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Full Story:1920,Harihar with wife Sabajana & 10 year old son Apu has moved to the holy city of Benaras. Harirhar earns a meagre by reciting religious scriptures. Tragedy strikes when Harihar falls ill with fever & collapses at the riverbank & dies soon after. The mother Sarbajana decides to relocate to her uncle's village where Apu resumes his education at the local school. Apu now,sixteen wins a scolarship & departs for calcutta,leaving his mother alone. It breaks Sarbajana's heart,but she relents. Engulfed in city life,studying during the day & working in a printing press at night,Apu grows away from his mother. His visits get shorter as time passes. This emotional distances unnoticed by Apu,hurts Sarbajana deeply. On a night sparkling with dancing fireflies,Sarbajana dies. Apu comes back to an empty house. He grieves for his mother,but soon finds strength to leave the village for the last time,to carry on with his new life in the city.

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