01
Charulata
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1963 2h 11m IND
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Movies like
Mahanagar
Drama
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
If you loved Mahanagar, try these.
01
02
Pather Panchali
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
03
Old Enough
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
04
La sconosciuta
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
05
Dheepan
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.
Our curator needs a little longer. Please come back shortly.
No confident matches yet. Try our personal film finder.
01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Set in Calcutta during the 1950s, ''Mahanagar'' explores the evolving independence of middle-class women of the city. Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee), a homemaker, takes a job as a door-to-door saleswoman to meet the increasing financial pressure on her orthodox and conservative family, who share a cramped apartment. Despite the disapproval of her father-in-law, Priyogopal (Haren Chatterjee), the hesitant and nervous Arati soon begins to prosper in her field and gradually starts to enjoy her new-found financial and psychological independence.
Showing saved details. Some information may be out of date.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Madhabi Mukherjee
Arati Mazumdar