The great men in "World of Apu"?
February 11, 2007 3:44 PM Subscribe
Towards the beginning of Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar ( aka The World of Apu) there is a scene between Apu and his landlord. In it, the landlord mentions that Apu has pictures of great men pinned to his wall. I could make out Einstein, but is there a list somewhere of who the others are?
Response by poster: Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find one. Anyway, in the film itself (at least on video) there's not really a close shot of the patch of wall with the pictures on it.
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 4:05 AM on February 12, 2007
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 4:05 AM on February 12, 2007
Hm. Not so easy.
From memory, the film was set roughly contemporaneously with its filming, so if you wanna go a bit random with the Google, see what turns up with Apu & Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, aka N S C Bose, aka Netaji ("fuhrer") - a popular Bengali WW2-era 'anti-Gandhi', who advocated violent struggle against the British.
Maybe try also Rabindranath Tagore.
Purely guessing here, based on Ray / Apu being Calcuttan / Bengali.
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:06 PM on February 12, 2007
From memory, the film was set roughly contemporaneously with its filming, so if you wanna go a bit random with the Google, see what turns up with Apu & Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, aka N S C Bose, aka Netaji ("fuhrer") - a popular Bengali WW2-era 'anti-Gandhi', who advocated violent struggle against the British.
Maybe try also Rabindranath Tagore.
Purely guessing here, based on Ray / Apu being Calcuttan / Bengali.
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:06 PM on February 12, 2007
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posted by UbuRoivas at 6:24 PM on February 11, 2007