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The Big City

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The Big City

Sep 27, 1963

2h 16m

★ 7.8

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

R.D. Bansal & Co.

Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee

Arati Mazumdar

Madhabi Mukherjee

Anil Chatterjee

Subrata Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee

Haren Chatterjee

Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee

Haradhan Bandyopadhyay

Himangshu Mukherjee

Haradhan Bandyopadhyay

Vicky Redwood

Edith Simmons

Vicky Redwood

Jaya Bachchan

Bani Mazumdar

Jaya Bachchan

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Sarojini Mazumdar

Sefalika Devi

Prasenjit Sarkar

Pintu Mazumdar

Prasenjit Sarkar

Shyamal Ghoshal

Anupam

Shyamal Ghoshal

Gitali Roy

Anupam's Wife

Gitali Roy

Tapan Chatterjee

Subrata's Colleague

Tapan Chatterjee

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Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

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