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 An Enemy of the People (1966)

User Reviews

Brilliant, One of Satyajit Ray's Best

"Ganashatru" is certainly one of the best movies of Satyajit Ray, though not one of his most popular ones. The story is set up in a small town of India and is brutally realistic. The film depicts the superstitions and ignorance one might find in an Indian town (or for that matter in any Indian City). The main characters are brilliantly portrayed by Soumitra Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey, Subhendu Chatterjee and Dhritiman. The reason this movie has not had any popularity is mainly because of the blind religious superstitions that lives amongst most of us and has blinded us in seeing the truth.

A must watch, if one believes that film makers have a duty towards educating the society.