The Middleman

The Middleman

131 mins | Drama | Feb. 20, 1976

A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.

The Middleman

131 mins | Drama | Feb. 20, 1976

The Middleman
A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers Indus Films
Original title জনঅরণ্য
Directors Satyajit Ray
Writers Mani Shankar Mukherjee, Satyajit Ray

Cast

Pradip Mukherjee

as Somnath

Lily Chakravarty

as Kamala

Dipankar Dey

as Bhombol

Utpal Dutt

as Bishuda

Satya Banerjee

as Somnath's Father

Arati Bhattacharya

as Mrs. Ganguli

Gautam Chakraborty

as Sukumar

Kalyan Chatterjee

as Somnath's friend

Santosh Dutta

as Hiralal

Bimal Deb

as Jagabandhu

Alokendu Dey

as Fatikchand

Soven Lahiri

as Goenka

Rabi Ghosh

as Natabar Mittir

Padmadevi

as Mrs. Biswas

Aparna Sen

as Somnath's ex-girlfriend

Kalyan Sen

as Mr. Bakshi