The Middleman (1975)

  • NR
  • 12/05/1975 (GB)
  • Drama
  • 2h 11m

Overview

A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with The Film Foundation, in 1996.

Satyajit Ray

Director, Screenplay

Mani Shankar Mukherjee

Novel

Cast

Pradip Mukherjee's headshot

Pradip Mukherjee

Somnath Banerjee
Satya Banerjee's headshot

Satya Banerjee

Somnath's Father
Dipankar Dey's headshot

Dipankar Dey

Bhombol Banerjee
Lily Chakravarty's headshot

Lily Chakravarty

Kamala Banerjee
Aparna Sen's headshot

Aparna Sen

Somnath's ex-girlfriend
Gautam Chakraborty's headshot

Gautam Chakraborty

Sukumar
Utpal Dutt's headshot

Utpal Dutt

Bishwanath 'Bishu' Bose
Arati Bhattacharya's headshot

Arati Bhattacharya

Molina Ganguli

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