The Big City 1963
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The Big City
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.
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.
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... Arati Mazumder
... Subrata Mazumdar
... Bani
... Priyogopal (Subrata's father)
... Sarojini (Subrata's Mother)
... Pintu
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See All 1 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by Sayantan Chatterjee
Rating: 9.5 / 10
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."Owing to a banking failure typical of the post-independence India, Subrata(Anil Chatterjee) loses his job and must reconcile with the shortcomings of the situation, his insecurities as his wife Arati(Madhabi Mukherjee) becomes the sole breadwinner of the family. Arati's story feels both intricately real and extremely personal as the narrative flows from the tantrums at home to the politics at the office, and she must learn to be adept at handing either of them as she gets to mingle with other classes and races of the society, breaking through her shyness in both her appearance and her speech. The Big City (মহানগর) leaves us ruminating at the grappling for opportunities at the transience of hope and progress, regardless of race and gender, amongst a myriad of opportunities and the humdrum of the bustling citizens. This work from Ray gains its mammoth significance as he makes the viewers truly manages to care for this simple family with a simple narrative, with a true sense of depth and detail, yet somehow remaining weightless and effortless in depicting the social evolution. A true masterpiece.
— Milton Berle
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Release Date:
Sep 27, 1963 (India)
Run Time:
2hr 16`
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Original Language:
Bengali
Production Countries:
India
Status:
Released
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Rating: 9.5 / 10
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."Owing to a banking failure typical of the post-independence India, Subrata(Anil Chatterjee) loses his job and must reconcile with the shortcomings of the situation, his insecurities as his wife Arati(Madhabi Mukherjee) becomes the sole breadwinner of the family. Arati's story feels both intricately real and extremely personal as the narrative flows from the tantrums at home to the politics at the office, and she must learn to be adept at handing either of them as she gets to mingle with other classes and races of the society, breaking through her shyness in both her appearance and her speech. The Big City (মহানগর) leaves us ruminating at the grappling for opportunities at the transience of hope and progress, regardless of race and gender, amongst a myriad of opportunities and the humdrum of the bustling citizens. This work from Ray gains its mammoth significance as he makes the viewers truly manages to care for this simple family with a simple narrative, with a true sense of depth and detail, yet somehow remaining weightless and effortless in depicting the social evolution. A true masterpiece.
— Milton Berle
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The Big City - The Big City
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Arati Mazumder
... Subrata Mazumdar
... Bani
... Priyogopal (Subrata's father)
... Sarojini (Subrata's Mother)
... Pintu
... Himangshu Mukherjee
... Edith
... Anupam
... Anupam's wife
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PD
Pritish Dey...
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SL
Samir Lahiri...
AM
Ashok Mitra...
Produced By
RB
R.D. Bansal... Producer
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