Calcutta 71
8.0
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.
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Part of Calcutta Trilogy
3 films
Cast
22 people
Madhabi Mukherjee
Known for
Charulata
The Big City
Gita Sen
The Mother in the 1953 Story
Also in
Ek Din Pratidin
Kaleidoscope
Manik Bandopadhaya
Mrinal Sen
Also in
Cinématon XII
Talking Head
DS Sultania
Binota Roy
Also in
Abhiyatri
Udayer Pathey
Samaresh Basu
Ranjit Mallick
Ranjit Mallick
Also in
Saat Pake Bandha
Sathi
Probodh Sanyal
Utpal Dutt
Known for
The Stranger
Gol Maal
Anubha Gupta
Also in
Kanchenjungha
Palatak
Karuna Banerjee
Known for
Pather Panchali
Devi
Mrinal Sen Director · Samaresh Basu Author Manik Bandopadhyay Author
First release October 12, 1972 · Produced in India · Original title কলকাতা ৭১
Production
D.S. Pictures
Production
India
Produced in
Languages
Original title
কলকাতা ৭১
Original language
Bangla
Spoken on screen
Bangla
Release dates
India · October 12, 1972
Theatrical · Source: https://indiancine.ma/AKBM/info
No release date listed for United States.
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