Interview (1971 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Interview
| image =
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| director = Mrinal Sen
| producer = Mrinal Sen Productions
| writer = Ashis Barman
| narrator = Ranjit Mallick
| starring = Ranjit Mallick, Karuna Banerjee
| music = Vijay Raghav Rao
| cinematography = K. K. Mahajan
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1971|11|13|West Bengal|df=y}}
| runtime = 101 min.
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget =
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Interview is a 1971 Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen.{{cite book |author=Gyan Prakash |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cnx8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 |title=Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning Point |date=26 March 2019 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-18672-6 |pages=91–}} 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.
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.
Cast
- Ranjit Mallick as Ranjit
- Karuna Banerjee as Ranjit's Mother
- Shekhar Chatterjee as Shekhar Uncle, a family friend
- Bulbul Mukherjee as Ranjit's girlfriend
- Mamata as Ranjit's elder sister
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0067252|Interview}}
- [http://mrinalsen.org/interview.htm On the Mrinal Sen website]
- [http://www.upperstall.com/films/interview Review at Upperstall]
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Category:Bengali-language Indian films
Category:Films directed by Mrinal Sen
Category:1970s Bengali-language films
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