

An Enemy of the People
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Bengali
Studio
National Film Development Corporation of India
Key Crew

Satyajit Ray
Director

Satyajit Ray
Screenplay
Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee
Dr. Ashok Gupta

Dhritiman Chatterjee
Nishith Gupta

Dipankar Dey
Haridas Bagchi

Ruma Guha Thakurta
Maya Gupta

Mamata Shankar
Indrani Gupta

Subhendu Chatterjee
Biresh Guha (as Subhendu Chattopadhyay)

Manoj Mitra

Satya Banerjee
Landlord (as Satya Bandyopadhyay)

Monu Mukherjee

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Bhishma Guhathakurta
Ranen Haldar
Rajaram Yagnik
Mr. Bhargav
Ashok Bera
Sharmi Chakraborty

Ajit Chatterjee
Purna Chattopadhyay
Arup Pal Chowdhury
Bishwanath Dasgupta
Kamal Deb
Subhashish Dutta