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Ganashatru - Satyajit Ray (1990) | গণশত্রু | Satyajit Ray | Satyajit Ray Movies | Bengali Movies


Ganashatru - Satyajit Ray (1990) | গণশত্রু | Satyajit Ray | Satyajit Ray Movies | Bengali Movies

Dr Ashok Gupta confronts his elder brother after he finds a huge amount of bacteria in the holy water of a temple in Bhubanpur. Initial release: January 19, 1990 (India)

Director: Satyajit Ray

Story by: Henrik Ibsen

Screenplay: Satyajit Ray, Nirmalya Acharya

Awards: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali


Ganashatru (Bengali: গণশত্রু Gônoshotru'Enemy of the People') is a 1990 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play An Enemy of the People, and was released under that title in the UK. The cast includes Ray's favourite actor Soumitra Chatterjee, and veteran actors such as Dhritiman Chatterjee, Shubhendu Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra and Ruma Guhathakurta. Ray adapts the play to an Indian setting: a flourishing township in which a temple attracts devotees as well as tourists. When a health problem is discovered Dr Ashok Gupta, played by Soumitra Chatterjee, finds his popularity flagging.



STORY-

Ashoke Gupta, played by Soumitra Chatterjee, an honest doctor, diagnoses the alarming spread of jaundice among his patients. To identify the cause, he analyses the water of a populated part of his town, Chandipur. According to the report, the holy water (charanamrita) of the Tripureshwar temple, a famous temple and tourist attraction of the town, is found to be contaminated due to damage to the underground piping system.

The temple was the source of income for all of the corrupt politicians. Among these politicians is Dr. Gupta's younger brother, Nishith Gupta, portrayed by Dhritiman Chatterjee, who is also the chairman of the municipality. He and other beneficiaries of the temple decides to prevent the doctor from alerting the people.

As a responsible member of society, the doctor tries to broadcast the fact of contamination to the people, proposing temporary closure of the temple for water purification. However the Chairman is absolutely against this idea as it tampers with their profits. They are not ready to accept scientific evidence and instead says charanamrita can never be contaminated because it is holy.


Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee as Ashoke Gupta

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Mamata Shankar

Dhritiman Chatterjee as Nishith Gupta

Bhishma Guhathakurta

Deepankar De

Subhendu Chatterjee

Manoj Mitra



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