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Jana Aranya

  • 19751975
  • 2h 11m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
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Jana Aranya (1975)
  • Drama
A bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls.A bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls.A bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls.
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
1.6K
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  • Director
    • Satyajit Ray
  • Writers
    • Mani Shankar Mukherjee(novel)
    • Satyajit Ray(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Pradip Mukherjee
    • Rafique Ahmed
    • S. Bagchi
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  • Director
    • Satyajit Ray
  • Writers
    • Mani Shankar Mukherjee(novel)
    • Satyajit Ray(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Pradip Mukherjee
    • Rafique Ahmed
    • S. Bagchi
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    • 15User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Awards
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    Pradip Mukherjee in Jana Aranya (1975)
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    Satyajit Ray and Pradip Mukherjee in Jana Aranya (1975)
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    Aparna Sen and Pradip Mukherjee in Jana Aranya (1975)

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    Pradip Mukherjee
    • Somnathas Somnath
    Rafique Ahmed
    S. Bagchi
    Ajit Banerjee
    Krishna Banerjee
    Sachin Banerjee
    Samaresh Banerjee
    Sudip Banerjee
    Satya Bannerjee
    • Somnath's Fatheras Somnath's Father
    Gita Basu
    Arati Bhattacharya
    • Mrs. Gangulias Mrs. Ganguli
    Sachin Bhattacharya
    Umanath Bhattacharya
    Jatish Bhora
    Rajen Brijnath
    Anup Chakraborty
    Bijon Chakraborty
      Gautam Chakraborty
      • Sukumaras Sukumar
      • Director
        • Satyajit Ray
      • Writers
        • Mani Shankar Mukherjee(novel)
        • Satyajit Ray(screenplay)
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      After his tiny penmanship causes him to score poorly on scholastic qualifying exams, a bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. Desperation leads him to take a job as a purchasing "middleman," supplying his unscrupulous customers with sundries. —Swarup Basak
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      • desperation
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      • Trivia
        One of the films of the Calcutta Trilogy, the others being Pratidwandi (1970) and Seemabaddha (1971).

      User reviews15

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      8/10
      Brooding and Thought-provoking..
      This is a Bengali film by Satyajit Ray.

      The film is about how the promising youth in the country go stumbling for lack of opportunity. In a country where thus references and under-the-hand options rule the roost than merit.

      Here the film progresses well with the protagonist meeting, giving up on the lack of jobs, meets up with an old acquaintance and starts a business. However to land a big project, he has to compromise on his morals..

      But the thought-provoking part is how while his business itself is of a middleman, he loaths those middlemen who don't think twice of pimping if needed to get the job done.

      It shows in the end that those who work, no matter what the work, will always get to hold their head higher.

      I rated it 8/10 on IMDB.
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      • rtoac1
      • Nov 9, 2020

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      • Release date
        • March 1979 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • India
      • Official site
        • Official site
      • Language
        • Bengali
      • Also known as
        • The Middleman
      • Production company
        • Indus Films
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 11 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono

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