Cinematographer
Soumendu RoyFilm Title
Pratidwandi (The Adversary, Siddhartha and the City), 1970, India, Bengali
Scene Description Siddhartha meets Keya the same night he left Lotika's appartment, disgusted. Keya is closer to the ideal woman for Siddhartha. Attractive yet modest, she makes him feel sedcure in his masculinity by idolsing him from the very beginning. The girl also repudiates her widower father's intention to marry her late mother's sister. Siddhartha sympathises with her distress and grows fond for her. (13/27)
Producer
Nepal Datta,
Asim Dutta
Director
Satyajit Ray
Banner
Priya Films
Art Director
Bansi Chandragupta
Cast
Ashgar Ali,
Soumitra Bannerjee,
Amar Bardhan,
Dhritiman Chatterjee,
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury,
Gaja Basu,
Jayasree Kabir
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