The Middleman

The Middleman(1976)

02/20/1976 (US)Drama2h 11m

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Overview

A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.

Satyajit Ray

Director

Satyajit Ray

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Pradip Mukherjee

Pradip Mukherjee

Somnath Banerjee

Satya Banerjee

Satya Banerjee

Somnath's Father

Dipankar Dey

Dipankar Dey

Bhombol Banerjee

Lily Chakravarty

Lily Chakravarty

Kamala Banerjee

Aparna Sen

Aparna Sen

Somnath's ex-girlfriend

Gautam Chakraborty

Gautam Chakraborty

Sukumar

Utpal Dutt

Utpal Dutt

Bishwanath 'Bishu' Bose

Arati Bhattacharya

Arati Bhattacharya

Molina Ganguli

Bimal Chatterjee

Bimal Chatterjee

Adok

Kalyan Chatterjee

Kalyan Chatterjee

Somnath's friend

Santosh Dutta

Santosh Dutta

Hiralal Shah

Bimal Deb

Bimal Deb

Jagabandhu

Alokendu Dey

Alokendu Dey

Fakirchand

Soven Lahiri

Soven Lahiri

Goenka

Rabi Ghosh

Rabi Ghosh

Natabar Mittir

Padmadevi

Padmadevi

Mrs. Biswas

Kalyan Sen

Kalyan Sen

Mr. Bakshi

Sudesna Das

Sudesna Das

Kauna

Ajeya Mukherjee

Ajeya Mukherjee

Charan

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Part of the Calcutta Trilogy

Three of Ray's films made between 1970 and 1971 form Calcutta Trilogy, the main characters being seen this time in relation to their work. It is a political trilogy about how we are being shaped, and perhaps misshapen, by our working conditions.

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