The Adversary (1971)

Name: The Adversary
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2020-06-30
Duration: 1 hr 50 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Dhritiman Chatterjee, Krishna Bose, Indira Devi, Kalyan Chatterjee, Jayasree Kabir

Movie

Audience Score

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

Part of Calcutta Trilogy

Siddhartho Chowdhury a brilliant young medical student is forced to leave his studies after his fathers sudden demise He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist sociopolitical 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

StarringDhritiman ChatterjeeKrishna BoseIndira Devi

DirectorSatyajit Ray

Movie Details Where to Watch Full Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Dhritiman Chatterjee

as Siddhartha Chaudhuri

Original Music Composer

Dulal Dutta

Editor

Bansi Chandragupta

Production Design

Tinnu Anand

Assistant Director

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1971

Original Language:Bengali

Production Companies:Priya Films

Movie Tags:

unemployment job interview calcutta medical student adversary

Calcutta Trilogy

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.