Film
An Enemy of the People
1990 · 1h 39m · Drama
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Overview
Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.
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Cast
Soumitra Chatterjee
Dr. Ashok Gupta
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Nishith Gupta
Dipankar Dey
Haridas Bagchi
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Maya Gupta
Mamata Shankar
Indrani Gupta
Subhendu Chatterjee
Biresh Guha
Manoj Mitra
Satya Banerjee
Landlord
Monu Mukherjee
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Bhishma Guhathakurta
Ranen Haldar
Rajaram Yagnik
Mr. Bhargav
Ashok Bera
Sharmi Chakraborty
Ajit Chatterjee
Purna Chattopadhyay
Crew
- Satyajit RayDirector · Original Music Composer · Screenplay
- Ravi MalikExecutive Producer
- Barun RahaDirector of Photography
- Dulal DuttaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 19, 1990
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Bangla
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama
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