Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant young 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. 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.
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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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