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.
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.
The movie has its backdrop as the 1970's Calcutta, at the time when the unemployment problem was at its peak, and how the young jobless generation vented out their anger on the economic and political system.
The movie has its backdrop as the 1970's Calcutta, at the time when the unemployment problem was at its peak, and how the young jobless generation vented out their anger on the economic and political system.
Chatterji is an ambitious and self-made young man who becomes the director of the company he works for.
Chatterji is an ambitious and self-made young man who becomes the director of the company he works for.
A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.
A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.
