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The Big City

7.819632h 16mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorSatyajit Ray
WriterSatyajit Ray
ProducerR.D. Bansal

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Cast · Directed by Satyajit Ray

MMMadhabi Mukherjee
Madhabi Mukherjee
Arati Mazumdar
ACAnil Chatterjee
Anil Chatterjee
Subrata Mazumdar
HCHaren Chatterjee
Haren Chatterjee
Priyogopal Mazumdar
HBHaradhan Bandyopadhyay
Haradhan Bandyopadhyay
Himangshu Mukherjee
VRVicky Redwood
Vicky Redwood
Edith Simmons
JBJaya Bachchan
Jaya Bachchan
Bani Mazumdar
SD
Sefalika Devi
Sarojini Mazumdar
PSPrasenjit Sarkar
Prasenjit Sarkar
Pintu Mazumdar
SGShyamal Ghoshal
Shyamal Ghoshal
Anupam
GRGitali Roy
Gitali Roy
Anupam's Wife
TCTapan Chatterjee
Tapan Chatterjee
Subrata's Colleague
BB
Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

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