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The Big City
The Big City

The Big City

Genres

Drama

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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Bengali

Runtime

136 mins

Rating

7.8/10

Release Date

27 September 1963

Country

India

Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee

Madhabi Mukherjee

Arati Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee

Anil Chatterjee

Subrata Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee

Haren Chatterjee

Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haradhan Bandopadhyay

Haradhan Bandopadhyay

Himangshu Mukherjee

Vicky Redwood

Vicky Redwood

Edith Simmons

Jaya Bachchan

Jaya Bachchan

Bani Mazumdar

Sefalika Devi

Sefalika Devi

Sarojini Mazumdar

Prasenjit Sarkar

Prasenjit Sarkar

Pintu Mazumdar

Shyamal Ghoshal

Shyamal Ghoshal

Anupam

Gitali Roy

Gitali Roy

Anupam's Wife

Tapan Chatterjee

Tapan Chatterjee

Subrata's Colleague

Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

Manisha Chakraborty

Manisha Chakraborty

Arun Chowdhury

Arun Chowdhury

Pritish Dey

Pritish Dey

Shailen Ganguli

Shailen Ganguli

Anuradha Guha

Anuradha Guha

Jyoti Kripalani

Jyoti Kripalani

Samir Lahiri

Samir Lahiri

Ashok Mitra

Ashok Mitra

Tarak Mitra

Tarak Mitra

Shailen Mukherjee

Shailen Mukherjee

Shailesh Mukherjee

Shailesh Mukherjee

Shila Pal

Shila Pal

Smita Sinha

Smita Sinha

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