
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: 9/27/1963
Runtime: 136 minutes
Languages: Bengali, English
Director: Satyajit Ray
00Companies: R.D. Bansal & Co.
Countries: India
Sayantan Chatterjee
<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 them as she gets to mingle with other classes and races of the society, breaking through her shyness in both her appearance and her speech. The Big City (মহানগর) leaves us ruminating at the grappling for opportunities at the transience of hope and progress, regardless of race and gender, amongst a myriad of opportunities and the humdrum of the bustling citizens. This work from Ray gains its mammoth significance as he makes the viewers truly manages to care for this simple family with a simple narrative, with a true sense of depth and detail, yet somehow remaining weightless and effortless in depicting the social evolution. A true masterpiece.
Priyogopal Mazumdar

Madhabi Mukherjee
Arati Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee
Subrata Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee
Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haradhan Bandyopadhyay
Himangshu Mukherjee

Vicky Redwood
Edith Simmons

Jaya Bachchan
Bani Mazumdar
Sefalika Devi
Sarojini Mazumdar

Prasenjit Sarkar
Pintu Mazumdar

Shyamal Ghoshal
Anupam

Gitali Roy
Anupam's Wife

Tapan Chatterjee
Subrata's Colleague
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