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Seemabaddha
Sign in to saveSeemabaddha ( Shimabôddho; English title: Company Limited) is a 1971 social drama Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based on the novel Seemabaddha by Mani Shankar Mukherjee. It stars Barun Chanda, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, and Sharmila Tagore in lead roles. The film was the second entry in Ray's Calcutta trilogy, which included Pratidwandi (The Adversary) (1970) and Jana Aranya (The Middleman) (1976). The films deal with the rapid modernization of Calcutta, rising corporate culture and greed, and the futility of the rat race. The film won the FIPRESCI Award at the 33rd Venice Inte
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7.1Ambitious businessman Shyamalendu enjoys showing his visiting sister-in-law, Tutul, the extravagant life he leads with his wife. But Tutul is less than impressed with the trappings of wealth.
Cast
- Barun Chanda as Shyamal
- Sharmila Tagore as Tutul
- Paromita Chowdhury as Dolan
- Indira Roy as Shyamal's mother
- Promode Ganguly
- Haradhan Bandyopadhyay as Talukdar
Themes
- based on novel or book
- calcutta
- modernisation
- corporate ladder
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Seemabaddha (Company Limited)
- Film.image
- Seemabaddha poster.jpg
- Film.director
- Satyajit Ray
- Film.producer
- Chitranjali (Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana)
- Film.writer
- Satyajit Ray, based on the novel Seemabaddha by Mani Shankar Mukherjee
- Film.starring
- Barun ChandaHarindranath ChattopadhyaySharmila TagoreHaradhan BandopadhyayParumita ChowdhuryIndira RoyPromod GanguliG. H. Mani Iyer
- Film.music
- Satyajit Ray
- Film.cinematography
- Soumendu Roy
- Film.editing
- Dulal Dutta
- Film.runtime
- 112 minutes
- Film.language
- Bengali
- Film.country
- India
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Bangla
- Followed by
- Jana Aranya
- Follows
- Pratidwandi
- Director
- Satyajit Ray
- Screenwriter
- Satyajit Ray
- Cast member
- Deepankar De
- Composer
- Satyajit Ray
- Cinematographer
- Soumendu Roy
- Narrative location
- Kolkata
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 327651
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1971-01-01
- title
- সীমাবদ্ধ
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Awards
- References
- External links
Seemabaddha ( Shimabôddho; English title: Company Limited) is a 1971 social drama Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based on the novel Seemabaddha by Mani Shankar Mukherjee. It stars Barun Chanda, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, and Sharmila Tagore in lead roles. The film was the second entry in Ray's Calcutta trilogy, which included Pratidwandi (The Adversary) (1970) and Jana Aranya (The Middleman) (1976). The films deal with the rapid modernization of Calcutta, rising corporate culture and greed, and the futility of the rat race. The film won the FIPRESCI Award at the 33rd Venice International Film Festival, and the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1971.
==Plot== left|frame|Tutul and Shyamal at a race course (film still)
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