The Big City

Sep 27, 1963

2h 16m

★ 7.8

Overview

After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

R.D. Bansal & Co.

The Big City Trailers

Cast

Arati Mazumdar

Madhabi Mukherjee

Subrata Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee

Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee

Himangshu Mukherjee

Haradhan Bandyopadhyay

Edith Simmons

Vicky Redwood

Bani Mazumdar

Jaya Bachchan

Sarojini Mazumdar

Sefalika Devi

Pintu Mazumdar

Prasenjit Sarkar

Anupam

Shyamal Ghoshal

Anupam's Wife

Gitali Roy

Subrata's Colleague

Tapan Chatterjee

Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

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