Calcutta 71 (1972)

Original title

কলকাতা ৭১

Directed by

Mrinal Sen

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 12m

Rating

8.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Bengali film strings together four separate stories set in 1970s Calcutta. The stories show poverty, political unrest, and corruption during that time.

grittybleakfragmentedpoliticalsomberrawurgentsocially awareepisodic

What happens

Calcutta 71 is a 1972 Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen. This film is considered to be the second film of Mrinal Sen's Calcutta trilogy, the other two being Interview, and Padatik. The film is a collection of stories depicting the 1970s. The Naxalite movement, starvation of common people, and social and political corruption are shown. There are four disjunct subplots shown in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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