Calcutta 71

Calcutta 71

116 mins | Drama | Oct. 12, 1972

The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromised when famine strikes. Young boys smuggle rice, and politicians pity the poor while living in the lap of luxury.

Calcutta 71

116 mins | Drama | Oct. 12, 1972

Calcutta 71
The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromised when famine strikes. Young boys smuggle rice, and politicians pity the poor while living in the lap of luxury.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers D.S. Pictures
Original title কলকাতা ৭১
Directors Mrinal Sen
Writers Probodh Sanyal, Manik Bandopadhyay, Samaresh Basu, Mrinal Sen

Cast

Ranjit Mallick

as Ranjit Mallick

Rudraprasad Sengupta

as Man at the Party

Gita Sen

as The Mother in the 1953 Story

Ajitesh Bannerjee

as Politician

Subhash Dutta

as Train Passanger

Cyrus Tata

as Special Appearance