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The Big City

The Big City

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The Big City

1963

2h 16m

7.8(102 votes)

Drama

Overview

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 she encounters on the job, Arati quickly becomes her firm's top salesperson. When Subrata loses his job, the power dynamic begins to shift.

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25 members

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Madhabi Mukherjee

Arati Mazumdar

Madhabi Mukherjee

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Anil Chatterjee

Subrata Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee

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Haren Chatterjee

Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee

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Haradhan Bandopadhyay

Himangshu Mukherjee

Haradhan Bandopadhyay

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Vicky Redwood

Edith Simmons

Vicky Redwood

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Jaya Bachchan

Bani Mazumdar

Jaya Bachchan

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Sefalika Devi

Sarojini Mazumdar

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Prasenjit Sarkar

Pintu Mazumdar

Prasenjit Sarkar

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Shyamal Ghoshal

Anupam

Shyamal Ghoshal

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Gitali Roy

Anupam's Wife

Gitali Roy

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Tapan Chatterjee

Subrata's Colleague

Tapan Chatterjee

Writing

Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

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Manisha Chakraborty

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Arun Chowdhury

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Pritish Dey

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Shailen Ganguli

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Anuradha Guha

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Jyoti Kripalani

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Samir Lahiri

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Ashok Mitra

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Tarak Mitra

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Shailen Mukherjee

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Shailen Mukherjee

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Shailesh Mukherjee

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Shila Pal

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Smita Sinha

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