A youngster living in a poverty-stricken village goes through a series of rites of passage in the aftermath of his father's death. Satyajit Ray's drama, the second film in the Apu trilogy, starring Pinaki Sengupta and Karuna Bannerjee. In Bengai and English.

Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.