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1976

2h 11m

Drama

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8 Reviews

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50+ Ratings

Recent college graduate Somnath (Pradip Mukherjee) is having a rough time finding a job. In desperation, he sets up shop as a middleman, buying goods at low prices and reselling them to businesses at a profit. Everything's going along fine until Somnath is asked to supply one of his clients with a highly unusual item: a prostitute. If he succeeds, he'll land a huge order. After scouring the brothels of Calcutta, India, he finds the right girl. Unfortunately, she's his best friend's sister.

Elliott Stein

Film Comment Magazine

04/10/2018

1/4

The burden falls on Pradip Mukherjee, a drab performer whose loss of innocence is uninvolving.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

10/24/2007

It has the best performances of any Ray film I've seen.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

06/24/2006

Beautifully performed, blessed with Ray's customary sense of balance, and wittily satirising the absurdity of bureaucracy run riot, it makes absording viewing.

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John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews

03/09/2010

B

insightful study of contemporary urban life in India

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

08/11/2005

4/5

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

03/23/2004

3/5

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02/26/2019

This is my favorite of all the Ray films

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12/05/2017

One of the best depictions of life in calcutta in the 70 to 80s . Desperate times call for desperate measures as a meritorous student is drawn into brokery in lack of job . Ray subtetly potrays the intricacies of confrontation of father vs son young vs old politics vs daily life and honesty vs establishment . The symbolism employed by Ray such as the banana peel or the opening drawer show why he is the best filmaker in terms of human psychology. Special mention goes to Utpall dutt and Rabi ghosh. Rabi ghosh gives one of the most memorable performances of a high level broker whose rough body language is the way to success. ps- somewhere i feel Mr. wolf in pulp fiction may have been inspired by this character.

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01/28/2017

When the protagonist of the movie, Mr. Banerji is seen go through the patch that he has to, it breaks one heart, especially those who have managed to stand up for themselves.. Just when a straight man does the job, society grips him from all ends, to pull him down, and thats what hits straight when one sees this movie..

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02/16/2015

#Ray A true Visionary! An absolute genius!

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01/23/2012

very under rated..not so much talked about.

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02/12/2011

An under-rated masterpiece!

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Synopsis

Recent college graduate Somnath (Pradip Mukherjee) is having a rough time finding a job. In desperation, he sets up shop as a middleman, buying goods at low prices and reselling them to businesses at a profit. Everything's going along fine until Somnath is asked to supply one of his clients with a highly unusual item: a prostitute. If he succeeds, he'll land a huge order. After scouring the brothels of Calcutta, India, he finds the right girl. Unfortunately, she's his best friend's sister.

Director: Satyajit Ray
Producer: Subir Guha
Screenwriter: Satyajit Ray
Production Co: Indus Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Bangla
Runtime: 2h 11m