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The Big City

The Big City

7,8 /10 (102 Votes)
1963 BN 136 min

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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Release date

27/09/1963

Votes

102

Popularity

0.5

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Released

Original title

মহানগর

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Runtime

136 min

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Sayantan Chatterjee

Sayantan Chatterjee

2018-07-09

⭐ 10

<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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