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Director:
Satyajit Ray
Writers:
Manisankar 'Sankar' Mukherjee (novel)
Satyajit Ray (writer)
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Shyamalendu (Barun Chanda) is a successful executive at a fan company where he is expecting a promotion shortly... more | add synopsis
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Good movie but not a masterpiece more

Cast

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Barun Chanda ... Shyamalendu Chatterjee
Parumita Chowdhury ... Dolan
Sharmila Tagore ... Tutul
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ajoy Banerjee
Haradhan Bannerjee ... Talukdar
Harindranath Chattopadhyay ... Sir Baren Roy
Shefali ... Cabaret Dancer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Company Limited
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
India
Language:
Bengali
Filming Locations:
Calcutta, West Bengal, India

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Good movie but not a masterpiece, 26 February 2008
5/10
Author: crappydoo from New Zealand

This is a good movie, but not one of Ray's best. The acting is pretty good by the main leads and it has a good story; however it loses something in the execution. The direction does not involve the audience and keeps them at a distance.

Its the story of the rapid rise of an educated and street smart person, up the corporate ladder of a successful Britain-based multinational company; and his experience in that position. This is juxtaposed with his personal life. The film concentrates most of its running time with the character's family.

The movie starts with a prologue which provides us with an information overload and forces us to pay attention from the very first minute. This information is essential as the entire movie revolves around it. However the story does not lose anything if people are unable to grasp all the information thrown at them within the first 5 minutes. The story flows smoothly however a key element in the story is not made clear which makes the ending seem pretty melodramatic which it isn't and had this element been conveyed properly, the end would make complete sense. Nevertheless, the Angel DVD's summary of the film clarifies this aspect which is unfortunate and shows a lack of direction from Ray.

This movie should be considered as supplementary to the other and much better Ray films: Jana Aranya (The Middleman) and Mahanagar (The Big City) which also deal with the corporate world and its effect on people's personal lives.

In the end the movie does not leave us very impressed, but hard core Ray fans will watch it anyways. Five stars for a good story, cinematography and the acting.

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