An Enemy of the People (1989)
"Ganashatru" (original title)

Director:

Satyajit Ray

Writers:

Nirmalya Acharya (research), Henrik Ibsen (play),

Stars:

Soumitra Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey

Cast

Credited cast:
Soumitra Chatterjee	...	Dr. Ashok Gupta (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
Dhritiman Chatterjee	...	Nishith Gupta (as Dhritiman Chattopadhyay)
Dipankar Dey	...	Haridas Bagchi
Ruma Guha Thakurta	...	Maya Gupta (as Ruma Guhathakurta)
Mamata Shankar	...	Indrani Gupta
Subhendu Chatterjee	...	Biresh Guha (as Subhendu Chattopadhyay)
Manoj Mitra
Bhishma Guhathakurta	...	Ranen Haldar
Satya Bannerjee	...	Landlord (as Satya Bandyopadhyay)
Rajaram Yagnik	...	Mr. Bhargav
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ashok Bera
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Sharmi Chakraborty
Ajit Chatterjee
Purna Chattopadhyay

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

pseudo science | religion | doctor | disease | corruption | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Bengali

Release Date:

19 January 1990 (India)

Also Known As:

An Enemy of the People

Company Credits

Production Co:

National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Doktor Stockmann (1989)

User Reviews

Disappointing

This has to be one of Ray's lesser inspired works. He has made minimal effort to adapt the script of a play into an entertaining movie. The story, like all his movies, depicts struggle against social stigmas. But its dull. The characters fail to generate any bonding with the audience. The pace is extremely slow and the dialog stilted. This could be because Ray was cautious of the sensitive issue being dealt with in the movie. He may have deliberately presented such a clinical version to avoid a clash with the religious right. The collusion of media and bureaucracy exposed by the movie is admirable. Bottomline, I would rather watch the same performance as a play instead of the movie format.