarbajaya, who, with her husband away, must hold the family together; and his kindly and mischievous elderly “auntie,” Indir—vivid, multifaceted characters all.
- Kanu Bannerjee - Harihar Ray (as Kanu Bandyopadhyay)
- Karuna Bannerjee - Sarbojaya Ray (as Karuna Bandopadhyay)
- Chunibala Devi - Indir Thakrun
- Uma Das Gupta - Durga (as Uma Dasgupta)
- Subir Banerjee - Apu (as Subir Bandopadhyay)
- Runki Banerjee - Little Durga (as Runki Bandopadhyay)
- Reba Devi - Seja Thakrun
- Aparna Devi - Nilmoni's wife
- Tulsi Chakraborty - Prasanna, school teacher
- Haren Banerjee - Chinibas, Sweet-seller (as Haren Bandyopadhyay)
- Rampada Das - Minor Role
- Nibhanani Devi - Dasi Thakurun
- Rama Gangopadhaya - Ranu Mookerjee
- Roma Ganguli - Roma (as Rama Gangopadhyay)
- Binoy Mukherjee - Baidyanath Majumdar (as Binoy Mukhopadhyay)
- Haridhan Nag - Minor Role
- Harimohan Nag - Doctor
- Kshirod Roy - Priest
- Suren Roy - Minor Role