Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.
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- Stars
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total
- Arati Mazumder
- (as Madhabi Mukherjee)
- Bani
- (as Jaya Bhaduri)
- Sarojini (Subrata's Mother)
- (as Shephalika Devi)
- Himangshu Mukherjee
- (as Haradhan Banerjee)
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Summary
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Did you know
- TriviaFifteen-year old Jaya Bhaduri's (later known as Jaya Bachchan) film debut and her only film with Satyajit Ray.
- GoofsWhen Priyogopal (Subrata's father) goes to visit his student Anupam Roychowdhury to ask for money he is shown having a conversation with Anupam in his office. When he is explaining his circumstance the camera shows him only sitting on a chair with his walking stick. In the very next scene when all the three characters are shown (third one being Anupam's wife ) the top of his walking stick has changed direction. The round bit on top was towards the right before and is turned to the left in the very next scene.
- Quotes
- Arati: You wouldn't recognize me on the job.
- Subrata Mazumdar: What about at home? Would I recognize you at home?
- Arati: You don't recognize me? Tell me honestly.
- [Subrata shakes his head no]
- Arati: Why not?
- Subrata Mazumdar: It all feels a bit unfamiliar. It feels a bit...
- Arati: What about this?
- [points at her cheek]
- Arati: You don't recognize my mole? I'm still the same housewife.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Satyajit Ray (1982)
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- Also known as
- The Big City: Mahanagar
- Filming locations
- RN Mukherjee Rd, Calcutta, West Bengal, India(closing shot: view of the city)
- Production company
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- Runtime
- 2h 2m(122 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1


































