The Big City

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1963 / 136min.

Rating7.808

Genres

Drama

Synopsis

After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.

Directors

Satyajit Ray

Actors

Jaya Bachchan

Haradhan Bandyopadhyay

Vicky Redwood

Haren Chatterjee

Madhabi Mukherjee

Anuradha Guha

Gitali Roy

Tapan Chatterjee

Anil Chatterjee

Sefalika Devi

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