The Big City
Sep 27 1963
•2h 16m
•Drama
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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Madhabi Mukherjee
Arati Mazumdar
Anil Chatterjee
Subrata Mazumdar
Haren Chatterjee
Priyogopal Mazumdar
Haradhan Bandopadhyay
Himangshu Mukherjee
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