Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
可以拍得更好，但是这类电影实在太难拍了，因为一个案子背后是无数个不公正的累加，而且层层递进。很容易想到斯坦福监狱实验，但是更深刻的是不公正的本质究竟是什么？面对这个拷问，我们似乎只能寄希望于德性与良心。
营销咖集体推荐的电影，其实除了美工外，各方面都平平的国产动画，从剧本到细节落实可诟病的地方太多，俗套追梦人，留守儿童议题，在梦想和现实里做选择，平凡无奇也能登顶神坛，可预料的国产动画元素，可想象的剧本落脚点，对于南方乡村的风光和人文刻画的很有神韵，但通篇对于梦想的描绘以及师徒四人的互动，桥段非常尬，自以为是的矫揉造作，临摹周星驰小人物的篆刻风格，甚至一些剧情直接复刻粘贴，电影的前半段由于角色的样貌和妆容，以及对于醒狮文化的追随，想当然式的梦想集结，特别生硬的展开叙事，后半段阿娟外出打工，现实照应让观众焕发出同理心，算是正式给出代入感，结尾处醒狮斗法，依旧是无厘头的“臭脚”幽默，部分场景热血沸腾，但梦想一步登天，太有偷懒之嫌，陈腔滥调的故事内核，短暂又收敛的技术狂欢，还不能完全说服观众。★★☆
真实事件改编，无时无刻不在提醒观影者这个世界的阴暗与荒诞。
平平无奇的前一小时，让我完全没想到自己走出影院时会如此喜欢这部电影。
可以接受斜眼，因为这是病
我愿誉为“中国现实主义动画”开山之作！非常棒~
所有中国传统文化的元素都没有刻意去卖弄，以及对残酷现实的直面与迎难而上的态度，但又是一部真正创作扎实的优秀作品~
但一味模仿未免无趣。
以为开始的场场暴行就是人间炼狱了，谁知道真相被揭开时才体会到果然是恶魔在人间。印度时不时就会蹦出一些影片，能够用独特的角度去批判现实。本片只能看一遍，身心都经受不起。
真是用拍真人电影的力气去拍动画 从电影1/3的地方就有点蚌埠住了 所有的手段和方式都能猜到 连结局都那么明显 但是还是哭地不要不要 人生已经如此艰难 为什么我们不能奋斗一个奇迹 对这个片子除了剧情之外的讨论都是无意义的 很明显沉迷在这些讨论里的人 心里都没有一头雄狮
这世上没有什么天理昭昭，只有邪恶互斗。在各个邪恶集团互斗的缝隙中，普通小民才有了喘息的空间。近几年的电影，不论是《杰伊·比姆》，《成瘾剂量》，《正义的慈悲》，都号称是根据真实案件改变，都喜欢塑造一个圣人，完人。
这个对小人物确实很重要，就像尹天仇最后公演成功，但仅仅也是在“街坊剧场”而已。
这是我看的第一部印度正剧吧。现在想来，印度电影给人最深刻的印象是一贯的喜剧风格。我喜欢那样的印度电影，有欢快的舞蹈和音乐，要表达的主题也自然地呈现出来。
真是人靠衣装马靠鞍，男主穿正装跟条纹T恤完全不是一个人。 （这个评分为啥这么高感觉就中规中矩啊（最近看了两部印度片 那边刑讯逼供也太可怕了
4星+好片。被国内无脑喷子乱扣帽子，所以要支持给5星。1. 动画制作很精良，为国产动画的进步点赞；2. 最后一段很燃，小感动，收尾收得不错。3. 缺点是经费不足，动作戏都很短或直接带过，主线剧情略老套。只要没有意图辱华的，就拒绝喷子乱扣帽子，不然以后可以人人自危，穿西服用互联网说英文都可以被扣帽子。拒绝审美统一，上纲上线
speechless... but there is hope and justice. ironically though, in blackwater, it takes years in a modern western world. and then there is also
印度电影从不会让我失望！前三十分钟就非常好了。去年光看了简介我就没什么兴趣，到2022年想想2021整年都没看过好的印度电影，无奈看看这部。对不起，2021我错过了这部电影。原来是共产主义电影。想起国内那个偷窃的妇女，被带去警察局，她的幼女饿死在家中的故事，也是security系统的问题，可以拍
没有人是救世主，自己才是自己的救世主。
导演不懂能不能别编？ 1. 父母顺德人去广州打工，四年不回家？大佬，我小学的时广州去顺德只要转两次公交，一人4块一程，耗时2小时。现在城轨10块，八分钟到。 2. 有没有去过广东乡下？能参加舞狮队的都是根正苗红相貌端正，也就是别人家的孩子。 3. 卖海鲜干货的，就店里现货得压几十万，资本密集型产业，知道什么是渔霸吗？ 4. 舞狮队跟祠堂一样，是一个村的脸面，要是舞狮队大佬都去搬砖，这个村基本快饿死了。 总而言之，从相貌、情节到设定大部分都属于导演的想象，对西方导演的媚俗。
为啥少一颗星呢，紧张程度还是少一些。全靠剧情支撑。印度黑暗，一点点再改变，希望我们也是。
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