Calcutta 71
October 12, 1972
Overview
The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another...More
The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromised when famine strikes. Young boys smuggle rice, and politicians pity the poor while living in the lap of luxury.
Cast and crew
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Mrinal Sen
Director
Satya Banerjee
Ranjit Mallick
Ranjit Mallick
Haradhan Bandopadhyay
Judge
Madhabi Mukherjee
Utpal Dutt
Karuna Banerjee
Rudraprasad Sengupta
Man at the Party
GS
Gita Sen
The Mother in the 1953 Story
Binota Roy
Anubha Gupta
SRC
Suchita Ray Chaudhury
Ajitesh Bandopadhyay
Politician
SD
Subhash Dutta
Train Passanger
DR
Devraj Roy
SM
Suhashini Mulay
CT
Cyrus Tata
Special Appearance