Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
网大里面算是可以的了，谢苗的打戏还是有看头的，但就是故事漏洞有点大，硬伤。
片子是好的，谢苗长大了也帅，就是东北黑社会真这样吗
二乎的片名，二乎的剧情，二乎的角色，贡献了突破简陋成本的动作戏！几场打戏，简陋笨拙，但是凌厉到肉，特别是房间和客车里的小空间打戏，肉眼可见的困难，全靠演员自己和摄制组人力，非常的敬佩！有导火线的味道。
演技在线，对白还挺有趣，就是剧情太过单薄～服化道也有待加强～
挺朴实的宣传片 哥仨分工错了 主角光环开大
热烈恭喜老谢好不容易拍了一部猛片，非常棒的一部写实电影，甚至能看出有林岭东的影子，秦导演加油！
谢苗作品的亮点还得是动作设计呀，内娱好久没看到这样用心设计有新意的细致动作戏了
谢苗太干了，脸上一点肉没有，得养养生，毕竟现在没几个能打的了
其实挺好的 挺东北 打戏很不错 只是一集电影太短 没剧情了 真的适合拍剧集
演员到位啊，一提东北的电影再也不是上不了台面啊。演员各个在线
昨天看到新闻里评价都好多好，我说来看看吧，谁知道就这？中国观众的欣赏水平太低了吧。感觉08年之后，就像换了一批人，水平急剧下降
细想了一下，国产的警匪电影中有这般动作质量和硬度的作品其实并不多，这得益于谢苗本身的底子，当然和他一起配戏的演员表现都不错，那个老三的斯文败类以及到最后强调自己自己特别能打的人物塑造也是可圈可点。近期看了两部谢苗的电影，希望好的资源再去找找他，还是很让人有期待的。
2.5；医院和公交车两场打戏拍的还是很棒的，不过剧情和人设还是假了点儿。
fortieth
意思就是，没必要，看点儿别的吧。
谢苗有几部网大质量还是很高的，上院线也是可以的，新生代动作演员就靠你抗大旗了。
老丈人什么时候受的伤，什么时候又犯了包庇罪？
故事简单明了，动作干净利落、拳拳到肉，成本不高但却足够精彩，随便曝光便衣身份确实挺要命的。
谢苗拍这种正经片还挺不错的~~动作也有点利落~~
整體而言還算不錯的電影，尤其是那幾個反派演的還是蠻入骨的～劇情相對而言比較單薄，打戲可以～謝苗沒有小時候好看了
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