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The middleman = Jana araṇya / produced by Subir Guha ; written and directed by Satyajit Ray.
LIBRA VHS PN1997 .M437 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Bengali
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East Indians--Family relationships--Drama.
- East Indians.
- Culture conflict--India--Drama.
- Culture conflict.
- Conflict of generations--India--Drama.
- Conflict of generations.
- Motion pictures, Indic.
- Families.
- India.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (131 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Jana araṇya
- Place of Publication:
- Culver City, Ca. : Columbia Tristar Home Video, [1997]
- Language Note:
- In Bengali with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- A university student, after failing his examinations, drops out of school, looks for a job, and decides to embark on a career in business. He becomes an independent salesperson, paid on commission, much to the great despair of his father, a descendant of a noble caste who thinks engaging in commerce is the ultimate disgrace to the family reputation. As part of his business dealings, the now ex-student discovers the expedient value of corrupt practices. After lengthy hesitation, he agrees to provide a prostitute (none other than the sister of his best friend in school) in order to obtain a contract. He says nothing about all this to his father, who may to some extent only be pretending to be ignorant of what is being concealed from him.
- Participant:
- Pradip Mukherjee, Satya Banerjee, Dipankar Dey, Lily Chakravarty, Aparna Sen, Gautam Chakravarty, Sudesna Das,Soven Lahiri, Santosh Dutta, Bimal Deb, Ajeya Mukherjee, Kalyan Sen, Alokendu Dey.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Soumendu Roy ; music, Satyajit ray ; editor, Dulal Dutta ; art director, Ashoke Bose.
- Notes:
- At head of title: The Merchant and Ivory Foundation in association with Sony Pictures Classics present.
- Adapted from the novel Jana-araṇya by Śaṃkara.
- Originally produced as motion picture in India by Indus Films in 1975.
- ISBN:
- 0800185072
- OCLC:
- 37819697
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