Mahanagar

Mahanagar depicts a housewifes struggle for financial independence in 1950s Calcutta and the societal and familial pressure she faces as a working woman. The Big City is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language Drama motion picture featuring Madhabi Mukherjee, Anil Chatterjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Jaya Bhaduri, Vicky Redwood, Sefalika Devi and Smita Sinha. The movie is based on Abataranika by Narendranath Mitra. R.D. Banshal & Co. was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) R.d. Banshal. The Big City is written by Satyajit Ray and Narendranath Mitra and it is directed by Satyajit Ray. Edward Harrison acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Big City was released on 27th September 1963 and takes a screen time of 131 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Satyajit Ray. The music was composed by National Award winner Satyajit Ray. At the 1964 Berlin International Film Festival It won an award for Best Director.