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An Enemy of the People (1990)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 39M

Director : Satyajit Ray
Writer : Satyajit Ray

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Soumitra Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee
Dr. Ashok Gupta
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Nishith Gupta
Dipankar Dey
Dipankar Dey
Haridas Bagchi
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Maya Gupta
Mamata Shankar
Mamata Shankar
Indrani Gupta
Subhendu Chatterjee
Subhendu Chatterjee
Biresh Guha (as Subhendu Chattopadhyay)
Manoj Mitra
Manoj Mitra
Bhishma Guhathakurta
Bhishma Guhathakurta
Ranen Haldar
Satya Banerjee
Satya Banerjee
Landlord (as Satya Bandyopadhyay)
Rajaram Yagnik
Rajaram Yagnik
Mr. Bhargav
Ashok Bera
Ashok Bera
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Sharmi Chakraborty
Sharmi Chakraborty
Ajit Chatterjee
Ajit Chatterjee
Purna Chattopadhyay
Purna Chattopadhyay
Arup Pal Chowdhury
Arup Pal Chowdhury
Bishwanath Dasgupta
Bishwanath Dasgupta
Kamal Deb
Kamal Deb
Subhashish Dutta
Subhashish Dutta
Prabir Ganguly
Prabir Ganguly
Pinaki Ghosh
Pinaki Ghosh
Tinu Ghosh
Tinu Ghosh
Sourin Maity
Sourin Maity
Somenath Majumdar
Somenath Majumdar
Gobinda Mukherjee
Gobinda Mukherjee
Monu Mukherjee
Monu Mukherjee
Purnendu Mukherjee
Purnendu Mukherjee
Subhransu Mukherjee
Subhransu Mukherjee
Prabhat Mukhopadhyay
Prabhat Mukhopadhyay
(as Prabhat Mukherjee)
Sunil Nath
Sunil Nath
Shankar Patra
Shankar Patra
Pramod Ranjan Prasad
Pramod Ranjan Prasad
(as Pramodranjan Prasad)
Kumar Saha
Kumar Saha
Masur Sengupta
Masur Sengupta

Crews

Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Director
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Screenplay
Ravi Malik
Ravi Malik
Executive Producer
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Original Music Composer
Barun Raha
Barun Raha
Director of Photography
Dulal Dutta
Dulal Dutta
Editor
Ashoke Bose
Ashoke Bose
Production Design
Ananta Das
Ananta Das
Makeup Artist
Sudhansu Chatterjee
Sudhansu Chatterjee
Production Manager
Bhanu Ghosh
Bhanu Ghosh
Production Manager
Surajit Sengupta
Surajit Sengupta
Production Manager
Ramen Chatterjee
Ramen Chatterjee
Assistant Director
Subrata Lahiri
Subrata Lahiri
Assistant Director
Ramesh Sen
Ramesh Sen
Assistant Director
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Author

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