Bose, Purnendu (Cinematographer), Pratidwandi, 1970 | 00891372
Bose, Purnendu (Cinematographer), Pratidwandi, 1970 | Photographic Still
CinematographerPurnendu Bose
Document TypePhotographic Still
Film TitlePratidwandi (The Adversary, Siddhartha and the City), 1970, India, Bengali
Scene DescriptionSiddartha has left his medical studies after his father's sudden demise. He is looking for a job. Ray creates the trilogy on the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s and 70s when Bengal and the world in large was breaking into widespread social unrest. The Bangladesh Liberation War caused mass displacement of Bengalis and Calcutta was flooded on all ends by displaced refugees. The Congress government had been overturned by popular mandate. Socialist ideals brought the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) to power but the leaders became complicit in oppressing the millions of unemployed, impoverished and displaced people. The youth was ignited against the neo-imperialist empire of the United States in the wake of the Vietnam War. Closer home, the Naxalbari movement and violent state crackdown on Maoist revolutionaries recieved a critical outcry from the masses. Siddhartha, marked by a touch of defiance, sits for an interview where he is asked what he considers the greatest event of the decade to which he replies - the undying resistance of the Vietnamese people against the aggression of the US military. And not the moon landing. He is branded a communist and obviously doesn't land the job. (2/27)
ProducerNepal Datta, Asim DuttaDirectorSatyajit RayBannerPriya Films
Art DirectorBansi Chandragupta
CastAshgar Ali, Soumitra Bannerjee, Amar Bardhan, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Gaja Basu, Jayasree Kabir
EditingDulal Dutta
Music DirectorSatyajit Ray
Script WriterSatyajit Ray
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