The Adversary (1971)

Name: The Adversary
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1971-01-01
Duration: 1 hr 50 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Dhritiman Chatterjee, Krishna Bose, Indira Devi, Kalyan Chatterjee, Jayasree Kabir

Movie

Audience Score

StarringDhritiman ChatterjeeKrishna BoseIndira Devi

DirectorSatyajit Ray

NR 1 hr 50 minJan 1st, 1971Drama, Romance

Part of Calcutta Trilogy

Plot

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.

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Calcutta Trilogy Movies

Three of Ray's films made between 1970 and 1971 form Calcutta Trilogy, the main characters being seen this time in relation to their work. It is a political trilogy about how we are being shaped, and perhaps misshapen, by our working conditions.