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{{Lang|bn-latn|Pather Panchali}} was followed by two films that continued the tale of Apu's life—''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'') in 1956 and ''[[Apur Sansar]]'' (''The World of Apu'') in 1959. Together, the three films constitute the [[Apu trilogy]]. ''Aparajito'' portrays the adolescent Apu, his education in a rural school and a Calcutta college. Its central theme is the poignant relationship between a doting mother and her ambitious young son. ''Apur Sansar'' depicts Apu's adult life, his reaction to his wife's premature death, and his final bonding with his son whom he abandoned as an infant. The sequels also won many national and international awards. Ray did not initially plan to make a trilogy: he decided to make the third film only after being asked about the possibility of a trilogy at the 1957 [[Venice Film Festival]],{{sfn|Wood|1972|p=61}} where ''Aparajito'' won the [[Golden Lion]].{{sfn|Bergan|2006|p=497}} ''[[Apur Panchali]]'' (2014) is a Bengali film directed by [[Kaushik Ganguly]], which depicts the real-life story of Subir Bannerjee, the actor who portrayed Apu in {{Lang|bn-latn|Pather Panchali}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/news-interviews/Parambrata-starts-shooting-for-Apur-Panchali/articleshow/19262757.cms?referral=PM |title=Parambrata starts shooting for ''Apur Panchali'' |last=Ganguly |first=Ruman |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=29 March 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227022537/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/news-interviews/Parambrata-starts-shooting-for-Apur-Panchali/articleshow/19262757.cms?referral=PM |archive-date=27 December 2014}}</ref> ''[[Aparajito (2022 film)|Aparajito]]'', a 2022 Bengali film directed by [[Anik Dutta]], tells the story of the making of {{Lang|bn-latn|Pather Panchali}}.<ref name="Mid-day 2022">{{cite web | title=Finest film on the making of a film | website=Mid-day | date=4 May 2022 | url=https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/finest-film-on-the-making-of-a-film-23225634 | last=Shekhar | first=Mayank | access-date=21 August 2022 | archive-date=6 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606022710/https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/finest-film-on-the-making-of-a-film-23225634 | url-status=live}}</ref>

 

{{Lang|bn-latn|Pather Panchali}} was the first film made in independent India to receive major critical attention internationally, placing India on the world cinema map.{{sfn|Chapman|2003|p=323}}{{sfn|Gulzar|Nihalni|Chatterjee|2003|p=612}} It was one of the first examples of [[Parallel Cinema]], a new tradition of Indian film-making in which authenticity and social realism were key themes,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug15/sunday/head9.htm |title=Sense & Cinema |last=Likhi |first=Abhilaksh |date=15 August 1999 |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=18 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212051218/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug15/sunday/head9.htm |archive-date= 12 December 2013}}</ref> breaking the rule of the Indian film establishment.{{sfn|Cousins|2004|pp=237–238}}{{sfn|Das Gupta|1980|pp=32–42}} Although {{Lang|bn-latn|Pather Panchali}} was described as a turning point in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/09/05/stories/2004090500210500.htm |title=Ray's eternal song |last=Bhaskaran |first=Gautaman |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=5 September 2004 |access-date=18 May 2008|url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728191416/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/09/05/stories/2004090500210500.htm |archive-date= 28 July 2013}}</ref> some commentators preferred the view that it refined a "realist textual principle" that was already there.{{sfn|Ruberto|Wilson|2007|p=16}} In 1963 ''Time'' noted that thanks to {{Lang|bn-latn|Pather Panchali}}, Satyajit Ray was one of the "hardy little band of inspired pioneers" of a new cinematic movement that was enjoying a good number of imitators worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870556-1,00.html |title=A Religion of Film |date=20 September 1963 |access-date=18 May 2008 |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214043003/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C870556-1%2C00.html |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The film has since been considered as a "global landmark" and "among the essential moviegoing experiences".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-10-30-new-dvd_x.htm |title=New on DVD |last=Clark |first=Mike |work=[[USA Today]] |date=30 October 2003 |access-date=18 May 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020203259/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-10-30-new-dvd_x.htm |archive-date= 20 October 2012}}</ref> On 2 May 2013, commemorating Ray's birthday, the Indian version of the search engine Google displayed [[Google logo|a doodle]] featuring the train sequence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/google-doodles-pather-panchali-on-satyajit-rays-birthday-361724| title=Google doodles Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali on filmmaker's birth anniversary | last=Saxena | first= Anupam| date=2 May 2013|access-date=14 December 2013|publisher=NDTV| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214173931/http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/google-doodles-pather-panchali-on-satyajit-rays-birthday-361724 | archive-date= 14 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/doodles/satyajit-rays-92nd-birthday| title=Satyajit Ray's 92nd Birthday | access-date= 14 December 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214174127/https://www.google.com/doodles/satyajit-rays-92nd-birthday | archive-date= 14 December 2013}}</ref>