Pratidwandi

Pratidwandi or Pratidandi literally Adversary, Opponent or Competitor in Bengali known internationally as The Adversary is a 1970 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is the first part of the Calcutta trilogy. Set during the period of the Naxalite movement in Bengal, Pratidwandi tells the story of Siddharta, an educated middleclass man caught up in the turmoil of social unrest. Corruption and unemployment is rampant, and Siddhartha cannot align himself with either his revolutionary activist brother or his careeroriented sister.

The historical background of the film is set in the decade of a wide range of political turmoil in India. The huge influx of refugees during the partition of India and loss of economic activity in the hinterland of Kolkata resulted in the stagnation of the economy of Kolkata. The protagonist Siddhartha is forced to give up his study of medicine and his ambition of becoming a doctor at the demise of his father. He makes several fruitless attempts to secure a job. The job interview scene shows interviewers asking irrelevant questions, just as in other films of Rays Calcutta trilogy. He finds his only solace in Keya, who loves him but is troubled by the problems in her own family.A large part of the narrative is dominated by Rays allusions to the moral decadence of the city and the youth in particular. During several scences, Ray makes use of dream sequences and memory sequences to portray the thoughts of Siddhartha. ........

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