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简介

　　Sidda^rtha ([Dhritiman Chatterje?.e) is for^ :=ced to discon*
tinu:/e hi?`s medical stu$dies d_
[ue t? o unexpecte,#)d and brutal? dea;th of his f[at$(her.%. He has to n%ow ,f%\ind !$a_ job in st ? -e[,ad. In o@+@ne job %_interview, h@e is asked to na-$ m e t\h 
e most sig %ni- ;ficant world \`\event in th ,([e last te /n_ #*years ). \-His)=# reply+])! is &;:#,\@\39the pla#!\i+;n human c?. :ourage shown by [,,]t)`he people of Vietna(m',  ins:% tead o$f the ]-/
expected+ - ma)^n]= l @ an(?ding on moon. T=h=%e inter]?viewer ]^as:/ks is he is/
- a commun ;$is ^t:.#? Needl
es to say that\] he do es not ge`!t the$( job.　　He re+=aches a coff\^^ee s%-hop where he ^%!is offe #red t?o wor.k for the communist party%=. When; h_$e do.://
es  ?not show a
^n\
y  %]interest @ th;\e part 
y le_^ader t=;e
!+lls him about a_n openi,`,ng f:or a]`  medi.c/al representative. To escap[/e
 from the heat and have a sno*;oz=\)e=@(-, h:?.e goes in to ^a cinema. A!.,s a gove)(rnm+ent propaganda newsr?.eel is#? being^ shown bef\@
ore?? the feat
ure, a//: bomb e )xp=@(lode.^ =s in the=\. cinema hall. I?(n .=_the stampede that fo+]llow ]s, Sid,+dartha)_- , bre[?aks h-;is )watch.]= H:@e go ]+es to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the  repair,s.　　Wait=ing  to cross th+;e ro_ad, he notices a sexy gi(rl. He drifts , =: back#\( to his days as a medical st^ udent #;in a fl_ashback. The pro)fessor is #expl^.ai]ning ana_,)$tom:y% of f.!\ emale breast([,. Many flashbacks !a^%@
nd d @\re\ams occur to S:\@\id;dartha through the film.　　On ( %h is w/a,_`y to.#_ hostel, he has an enc#*ounter with\ some
] hip@/pies. Along with an _(_ex-classm;/ate, he go es out t#o see a p*)]orn fi.$l;$m bu%t to the?i::r disappoi ,%n;-=tme-=nt, the, film
_ t^$_urns o=(ut to be n\:ot-so-pornographic.　　In 
su\_ch con: s?tant #wander ing_@ in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships +!:w ith \%h-?i  %s sister and a Naxali^te (militant`@[ com_[munist) br other[ ,* his _-friendshi#[^p with $K?`#ey@^a is only thing that kee`]ps[!^ hi=m sane.　　K$!eya is a simpl#^,e ,
g@irl. They enj;oy eac)[.@h ,other&#(39s c`om# $pany b/ut they ca=^ ]nno-t make. any co([mmitme(nt to each /.ot?h;er du!# e to the circumstan;_ce
$ s.　　After yet another attempt`$ a!)t a job in
erview, Siddartha ( leaves th%=e big city.( to take a mod^/@
est job of( a.^* ;sal(?esman i]$n;- a far\ off s_mall _town
=. He write?s to Keya@]- that% he still c]heri^shes their relationsh ?ip,. And that he has [ )heard **?\that bird cal l a gain but th
#is t im
`e :*i$t i/?s-, for%( rea#l:; ., and not h.
is mind. Aft @#!er ;.complet!ing :^,[the letter, he$+- come\\s out to ,--the balcony_^( `of his # mod:est roo=?% m. The b \#ir_d calls aga ,i+@n.=
. :He also hears]== the/@ sombre c!\
$/hants of a f!*uneral proces?-s\ ]ion`=%(. As , !he*)[; ) tur)%@ns to the camera, the picture is fro*\zen::.　　
.$This i,s the first film of the Calcut@[t$(a Trilo#gy. The other two were_ and)* Seema,b,ad,$dha `(C+o_]`mpa:,n
\y Limite=(d,  1971) and Jana#\ A]_ranya (The M%iddle Man, 197+5) ,+. ,\Al\/)l \/;`the thr$`;ee fi)l;] ms stu^ )d ;y t /h?(e e / ffect the big city %`@of Calcu@tta h**a==s o=,n the educa`;,ted youth and th[=@e price it extracts from the ,m.　
%*　The sev(.(#enties were]$ a di- $fficul//-t::@` period %for;) _ India: a/\nd] West *-/Bengal. The Corruption wa#(s r)%a(=mpa#
nt the Naxalit:]e m.ovem-ent had;;[ created havoc in+, Calcut[=ta. I n$ fact^
\, they ha$d )*-turned parts of Calcutta i nto %:*9liberated zones_)&#:-!39. By the time \`#the Naxalit  ,e m@
ov ;!ement died $ dow:n-, in 1975, Mrs. Ind],[,/i^-
ra Gand(`h(`+) i ,!(then, Prime Ministe( r of%
* India/) suppressed the fundamental$ `:rights and declare+d &=quo\tEmer gency& ^quot for %her ]own=! political survival. He=
r [son, Sanj? *#ay +$]Gandhi beca 
me]/ a dict@ator of sorts without a,n_#[ y officia!l designatio^/\n. The op_p`osit^ion* **leade;_rs were thrown into prisons+*=.　　Abo`ut his social responsib?i*(*litie.\s- as. a filmmaker, in a\n i:-nterv:;iew`(- with\?_ Cineaste magazin e, Ray commen+ted, &qu^o\[ tY)`/ou can see my atti tude in The A^dvers[;;ary \:!wh,ere you have( tw* o br$others). The y ounger br?other i#s a Naxalit .e. There is :,n$(o doubt that the@,
^
+elder brothe
r admires the younge-^r brother f
/o)r his brave^ry!` and con!victions. The /$film is no [!t ambi,guo * :us abou.*t-! ;/th
/at. A^s a filmmaker, however, I was mor:e .inter e$sted in t-he
-elder;/+ brother 
becau_# se he is the .@]vacillating character.= A?
+s a
=
?[,psy*$chol,ogical entity, as a human be_*i,]ng wi(;th .dou==%bts, he is a more ;^in;t.e+restin?g character to me` . The yo=u) nge%.r br +othe!`r has already i,+d=#ent _ified hims,;) elf w/*/ith a ca.use. *^!T= +hat mak*!es him pa \rt of: a to:tal att!itude*? and makes h*$)im unimportant. The N*+%axalite mo@+%veme_!nt #!t$ake -]*^s =!over. He, as a person, becomes insignific+ant.&qu) +%o\)t　　=_In a @
 let(!ter,` t-+o Seton in 1/970, R.ay 
)wrote tha;=t]^ Pratidwand\=i#$ was the_ most provoc* ^a? /tive fil$!
m he had mad@e till then. The film!* i*:s said! to have evoke )d extr^:!em/e =%reactio,ns. &quo(tPeople e
[#ith_er loved the@ film!. or hated^ it&.,:quot,] Dhritiman Chatter.jee told A-n=[drew Robinson, :-.Ray#_+'+ s b(-^iogr,aph @e#^!r.