Mahanagar (1964)

Directors

Satyajit Ray

Cast

Anil Chatterjee, Jaya Bhaduri, Madhabi Mukherjee

The story

In Calcutta in the 1950s, Arati, a homemaker, lives in a cramped apartment with not only her husband Subrata and their young son Pintu, but also Subrata's younger sister Bani, father Priyogopal, and mother Sarojini. Money is tight with only Subrata's income from working at a bank and doing some tutoring, so Arati tells him that she wants to get a job, and he helps her find work selling the Autonit, a knitting gadget, door-to-door. Subrata's orthodox and conservative parents disapprove, but Arati, who is initially hesitant and nervous on her own out in the world, soon begins to prosper in her field.

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