The Big City - The Criterion Collection

The Big City, the great Satyajit Ray's first portrayal of contemporary life in his native Kolkata, follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee), who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family. With remarkable sensitivity and attention to the details of everyday working-class life, Ray builds a powerful human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the modern Indian woman.

Special Features

Documentaries: 'Satyajit Ray' (1974), Interviews: Madhabi Mukherjee (actor); Suranjan Ganguly (Satyajit Ray scholar), Short film by Satyajit Ray: 'The Coward' (Kapurush, 1965), a short feature that also addresses modern female identity and stars Madhabi Mukherjee and Soumitra Chatterjee; Essay by Chandak Sengoopta (scholar); New cover by Marian Bantjes

Actors: Vicky Redwood, Prasenjit Sarkar, Jaya Bhaduri, Haradhan Bannerjee, Haren Chatterjee, Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Sefalika Devi

Audio Languages: Bengali

Duration: 135 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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