Mahanagar
Starring: Jaya Bachchan, Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee
Director: Satyajit Ray
Writer: Satyajit Ray
Mahanagar (Bengali: মহানগর, lit. 'The Big City') is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Starring Madhabi Mukherjee in the leading role and based on the short story Abataranika by Narendranath Mitra, it tells the story of a housewife who disconcerts her traditionalist family by getting the job of a saleswoman.
Trivia
- Won the Silver Bear for Best Director.
- Also nominated for: International Submission to the Academy Awards.
Previous Showings
7 Runs • 6 Festivals
5,465 tickets sold
All runs on record (7):
- May 22 - 27, 1999 · 1,690 ticketssataw/ Jana Aranya
- July 3, 1999 · 1,201 ticketssummer99w/ Charulata
- November 15 - 16, 2003 · 891 ticketsSatyajit Ray 2003w/ The Awful Truth
- September 8 - 9, 2005 · 710 ticketsSummer 2005w/ Charulata
- December 16 - 17, 2010 · 304 ticketsFall 2010 Featuring film noir every Thursday and Fridayw/ Charulata
- January 18 - 20, 2018Satyajit Ray Festivalw/ Teen Kanya (Three Daughters), Charulata
- January 18 - 20, 2019 · 669 ticketsw/ Three Daughters (Teen Kanya), The Lonely Wife (Charulata)