Pather Panchali (1955)
Sometime in the early years of the century, a boy, Apu, is born to a poor
Brahmin family in a village in Bengal. The father, a poet and priest, cannot
earn enough to keep his family going. Apu`s sister, Durga, is forever stealing
guavas from the neighbour`s orchards. All these add to the daily struggles of
the mother`s life, notwithstanding her constant bickering with old aunt who
lives with the family.

Aparajito (1956) aka : The Unvanquished
After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with
her uncle in a small Bengali village. Apu enters a local school, where he
does well. By the time he graduates, he has a scholarship to study at a
college in Calcutta. So off he goes. His mother is torn by his leaving, and by
his growing independence. She loves her son very much and wants him to
succeed, but she does not want to be left alone.

Apur Sansar (1959) aka : The World Of Apu
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old
college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. This
changes his life, for when the bridegroom turns out to be mad, Apu`s friend
asks him to become the husband! After initial revulsion at the idea, Apu
agrees. Apu takes his exquisite bridge, Aparna, back to Calcutta. But Aparna
dies in childbirth, Apu leaves Calcutta, crazy with grief, and his son Kajal is
left abandoned with his wife`s parents. Only after a long period of total
indifference to worldly responsibilities, does Apu become capable of
returning to the world.