Ganashatru

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Ganashatru is a 1989 Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "An Enemy of the People," that critiques social hypocrisy and corruption in a small town.

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instanceOf Bengali-language film
film
adaptationOf An Enemy of the People
basedOn An Enemy of the People
basedOnWorkAuthor Henrik Ibsen
castMember Bikash Roy
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Dipankar Dey
linked to: Dipankar De

Haradhan Bandopadhyay
Mamata Shankar
Rabi Ghosh
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Soumitra Chatterjee
Subhendu Chatterjee
cinematographer Barun Raha
countryOfOrigin India
critiques abuse of power by local authorities
political opportunism
religious hypocrisy
dialogueLanguage Bengali
director Satyajit Ray
distributor National Film Development Corporation of India
editor Dulal Dutta
filmFormat feature film
genre drama
hasCulturalContext late-20th-century Bengali society
hasDirectorAsAuthorialFigure Satyajit Ray
hasTitleInEnglish Enemy of the People
leadActor Soumitra Chatterjee
mainTheme corruption
social hypocrisy
medium cinema
musicComposer Satyajit Ray
narrativeFocus a doctor who exposes contamination and faces opposition
originalLanguage Bengali
partOf Indian parallel cinema tradition
partOfFilmographyOf Satyajit Ray
portrays conflict between individual conscience and community interests
public health crisis linked to corruption
producer National Film Development Corporation of India
releaseYear 1989
screenplayType adaptation
screenwriter Satyajit Ray
setting small Indian town
timePeriodOfRelease late 1980s
workType cinematic adaptation of a stage play

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