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Mahanagar = The big city / Janus Films ; the RBD Organization ; produced by R. D. Bansal ; screenplay and direction by Satyajit Ray.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 022 296 disc 1-2 + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Mitra, Narendranātha, 1916-1975, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 668.
- Criterion collection ; 668
- Language:
- Bengali
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mitra, Narendranātha, 1916-1975--Film adaptations.
- Mitra, Narendranātha.
- Mitra, Narendranātha, 1916-1975.
- Women--India--Drama.
- Women.
- Women employees--India--Drama.
- Women employees.
- Married women--Employment--India--Drama.
- Married women.
- Married women--Employment.
- Kolkata (India)--Drama.
- Kolkata (India).
- India.
- Genre:
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Indic.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Big city
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
- Language Note:
- In Bengali; optional subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- "The big city ... follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati, who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family. ... [A] human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the contemporary Indian woman."--Container.
- Participant:
- Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bhaduri.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Subrita Mitra; editor, Dulal Dutta; music, Satyajit Ray.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1963.
- Based on two stories, 'Abatarania' and 'Akinchan', both by Narendranath Mitra.
- Special features: new interview with actor Makhabi Mukherjee; Satyajit Ray and the modern woman; Kapurush = The coward (69 min. ; 1965), a feature by Ray; new English subtitle translation.
- "New, restored 2K digital film transfer."--Container.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- Contains:
- Coward
- ISBN:
- 9781604657654
- 1604657650
- OCLC:
- 849671522
- Publisher Number:
- 715515109413
- CC2302DDVD The Criterion Collection
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