An Enemy of the People (1989)

  • NR
  • 05/01/1989 (FR)
  • Drama
  • 1h 39m

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.

Satyajit Ray

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee's headshot

Soumitra Chatterjee

Dr. Ashok Gupta
Dhritiman Chatterjee's headshot

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Nishith Gupta
Dipankar Dey's headshot

Dipankar Dey

Haridas Bagchi
Ruma Guha Thakurta's headshot

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Maya Gupta
Mamata Shankar's headshot

Mamata Shankar

Indrani Gupta
Subhendu Chatterjee's headshot

Subhendu Chatterjee

Biresh Guha (as Subhendu Chattopadhyay)
Manoj Mitra's headshot

Manoj Mitra

Satya Banerjee's headshot

Satya Banerjee

Landlord (as Satya Bandyopadhyay)

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