The Big City

The Big City

1963
2h 16m
7.8

7.8/10

102 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

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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Language: BN

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Production Information

Production Companies
R.D. Bansal & Co.
Production Countries
India
Spoken Languages
Bengali English

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

Quick Facts

Original Title মহানগর
Release Date September 27, 1963
Status Released
Language BN
IMDb ID tt0057277

Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee
Madhabi Mukherjee

Arati Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee
Anil Chatterjee

Subrata Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee
Haren Chatterjee

Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haradhan Bandyopadhyay
Haradhan Bandyopadhyay

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

Tapan Chatterjee
Tapan Chatterjee

Subrata's Colleague

Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee
Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

Key Crew

Satyajit Ray
Director
R.D. Bansal
Producer
Satyajit Ray
Screenplay