The Big City(মহানগর)
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India · 1963
2h 11m
Director Satyajit Ray
Starring Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bachchan, Haren Chatterjee
Genre Drama
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Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson. Satyajit Ray constructs a character-driven social commentary as the family confronts the modern challenges of patriarchal capitalism.
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