The Big City

The Big City — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 27, 1963
• Runtime
• 136 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Satyajit Ray

The Big City — Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee Arati Mazumdar Anil Chatterjee Subrata Mazumdar Haren Chatterjee Priyogopal Mazumdar Haradhan Bandyopadhyay Himangshu Mukherjee Vicky Redwood Edith Simmons Jaya Bachchan Bani Mazumdar

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Sefalika Devi Sarojini Mazumdar Prasenjit Sarkar Pintu Mazumdar