The Apu Trilogy Quotes

The Apu Trilogy is a TV program that debuted in 1970 . The Apu Trilogy ended in 1970.

It features Satyajit Ray as producer, Ravi Shankar in charge of musical score, and Subrata Mitra as head of cinematography.

The Apu Trilogy is recorded in Bengali language and originally aired in India. Each episode of The Apu Trilogy is 342 minutes long. The Apu Trilogy is distributed by Edward Harrison.

The Apu Trilogy Quotes

• (Apurba Roy) "What's wrong? Are you mad? Or sad? Or just in a huff?"

• (Landlord) "I can't win a battle of words with you, Apu-babu."

• (Apurba Roy) "I didn't come here for a job."
• (Pulu) "Then why?"
• (Apurba Roy) "I just ended up here as I wandered around."

• (Apurba Roy) "I do some tutoring. Turning dullards into prodigies."
• (Pulu) "What's it pay?"
• (Apurba Roy) "Fifteen rupees a month."

• (Unnamed) "The curse turned into a blessing. Your daughter hasn't worshipped Shiva in vain."
• (Unnamed) "And what a blessing. The moment I saw him, I felt he was nearer to me than my own kin."

• (Apurba Roy) "Who's there?"
• (Landlord) "Good morning."
• (Apurba Roy) "Good morning. Sit down."
• (Landlord) "Is there any point in sitting down?"
• (Apurba Roy) "At least it will rest your legs after all those stairs."
• (Landlord) "I didn't climb the stairs so I could rest my legs."

• (Unnamed) "Tell me, why don't you ever get mail? Does no one write to you? Not even a girlfriend? It would be nice to open a love letter by mistake. Really? Just as well. Put it off as long as you can. Don't get embroiled in matrimonetary complications. I speak from experience."

• (Apurba Roy) "I have no house of my own, nothing. No home, no hearth, no income. No future."

• (Kajal) "Do fathers have pigtails?"

• (Pulu) "So are you writing anything? What are you writing?"
• (Apurba Roy) "A wonderful novel."
• (Pulu) "And you've kept it mum all this time?"
• (Apurba Roy) "You know a good publisher?"
• (Pulu) "All in good time."
• (Apurba Roy) "Listen to this: a young boy. A young boy. A village boy. Poor but sensitive. His father's a priest. The father dies. The boy comes to the city. He doesn't want to be a priest. He'll study. He's ambitious. He studies. Through his education and struggles, we watch as he sheds his old superstitions and fixed views. He questions everything and takes nothing on trust. Yet he has imagination and sensitivity. Little things move him and bring him joy. Perhaps he has greatness in him, the ability to create, but --"
• (Pulu) "He doesn't make it."
• (Apurba Roy) "That's right. But it doesn't end there. It's not a tragedy. He does nothing great. He remains poor, in want. But he never turns away from life. He doesn't run away. He wants to live. He says living itself brings fulfillment and joy. He wants to live."

• (Apurba Roy) "Aparna; will you be able to endure being poor? Can you live; with a poor man like me for a husband?"

• (Apurba Roy) "Why should I be a clerk? There's no reason. I'm a free man; no ties, no responsibilities, no one to worry about. Why be a clerk?"

• (Office Associate) "I don't know what your wife is like, But mine; I mean, I like them a little feisty. I like them to be a little quarrelsome, a little saucy. Know what I mean? I like them a bit mischievous and smart. It adds spice to a marriage. My wife's just the opposite."
• (Apurba Roy) "Really?"
• (Office Associate) "Never quarrels. Nothing for dinner? She won't say a word. Nothing to wear? She won't complain. Say right, she goes right. Say left, she goes left. Utterly bland and insipid."

• (Pulu) "Why have you been hiding out up here? You making counterfeit money?"

• (Pulu) "Apu, everything depends on you now."

• (Apurba Roy) "Khulna? Are you crazy?"
• (Pulu) "You'll love it there. A rustic village. Boats floating down the river. Endless fields of grass and rice. Paths winding through bamboo groves and mango orchards. What do you say? And trees full of birds: magpies, bulbuls, nightingales. And at nightfall, crickets and fireflies, jackals, and kerosene lamps. No electricity. Tempting? Have I hit a weak spot? So, you'll come, right?"

• (Apurba Roy) "You know how much my novel means to me. You mean much more."
• (Aparna) "Really?"
• (Apurba Roy) "I'll dedicate it you."
• (Aparna) "You'll what?"
• (Apurba Roy) "To my wife."
• (Aparna) "I know what "wife" means."
• (Apurba Roy) "No, you don't. But I do."

• (Apurba Roy) "What will they think?"
• (Aparna) "Who?"
• (Apurba Roy) "My neighbors. I'm invited to a wedding and I come home with the bride."

• (Aparna) "Take good care of yourself. I'm well, but my heart is sick. It will heal when you come. If you don't; I'll never speak to you ever ever again --"

• (Pulu) "An oil cooker. Doing your own cooking?"
• (Apurba Roy) "Yeah. I'll cook for you sometime. Rice and boiled potatoes."

• (Apurba Roy) "Is imagination worth nothing?"
• (Pulu) "Not with love."

• (Pulu) "Are you writing anything? Any new poems?"
• (Apurba Roy) "You're such a philistine."
• (Pulu) "A philistine?"
• (Apurba Roy) "Engineering is all you know. You'll go abroad and get your degree, then settle down here with a nice fat salary. Bah."
• (Pulu) "So I'm a philistine?"
• (Apurba Roy) "That's right."

• (Apurba Roy) "What is this? Some kind of play or novel?"

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