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.
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味道太冲了！公式化的超英电影，面面俱到的四不像，像是商业化的古城景区，迎合着游客的凝视。警惕！属于我们自身的文化认知可不要受其影响、歪曲。
作为首个华人漫威英雄，宽容些给到四星；三星往上是有了：
没看出来哪里辱华了，仅仅是男女主角选角审美不符合东方审美罢了。看在他们说中文的份上我觉得也没那么讨厌了。老王的出现真是让我眼前一亮，陈法拉那么多年了还是那么好看。
以及在外国人眼里 最强武功依然是太极
梁朝伟太帅了 高潮部分跟姐妹互摇对方在电影院直喊牛 鸡皮疙瘩起一身 片尾居然有两个彩蛋 还好没早离场
也只能在外国片一窥往日港片的风采了，打戏真的好看，能在电影院看到多好啊！想去重温一代宗师，漫威电影永远能让你值回票价，虽然我看的盗版(…)(斯米马赛)
小时候，妈妈给了尚气一本天龙八部，习得斗转星移再加上乾坤大罗移打败了老爸，然后又从星爷那儿学会了从天而降的掌法，叫做龟派气功，加上技能拈花指打败了噬魂怪。整个感受就像看到神龙却没有爪子一样总感觉缺点啥
中西大杂烩，至少很欢乐。打戏很不错，起源电影能排前三的。这里面感觉就陈法拉中文说的最好。。。
作为虎迷+漫威迷的我而言，真的是等的望眼欲穿，虽然效果还是不尽如人意，但能看到就好。这大概是最没有存在感的漫威英雄了，所谓的十环好像也没啥特别的功能，而这十环帮感觉还没洪兴人多，得亏了梁朝伟的出现，让这部电影在情感层面不至于太过单薄，但也正是这样导致电影失衡更加明显，当伟仔深邃的眼神遇上表情木讷的尚气，让人很难去理解这个英雄的做法。不过东方元素的运用还是比花木兰好些，至少那条龙血统够纯正。
准三🌟！制作是不差的，偶尔为了人物成长/高潮戏铺设感情慢下来，（过了前10分钟）总体剧情推进还是比较顺。内核本质其实欧洲戏剧的内核（男人之求之爱之得之失，个体如何找到/成为自己等等，家庭/亲人）。整部片的最外表和一些构成元素的确是沾着中国的边，也做得不错，那只long大概是我在电影里见到做的最好看的龙。另部分台词和中文对白真的是有极大进步空间。梁朝伟当然是各种好，各种会演，且Awkwafina很棒，尴尬之时还好有她，最后打完靠在男主肩头那一下也着实演的好。所有华裔都喜闻乐见的一部片吧，漫威也是时候推出了。打戏还可以，还不少，很利索，当然也十分太极，之前看预告片以为会扑街，结果完全是预告没剪好。还算不错的blockbuster吧，若身为华裔华人，还是值得去电影院一看吧。
巴士赶论文有风险，澳门竹竿夜景京东赞助，两场都市功夫戏设计其实还有点意思，但一穿越到《捉妖记》CG妖怪大战就愚蠢了；原来梁朝伟吃过的盐比元华吃过的饭还要多；尚气必须捆绑 Awkwafina 出场的原因是，少了后者的冷笑话，这个角色完全零存在感；他们唱K的歌《A Whole New World》《I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing》啥的，还真是我等看好莱坞长大的一代八零后会点的……
没有任何刻板印象，全程充满了对中国文化的尊重和理解。很难想象能有一部一半以上对白都是标准普通话的漫威电影。
结果好像一直在不停刷手机~
超乎想象的好看。漫威开始重新构架后复仇者时代的英雄。这部关于中国文化的英雄没想到构架的这么完整。。梁朝伟看似反派，但所有的情感逻辑都是对的，正常注重感情的人都会这么选择，只是尚气更伟大一些。最后女儿玲玲继承了他的产业也很完美。只是不明白，尚气的女友为啥也被选中？她不就是个普通人吗？难道也有身世？不过她的幽默是这个片子最大的调味剂。。唯一不满的是英文太多了，很多地方都是中国人没必要英文表达，应该编剧也不会更好的中文表达吧。。倒是中国的神兽刻画蛮准的，就如功夫熊猫刻画中国武学文化也很准。塔罗村应该就是中国的瓦坎达。
Here comes the second Tony I love! 被梁朝伟帅晕在电影院！加州旅馆的片尾绝对是故意的
即使放在整个MCU系列里，这部起源故事的质量也是能排在头三位的。动作设计精良（华纳说的就是你看看你的母体4再看看人家），填上了铁人3的坑，而且主创团队明显是认真研究过中国文化的（完全不是花木兰那回事），融合了西方的弑父以及东方的屠龙情结也足能看出其诚意，只可惜，他们只了解了中国文化，却对中国人毫不了解。最后只能祝福所有认为此片辱华的祖国人们永生永世只能看长津湖了——哦对不起，原来已经是了啊！（鼓掌
文武可真是深情，死了好可惜啊，倒是不怎么喜欢尚气。普通话还是有点尬，视觉特效还不错。
这个武术动作，特别是公交上那段，难道不值得一个5分吗！另外，就是很开心中国有自己的英雄嗯！
比想象中有意思啊。。。动作设计挺好看的咧！音乐好听的咧！这个家庭纠葛也太星战正传，各种力量和来自黑暗面的呼唤也让我幻视星战了。出场后我第一反应是请迪士尼和漫威加班加点给我拍梁朝伟陈法拉前传三部曲，我要看文武传！（杨紫琼对着刘思慕说“像你妈妈”的时候整个影厅笑出声。。。
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