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.
Director and cast
- Satyajit Ray Director
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Dr. Ashok Gupta
- Dhritiman Chatterjee as Nishith Gupta
- Dipankar Dey as Haridas Bagchi
- Ruma Guha Thakurta as Maya Gupta
- Mamata Shankar as Indrani Gupta
- Subhendu Chatterjee as Biresh Guha (as Subhendu Chattopadhyay)
- Bhishma Guhathakurta as Ranen Haldar
- Manoj Mitra Cast
- Satya Banerjee as Landlord (as Satya Bandyopadhyay)
- Monu Mukherjee Cast
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