
Pratidwandi: Directed by Satyajit Ray. With Dhritiman Chatterjee, Asgar Ali, Arabinda Banerjee, and Soumitra Bannerjee. A young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother, and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate. Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father’s sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a job.