Sep 27, 1963
136 min
Full-HD

The Big City (1963)

Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1996.

Category

Drama

Country

India

Companies

R.D. Bansal & Co.

Madhabi Mukherjee

Arati Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee

Subrata Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee

Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haradhan Bandopadhyay

Himangshu Mukherjee

Vicky Redwood

Edith Simmons

Jaya Bachchan

Bani Mazumdar

Sefalika Devi

Sarojini Mazumdar

Prasenjit Sarkar

Pintu Mazumdar

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