The Big City

The Big City (1963)

27/09/1963
Drama
2h 16m

Overview

After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.

  • 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
  • understated
  • compassionate
  • earnest
  • melodramatic

Top Billed Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee

Madhabi Mukherjee

Arati Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee

Anil Chatterjee

Subrata Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee

Haren Chatterjee

Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haradhan Bandopadhyay

Haradhan Bandopadhyay

Himangshu Mukherjee

Vicky Redwood

Vicky Redwood

Edith Simmons

Jaya Bachchan

Jaya Bachchan

Bani Mazumdar

Sefalika Devi

Sefalika Devi

Sarojini Mazumdar

Prasenjit Sarkar

Prasenjit Sarkar

Pintu Mazumdar

Shyamal Ghoshal

Shyamal Ghoshal

Anupam

Gitali Roy

Gitali Roy

Anupam's Wife

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