''Interview'' is a 1971 Bengali film directed by noted Indian

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director

Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen ( ; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was a Bengali film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, and a few Hindi cinema, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. Regarded as on ...

. 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

'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

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and

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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

External links

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On the Mrinal Sen website

Review at Upperstall
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