The Adversary
Oct 27 1970
•2h 50m
•Drama, Romance
Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant young medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father's sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.
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Dhritiman Chatterjee
Siddhartha Chaudhuri
Krishna Bose
Sutapa
Indira Devi
Sarojini
Kalyan Chatterjee
Shiben
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