STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONISTS OF 'APU TRILOGY'!

Sharmila Tagore as Aparna in Ray's 'Apur Sansar' (1959).

Karuna Banerjee as Sarbajaya in 'Aparajito' (1956).

Though our great filmmaker Satyajit Ray's Trilogy is centered on Apu; I think strong Female Characters of these films makes deep impact!

See Durga (Runki Banerjee-child & Uma Dasgupta-teenager) in 'Pather Panchali' (1955) Sarbajaya (Karuna Banerjee) in 'Aparajito' (1956) and Aparna (Sharmila Tagore) in 'Apur Sansar' (1959).

Manikda often showed intensity about female protagonist in his films like 'Mahanagar' (1963) and his favourite 'Charulata' (1964).

Uma Dasgupta as teenager Durga in 'Pather Panchali' (1955)

So we should remember 'Apu Trilogy' from that point of view also!!

- Manoj Kulkarni