The Big City

(1963)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 108 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1963

Runtime: 136 мин

Country: India

Director: Satyajit Ray

Cast: Madhabi Mukherjee, Anil Chatterjee, Haren Chatterjee, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Vicky Redwood, Jaya Bachchan, Sefalika Devi, Prasenjit Sarkar, Shyamal Ghoshal, Gitali Roy

Plot

Arati takes a job as a door-to-door saleswoman in Calcutta's wealthy neighbourhoods, in defiance of her traditionally-minded husband, Subrata, and his live-in parents. Emulating her Anglo-Indian friend Edith, who speaks equal to the men she encounters on the job, Arati quickly becomes her firm's top salesperson. When Subrata loses his job, the power dynamic begins to shift.