The Big City (1963)

09/27/1963Drama2h 16m
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After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.

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    Madhabi Mukherjee

    Arati Mazumdar

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    Anil Chatterjee

    Subrata Mazumdar

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    Haren Chatterjee

    Priyogopal Mazumdar

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    Haradhan Bandopadhyay

    Himangshu Mukherjee

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    Vicky Redwood

    Edith Simmons

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    Jaya Bachchan

    Bani Mazumdar

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    Sefalika Devi

    Sarojini Mazumdar

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    Prasenjit Sarkar

    Pintu Mazumdar

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    Shyamal Ghoshal

    Anupam

<b>Rating: 9.5 / 10</b> <blockquote> <i>"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."</i> <br><br> — Milton Berle </blockquote> Owing to a banking failure typical of the post-independence India, Subrata(Anil Chatterjee) loses his job and must reconcile with the shortcomings of the situation, his insecurities as his wife Arati(Madhabi Mukherjee) becomes the sole breadwinner of the family. Arati's story feels both intricately real and extremely personal as the narrative flows from the tantrums at home to the politics at the office, and she must learn to be adept at handing either of...