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The Big City

1963
Directed bySatyajit Ray
2h 16m

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.

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Madhabi MukherjeeArati MazumdarAnil ChatterjeeSubrata MazumdarHaren Chatterjee
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Haradhan BandyopadhyayHimangshu Mukherjee
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Prasenjit SarkarPintu Mazumdar
Shyamal GhoshalAnupam
Gitali RoyAnupam's Wife
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Drama
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
R.D. Bansal & Co.
RATING
7.8

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