Mahanagar, The big city, The RDB Organization ; produced by R. D. Bansal ; screenplay, music, and direction by Satyajit Ray
Type
Label
Mahanagar, The big city, The RDB Organization ; produced by R. D. Bansal ; screenplay, music, and direction by Satyajit Ray
Language
ben
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
Mahanagar
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
849671522
Responsibility statement
The RDB Organization ; produced by R. D. Bansal ; screenplay, music, and direction by Satyajit Ray
Runtime
135
Series statement
The Criterion collection, 668
Sub title
The big city
Summary
Set in mid-1950s Calcutta and directed by Satyajit Ray, this story follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati, who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family. With remarkable sensitivity and attention to the details of everyday working-class life, Ray gradually builds a powerful human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the contemporary Indian womanThe coward: An aspiring screenwriter encounters a former lover, now married, when his car breaks down near her home
Table Of Contents
Disc 1. The big city -- Disc 2. Kāpurusha = The coward / Janus Films ; The RDB Organization ; R.D. Bansal presents ; screenplay, music, and direction by Satyajit Ray
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Big citySatyajit Ray's The big cityGreat city
Classification
Contributor
- Robinson, Andrew, 1957-
- Chandragupta, Bansi
- Chatterjee, Haren
- Devi, Sefalika
- Sarkar, Prasenjit
- Ganguly, Suranjan, 1958-
- Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Saumitra, 1935-2020
- RDB Organization (Firm)
- Bansal, R. D.
- Banerjee, Haradhan
- Bhaduri, Jaya
- Mitra, Narendranātha, 1916-1975
- Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001
- Sengoopta, Chandak
- Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992
- Dutta, Dulal
- Janus Films
- Mitra, Premendra
- Chatterjee, Anil, 1929-1996
- Mukhopādhyāẏa, Mādhabī, 1943-
- Garga, B. D., Bhagwan Das, 1924-2011
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Redwood, Vicky
Subject
Content
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Is Derivative Of
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Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
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- Contributor23
- Robinson, Andrew, 1957-
- Chandragupta, Bansi
- Chatterjee, Haren
- Devi, Sefalika
- Sarkar, Prasenjit
- Ganguly, Suranjan, 1958-
- Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Saumitra, 1935-2020
- RDB Organization (Firm)
- Bansal, R. D.
- Banerjee, Haradhan
- Bhaduri, Jaya
- Mitra, Narendranātha, 1916-1975
- Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001
- Sengoopta, Chandak
- Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992
- Dutta, Dulal
- Janus Films
- Mitra, Premendra
- Chatterjee, Anil, 1929-1996
- Mukhopādhyāẏa, Mādhabī, 1943-
- Garga, B. D., Bhagwan Das, 1924-2011
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Redwood, Vicky
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- resource.editorofmovingimagework1
- resource.filmdirector1
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- interviewerexpression1
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