Interview (1971 film)

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Interview
Directed by Mrinal Sen
Written byAshis Barman
Produced byMrinal Sen Productions
StarringRanjit Mallick, Karuna Banerjee
Narrated by Ranjit Mallick
Cinematography K. K. Mahajan
Music byVijay Raghav Rao
Release date
  • 13 November 1971 (1971-11-13)(West Bengal)
Running time
101 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Interview is a 1971 Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen. [1] It was the debut film of Ranjit Mallick. Although it was a film on the colonial hangover, it touched on diverse issues like anti-establishment, middle class cowardice, and unemployment.

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This film is considered to be the first film of Mrinal Sen's Calcutta trilogy, the others being Calcutta 71 , and Padatik .

Plot

Ranjit Mallick is a smart personable young man. A friend of the family, who works in a foreign firm, has assured him of a lucrative job in his firm. All Ranjit has to do is come to an interview, dressed in a western style suit.

It seems like a simple enough task, but fate intervenes. A strike by a labour union means that he cannot get his suit back from the laundry. His father's old suit won't fit him. He borrows a suit, but loses it in a fracas in a bus. Ultimately he has to go to the interview dressed in the traditional Bengali dhoti and kurta.

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References

  1. Gyan Prakash (26 March 2019). Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning Point. Princeton University Press. pp. 91–. ISBN   978-0-691-18672-6.