Pratidwandi (1970)
29 October 1970
Satyajit Ray opens his Calcutta Trilogy with Dhritiman Chatterjee as a young educated man adrift in the volatile political landscape of 1960s Bengal
Introduction
Preface — Pratidwandi (1970)
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Pratidwandi, 1970 | Photographic Still
Ghosh, Nemai (Still Photographer), Pratidwandi, 1970 | Working Still
Pratidwandi (The Adversary, also known as Siddharta and the City, 1970), directed and written by Satyajit Ray, is a searing Bengali-language drama based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. The first instalment in Ray's seminal Calcutta Trilogy, the film chronicles the inner and outer struggles of Siddhartha, a young, educated man adrift in the volatile sociopolitical landscape of late 1960s Calcutta. After the sudden death of his father, Siddhartha is forced to abandon his medical studies and enter the job market to support his family. But what he finds is a world riddled with corruption, suffocating bureaucracy, and moral compromise. During a pivotal job interview, he boldly names the courage of the Vietnamese people and not the American moon landing as the most significant global event of the decade, a choice that costs him the position and reveals...
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प्रतिद्वंद्वी (सिद्धार्थ एंड द सिटी, 1970) के लेखक और निर्देशक सत्यजित राय थे। यह बांग्ला भाषा की फ़िल्म उपन्यासकार सुनील गंगोपाध्याय के उपन्यास पर आधारित है। इसके साथ ही सत्यजित राय की प्रसिद्ध 'कलकत्ता त्रयी' का आरंभ होता है। यह उसकी पहली कड़ी है। इस फ़िल्म में सिद्धार्थ नामक एक युवा, शिक्षित किरदार के आन्तरिक और बाहरी संघर्षों का चित्रण है। यह नौजवान 1960 के दशक के उत्तरार्ध के दुनिया और देश के अस्थिर सामाजिक-राजनैतिक परिदृश्य में भटक रहा है। पिता की अचानक मृत्यु के बाद सिद्धार्थ को अपनी मेडिकल की पढ़ाई अधूरी छोड़कर परिवार का भरण-पोषण करने के लिए नौकरी की तलाश में निकलना पड़ता है। लेकिन उसका जिस हृदयहीन दुनिया से सामना होता है वह भ्रष्टाचार, घुटनभरी नौकरशाही और अनैतिक समझौतों से भरी हुई है। एक नौकरी के साक्षात्कार में निर्णायक मौके पर वह निर्भीक होकर चाँद पर इंसान के उतरने के अमेरिकी कारनामे के बजाए युद्ध में वियतनामी जनता के साहस को दशक की सबसे महत्वपूर्ण वैश्विक घटना बताता है। उसकी यह ईमानदार टिप्पणी उससे उसके हिस्से की नौकरी छीन लेती है, लेकिन उसके चरित्र की अडिग नैतिकता इससे बखूबी उजागर होती है। सिद्धार्थ अपने नक्सलवादी भाई के क्रांतिकारी आंदोलन और करियर की चिंता करती बहन की भौतिक आकांक्षाओं के बीच झूलता है। साठ के दशक के...
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Body of Work
Pratidwandi (1970)
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Pratidwandi, 1970 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00663507
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Pratidwandi is the first of Ray's Calcutta trilogy where the city in all its vibrancy and vulnerabilty becomes a formidable adversary to a young man with little means who is trying to make his way in life. The opening scene, depicted in negative of this still, shows the demise and funeral of protagonist Siddhartha Cowdhury's (Dhritiman Chatterjee) father. The mother breaks into painful wailing mourning for the father.
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Pratidwandi, 1970 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00663507
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Pratidwandi is the first of Ray's Calcutta trilogy where the city in all its vibrancy and vulnerabilty becomes a formidable adversary to a young man with little means who is trying to make his way in life. The opening scene, depicted in negative of this still, shows the demise and funeral of protagonist Siddhartha Cowdhury's (Dhritiman Chatterjee) father. The mother breaks into painful wailing mourning for the father.
Art Director
Bansi Chandragupta
Assistant Directors
Subrata Lahiri,
V.R. Anand,
Dilip Mitra
Banner
Priya Films
Cinematographer
Purnendu Bose,
Soumendu Roy
Controller of Production
Bhanu Ghosh
Dialogue Writer
Satyajit Ray
Director
Satyajit Ray
Editing
Dulal Dutta
Lead Cast
Ashgar Ali,
Soumitra Bannerjee,
Amar Bardhan,
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Lead Cast Rest
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury,
Gaja Basu,
Jayasree Kabir
Makeup Director
Ananta Das
Music Director
Satyajit Ray
Poster Designer
Satyajit Ray
Producer
Nepal Datta,
Asim Dutta
Production Designer
Kabi Dasgupta
Publicity Designer
Sailesh Mukherjee
Screenplay Writer
Satyajit Ray
Script Writer
Satyajit Ray
Still Photographer
Nemai Ghosh
Story Writer
Sunil Gangopadhyay
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Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Pratidwandi, 1970 | Photographic Still
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Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Pratidwandi, 1970 | Photographic Still
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