The Big City

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.

Directed by Satyajit Ray

Top 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

S

Sefalika Devi

Sarojini Mazumdar

Prasenjit Sarkar

Pintu Mazumdar

Shyamal Ghoshal

Anupam

Gitali Roy

Anupam's Wife

Tapan Chatterjee

Subrata's Colleague

B

Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

M

Manisha Chakraborty

A

Arun Chowdhury

P

Pritish Dey

S

Shailen Ganguli

A

Anuradha Guha

J

Jyoti Kripalani

S

Samir Lahiri

A

Ashok Mitra

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