The Adversary

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1970 / 110min.

Rating7.242

Genres

Drama

Romance

Synopsis

Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant young medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father's sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.

Directors

Actors

Debraj Ray

Soven Lahiri

Biplab Chatterjee

Kalyan Chatterjee

Indira Gandhi

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Indira Devi

Jayasree Kabir

Miss Shefali

Krishna Bose

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