 Ray 's first film , Pather Panchali ( 1955 ) , won eleven international prizes , including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival . This film , along with Aparajito ( 1956 ) , and Apur Sansar ( The World of Apu ) ( 1959 ) form The Apu Trilogy . Ray did the scripting , casting , scoring , and editing , and designed his own credit titles and publicity material . Ray received many major awards in his career , including 32 Indian National Film Awards , a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies , and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992 . The Government of India honored him with the Bharat Ratna in 1992 . 
