The big city

The Adversary

Pratidwandi

In the first of the Calcutta trilogy, a disillusioned man desperately seeks a job in the turbulent city.

  • Director

    Satyajit Ray

  • With

    Dhritiman Chatterjee, Asgar Ali, Arabinda Banerjee, Soumitra Bannerjee

  • India 1970. 110min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    PG

  • English subtitles

The first of Ray’s Calcutta Trilogy, adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay’s novel, is set in the turbulent years of the communist Naxalite movement of the late 1960s. Siddhartha is a middle-class college graduate in search of a job amid the social turmoil. Alienated from his communist brother and his socially ambitious sister, his appearance at a farcical job interview plays out as dark comedy.

New 4K restoration by NFDC – National Film Archive of India.