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A
themed
park
like
this
is
only
possible
in
Kolkata-
The
city
with
a
soul
and
where
despite
poverty,
usual
political
bickerings,
"cholbe
na-
hobe
na'
attiude
love
for
literature
and
intelligentsia
still
thrives.
With
a
wonderful
setting
with
murals
and
buildings
the
park
is
a
brilliant
tribute
to
Bibhutibhushan
Bandopadhyay
and
Satyajit
Ray.
The
park
is
named
after
the
third
film
in
the
master
filmmaker’s
trilogy,
drawing
from
Bibhutibhushan
Bandyopadhyay’s
Pather
Panchali,
Aparajito
and
Apur
Sansar.
Parts
of
the
building
where
Apu
(A.
K.
Roy
aka
Apurba
Kumar
Roy)
‘lived’
in
Kolkata
in
Ray’s
film
has
been
created
on
the
first
floor
of
a
building
and
named
Apur
Bari.
The
room
has
elements
from
the
adult
Apu's
life
like
two
sets
of
utensils
on
the
floor
where
he
and
his
young
bride
would
have
dinner,
an
alarm
clock
and
a
transistor
set
on
the
table,
pen,
and
inkpot
The
park
has
an
archive
dedicated
to
veteran
thespian
and
actor
Soumitra
Chatterjee
and
maestro
Ray.
Apur
Sansar
was
Soumitra
Chatterjee’s
debut
film,
the
third
part
of
the
Apu
trilogy,
released
in
1959.
There
are
two
archives
on
the
ground
floor-
Archive
1
and
Archive
2.
Archive
1
has
pictures
of
Ray
and
some
snippets
from
the
Apu
Trilogy.
Archive
2
has
pictures
of
Soumitra
Chatterjee
with
Ray
and
multiple
moods
of
Soumitra.
The
view
from
the
roof
of
the
building
has
suggestions
through
landscaping
of
a
railway
track
meandering
through
the
lawn,
in
a
nod
to
the
iconic
scenes
of
a
train
chugging
by
or
its
whistles
waking
Apu
up
at
dawn.
Through
figures
in
relief
on
the
boundary
walls
and
outdoor
graffiti
Apu's
emergence
is
traced
right
from
the
time
he
and
Durga
spot
a
train
steaming
by
a
field
overgrown
with
Kash
flowers.
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