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.
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Part of Calcutta Trilogy
3 films
Cast
19 people
Pradip Mukherjee
Somnath Banerjee
Known for
Kahaani 2
Satya Banerjee
Somnath's Father
Also in
Ek Din Pratidin
The Elephant God
Dipankar Dey
Bhombol Banerjee
Known for
The Stranger
Lily Chakravarty
Kamala Banerjee
Known for
Chupke Chupke
Aparna Sen
Somnath's ex-girlfriend
Known for
A Death in the Gunj
Gautam Chakraborty
Sukumar
Also in
Ek Din Pratidin
Jongole Mitin Mashi
Utpal Dutt
Bishwanath 'Bishu' Bose
Known for
The Stranger
Gol Maal
Arati Bhattacharya
Molina Ganguli
Also in
Stree
An Unfinished Story
Bimal Chatterjee
Adok
Also in
The Elephant God
The Home and the World
Kalyan Chatterjee
Somnath's friend
Known for
Kahaani
Santosh Dutta
Hiralal Shah
Also in
The Golden Fortress
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Bimal Deb
Jagabandhu
Also in
Dakhal
The Crossing
Satyajit Ray Director · Mani Shankar Mukherjee Author Soumendu Roy Cinematographer
First release December 5, 1975 · Produced in India · Languages Bangla, Hindi
Production
Indus Films
Production
India
Produced in
Languages
Original title
জনঅরণ্য
Original language
Bangla
Spoken on screen
Bangla · Hindi
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 5, 1975
Premiere · London Film Festival
India · February 20, 1976
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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