Movie·1963·2h 16m
The Big City
Country
India
Language
Bengali
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// overview
The Story
Original title: মহানগর
Arati takes a job as a door-to-door saleswoman in Calcutta's wealthy neighbourhoods, in defiance of her traditionally-minded husband, Subrata, and his live-in parents. Emulating her Anglo-Indian friend Edith, who speaks equal to the men she encounters on the job, Arati quickly becomes her firm's top salesperson. When Subrata loses his job, the power dynamic begins to shift.
Producer
R.D. Bansal
Cinematography
Subrata Mitra
Music
Satyajit Ray
Editor
Dulal Dutta
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Madhabi Mukherjee
Arati Mazumdar
Anil Chatterjee
Subrata Mazumdar
Haren Chatterjee
Priyogopal Mazumdar
Haradhan Bandyopadhyay
Himangshu Mukherjee
Vicky Redwood
Edith Simmons
Jaya Bachchan
Bani Mazumdar
Sefalika Devi
Sarojini Mazumdar
Prasenjit Sarkar
Pintu Mazumdar
Shyamal Ghoshal
Anupam
Gitali Roy
Anupam's Wife
Tapan Chatterjee
Subrata's Colleague
Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee
Manisha Chakraborty
Arun Chowdhury
Pritish Dey
Shailen Ganguli
Anuradha Guha
Jyoti Kripalani
// crew
Crew
Satyajit Ray
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Subrata Mitra
Director of Photography
R.D. Bansal
Producer
Dulal Dutta
Editor
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