The Big City (1963)
September 27, 1963Release Date

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Cast & Crew.

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

Tapan Chatterjee
Subrata's Colleague

Satyajit Ray
Director / Original Music Composer / Screenplay

R.D. Bansal
Producer

Subrata Mitra
Director of Photography

Narendranath Mitra
Short Story

Ananta Das
Makeup Artist

Bansi Chandragupta
Production Design / Art Direction

Dulal Dutta
Editor

Jyoti Kripalani

Tarak Mitra

Shailen Mukherjee

Shailesh Mukherjee

Shila Pal

Smita Sinha

Anuradha Guha

Shailen Ganguli

Pritish Dey

Arun Chowdhury

Ashok Mitra

Samir Lahiri

Manisha Chakraborty

Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee
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Details.
Release DateSeptember 27, 1963
Original Nameমহানগর
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 16m
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Mahanagar, aka The Big City (lit. 'The Mighty City'), is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Starring Madhabi Mukherjee in the leading role and based on the short story Abataranika by Narendranath Mitra, it tells the story of a housewife who disconcerts her traditionalist family by getting the job of a saleswoman. The film marked the first screen appearance of Jaya Bhaduri, one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses.
Shot in the first half of 1963 in Calcutta, Mahanagar was the first film directed by Ray set entirely in his native Calcutta, reflecting contemporary realities of the urban middle-class, where women going to work is no longer merely driven by ideas of emancipation, but has become an economic reality. The film examines the effects of the confident working woman on patriarchial attitudes and social dynamics. According to veteran film critic Philip French, the film stands alongside The Apu Trilogy as some of Ray's greatest work.
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