The Big City

U
2h 16m
1963
7.786 /10 (98)

Overview

After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.

Country : India
Genre : Drama
Languages : বাংলা, English
Released Date: 1963-09-27

Top Billed Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee

Arati Mazumdar

Anil Chatterjee

Subrata Mazumdar

Haren Chatterjee

Priyogopal Mazumdar

Haradhan Bandyopadhyay

Himangshu Mukherjee

Vicky Redwood

Edith Simmons

Jaya Bachchan

Bani Mazumdar

Sefalika Devi

Sarojini Mazumdar

Prasenjit Sarkar

Pintu Mazumdar

Shyamal Ghoshal

Anupam

Gitali Roy

Anupam's Wife

Tapan Chatterjee

Subrata's Colleague

Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee

Manisha Chakraborty

Arun Chowdhury

Pritish Dey

Shailen Ganguli

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