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The Big City( 1963)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Madhabi Mukherjee

      Arati Mazumdar

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      Anil Chatterjee

      Subrata Mazumdar

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      Haren Chatterjee

      Priyogopal Mazumdar

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      Haradhan Bandopadhyay

      Himangshu Mukherjee

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      Vicky Redwood

      Edith Simmons

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      Jaya Bachchan

      Bani Mazumdar

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      Sefalika Devi

      Sarojini Mazumdar

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      Prasenjit Sarkar

      Pintu Mazumdar

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      Shyamal Ghoshal

      Anupam

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      Gitali Roy

      Anupam's Wife

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      Tapan Chatterjee

      Subrata's Colleague

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      Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

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      Manisha Chakraborty

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      Arun Chowdhury

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      Pritish Dey

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      Shailen Ganguli

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      Anuradha Guha

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      Jyoti Kripalani

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      Samir Lahiri

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      Ashok Mitra

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      Tarak Mitra

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      Shailen Mukherjee

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      Shailesh Mukherjee

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      Shila Pal

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      Smita Sinha

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Sayantan Chatterjee

    10
    Written by Sayantan Chatterjee on Mon Jul 09 2018
    <b>Rating: 9.5 / 10</b> <blockquote> <i>"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."</i> <br><br> — Milton Berle </blockquote> 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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • husband wife relationship
    • mother-in-law
    • money
    • calcutta
    • lipstick
    • new job
    • parent-in-law child-in-law relationship
    • working woman
    • salesgirl
    • family disapproval
    • preserved film
    • understated
    • compassionate
    • earnest
    • melodramatic