Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
终于用上了正经的摄影机拍摄。Caireel is real
几乎是全剧一镜到底真是看得比1917还过瘾，虽说没有什么大人物大事件，但鸡毛蒜皮的突发事件和那些完全没防备的依据吐槽骂街或者挖苦真的看得人头皮发麻，真实。
字幕组加一星……黄秋生 人肉叉烧包等等……
我看到了混乱的场面，被压垮了什么都做就是不做菜的主厨，愤世嫉俗颇有当家风范的二厨，一堆不知云云乱七八糟到处惹事的手下，奇葩无理取闹的顾客。。。
要有看过剧的朋友才有可能看出电影版的味道！我很喜欢Gameboys！
缺点：依旧是小成本制作，延续了电视剧的那种风格，聊天记录什么的感觉搬到大荧幕挺奇怪的。
粉丝向，不管好家伙两只演技也太自然了吧，还是熟悉的baby，小受的颜值对比剧里有提高呀～
一镜到底太考验演员的演技和导演的调度能力了
对“babe”这个词有点ptsd了！密度过高了吧
讽刺意味极深的电影。爱吃素的人成了没想到自己会和小动物感同身受
一镜到底更加无限放大了焦虑感，本社畜下班后去看其他社畜窒息的工作环境要疯了。
不太喜欢支线，常规操作。这个小卷毛我是爱了爱了。
宝贝宝贝叫的还是那个腻歪 让人姨母笑 互相的抱抱 两人间的鼓励 简直绝了 都很软萌 两人还能互攻 简直完美 哈哈哈哈 最后结尾 两人依依不舍 让人流眼泪 彼此都好真诚 都好爱好爱对方 台词也很戳～呜呜呜
(看到电影的标记人数才恍然大悟原来这个电影和剧都还是那么小众，就像常身处自己网络的圈子中，已将同性恋情视作平常，然而在现实中仍是面临怎样的艰难)
elijah 和 kokoy的演技太绝了 CaiReel is Real！
又好笑又恐怖又恶心又有趣。因为猎奇点进去看，竟然看完了。
一镜到底更加无限放大了焦虑感，本社畜下班后去看其他社畜窒息的工作环境要疯了。
极端素食主义者被做成肉食出售 这是最大的讽刺
2021年12月19日观看。我觉得这个小片子有点意思，调度很好，每个人物也都比较饱满。
Ohhhh这是什么神仙爱情～这电影拍的真不错，打光舒服，镜头有美感，演技自然，最重要的是船戏太香了，在我心中永远珍藏！！麻烦泰腐学学好吗，船戏按这个标准来，成年人还不如俩小孩（怨念
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