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Mahanagar = The big city / Janus Films ; the RBD Organization ; produced by R. D. Bansal ; screenplay and direction by Satyajit Ray.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Mitra, Narendranātha, 1916-1975, author.
Contributor:
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, adapter, screenwriter, composer, director.
Bansal, R. D., producer.
Chatterjee, Anil, 1929-1996, actor.
Mukhopādhyāẏa, Mādhabī, 1943- actor.
Bhaduri, Jaya, actor.
Janus Films, producer.
RBD Organization, producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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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