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This movie deals with calcutta in its early 70’s. On one side the naxalites movement at its height and on the other side, a corruption, unemployment frurtration of the youth and depreciations of values. Siddhartha Chowdhury, a bright, medical student, has to leave his studies after his father’s sudden demise. This young protagonist comes to the street to find a job He facer interviews one after the other, but all in vain.25years after the independence, corruptions, manipulation compromises are the norm. Siddhartha gets angry with this city. He is not alone, all the youth ... » Read Full Story 

Aggressive. Arrogant. Adamant. Honest. Revolutionary. All these pillars add up to the creation of “Pratidwandi” (1970). Satyajit Ray’s attempt to recreate the frustration & dejection of a 1970’s jobless youth (Dhritiman Chatterjee) passes with flying marks. As a film “Pratidwandi” scores in every department. Be it editing, (Dulal Dutta), art direction (Bansi Chandragupta), camera (Subrata Mitra), or screenplay (Satyajit Ray), “Pratidwandi” surpasses the limits of film making to every possible extent. The form & narration remains “unique” from the word go. The neo-realist treatment ...By rahul» Read full review

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