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The Big City (1963)

27/09/1963

Drama

2h 16m

78% (94 votes)
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Overview

Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1996.

Satyajit RayDirector, Screenplay

Original Title
মহানগর
Status
Released
Original Language
Bengali

Keywords

husband wife relationship
mother-in-law
money
calcutta
lipstick
new job
parent-in-law child-in-law relationship
working woman
salesgirl
family disapproval
preserved film
understated
compassionate
earnest
melodramatic

Top Billed Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee

Arati Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee

Subrata Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee

Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haradhan Bandopadhyay

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

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