| Brief Description: | When Somnath, a young Calcuttan college graduate, fails to get a job
in spite of his qualifications, he breaks with Brahmin tradition and
goes into business as a middleman, which, he discovers, imposes a
painful choice between morality and survival. Eventually the
trafficking of goods becomes the trafficking of human beings as he
begins supplying call girls to his clients. With Pradip Mukherjee,
Satya Bannerfi, Dipankar Dey, Lily Chakravarti and Aparna Sen. Fully
restored. "Under Ray's piercing yet compassionate glance, his
characters darken with loss of innocence. The quiet urgency and
emotional intensity of the film transcend its context; this is not
only a film about India" (New York Film Festival note). Bengali with
English subtitles. |
