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Siddartha (Dhriti=man(=:$ ;Chatterjee) is forced to ;_ dis` c@-#ontinue $%%his _+medical studies due ]to u:^ ]nexpe cted a, :nd brutal /+death of his father. He has to now find a j)_ob i n s]tead. In on =e job i] n,($-terv ie;: w, h =e ].is asked t?o name th_!;e most sign)ific,[-(a.=nt wo([r! ld event in _the last ten_ years. His reply is 'the pla;!i/n human courage *sh : o- wn b\?--y t:\%)he p $eo ple of Vietna =m'[[, instead of,% the :(expected - man landing on moo^`,n.[] The interviewer asks is he is #a [commu?nist. Needles to say that he$] does not get th ?e job. He reache? s a coffee shop where he i.$s offered to +:.w !ork for %the c_ ]ommu nist party. . When he doe\[* s not %show any interest the par*ty lead ]!er t- (%ells him abo*u ;t .an ( o+@ pe=ning :\ fo.?@r a medi-!=?ca!*( l represe]]$nta]+,tive. To esc$% ?a pe from the heat a%$nd ha#+ve a snooze, he goes in to a( ci \:nema. As a\ gover-. nment propaga!]nda newsreel @`*is b[ei[,_n=[^g +s * `how;=n \ before the f ?eature% , a + bom b ex(-^plode s /in + ),t\=;h `e ci`/nem $ ,a hall. In the stam*_;`ped e[, th\!\ at )*+f\ )ol^lows, ;(? S]-iddartha+,`* bre*;aks his watch.? He go),e ) ?*s) to ;a! watchmake./r `but ;he can@` %not a \fford the ;`repairs@+ ;%. Wai;[ting to c/*ros $$s the?/ road #$, he notic es a(_ sexy girl. :@H@#(=e drifts b`ack to? .%hi?$[s days as a med @ ^ical studen ^%t/ ] in a `@flashback^(.. (The profe$ ssor is$ % e-+%xp+^?l-#aining anatomy of femal)e br #ea\*s)^t. Many flashbacks and # ]dre am*#s occur :t/o Si-%ddart:?ha thro$/`u! gh the film.@+ On his w ay to hos\@tel, he has an e^:ncounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-class.m?,/at[e, he goes o(-ut to s@+ee a por ; n film but to )?their(/ +disapp!o [`)intment, the film t.#/,urns out$ to be not-so-pornographic. In such const ant wandering in a C @alcutta,) dis#/integr; ated relatio? )n ships- with his s:] ister an)/\d a#* Naxali:.te (m+!] ilitant com_(# %mun+ ist) broth er, h`is fri@endship with Keya is only thing #+t- h%a#;t keeps h()im sane. / Keya is a si_+mp/le girl. They e? nj oy each o .t_[@* her's company but they c][!annot make a\_n;y. commitment to eac$`h/ other + due t]o the circumstances. ^After-^ y$/et ` $another a : tt)_:empt at a job :inter:view, Siddart\)ha lea=v%_+e_ *s the big c it #y.- to take a ^ modest job of a s;ales )man in #a far ^off sma-(ll $(.town *. He writes] to K :eya .? that he still c$ herishes( ?^ !-:t-.=heir r / e_$+la] ti,onship. !=$A ][nd tha t he h^)^as! h%@ear+`d, that b+)ird cal[;l$ again but?, this *`time i]t @;is ! for real, and not -his mind. Af - ter completing the, le` `/tter,,.+? he comes out ;[ to th$e bal $#cony of his modest *room. The bir_ d calls a` gain. %He also hears the :sombre]- chants of a fu/=]ne\[ral !+proces $sion. As he %`turns t_ o t#[h e camera,* )*t +he pict ur;^];e is #_] f(\rozen. ^ This is/+ #] !t he %]first film o f the Calcut:*:+ta .Tr/]ilog\y.^\$ The other t= wo were a(nd Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and] Jan`;a A -ra=^nya (T^? $h+e Middle Man, 1;*975).,_ All`( the/!! th%$ree film _s stu?=dy the effect= the%^* big _ ci/@ty of ,_ _Calcut ta has on the edu.,,c ate #d yo%*ut@) %h an\ d the price it ex.@;t] ract, s,` f ^rom them!. The ,:$seve/nties_ were a diffi )cult period for India and West] Bengal. The Corrupt ! ion -was ram: pant the /].N@axalite move*ment _ had @c, reated havoc i!n Calc `ut$ ,ta.. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the tim]= e*.# ..th @*e !,N !:]ax^$alite mo;vement ) died down, in 1975, Mrs. In(dira G%* an dhi (then, Prime Min [ i .[ster of I$nd-ia) su** ppr%:essed the fundamental @ri,ghts and declared &q (uotEmergency&q+,uot (/f[or her o[,;$wn politi[cal)% sur+vival,_. *#Her son( , Sanjay Ga.[+/ndhi b_ ecam!_\e !a dict= ator of #s / orts without any officia +l designa tion+. The oppos]itio -[n lead `;er/s were th rown i-:nto :pris_^=on#]%s. A-#`/bout his social responsibilitie\- s as:! a^. filmma ker, in an inte rv;]?iew with Cinea;ste ma\gazine, Ra-y commented, &#]quot] You ca$n see my attitude ^?in The Adversa[ ry where you h.`/av (^e two ) b+ rothers., The you\(nger+. brother \+i@s a Naxalite. T here is @no doubt * that th_ e elder br`oth*er admires th#_e you^ %n(] ger brother for h/(is brav(ery an%d convictions. The film is n ot ambigu: -ous: about tha*+:t. As a fi_ lmm] +/a! ker #;, h ?,^owever, I was [#more int]# eres \t?ed in :^the el der? brother b, +ecaus= e he$$ , i s the:) vaci ]llating` .*_char $acter. As a ps ych_olo).`gical ?[e ,]`ntity, \ as a @` human being with doubts, he is a mo;, +re intere,=s!ti^/.ng c:ha `racter to m(e. The )^younger brot+h er h #as alr eady ])i + den^=+tified him,$sel=-f with a cause. That make`s@- him ,`part o# ] f a t#otal attit /u]\de @ #=and% m_%,akes him unim- portant.-*` The /.=?Na( ,xalite $mo,`^v-ement ?` tak\es`,%, ov#%]er. He_@, as _^a ) p.erson, (become^/s insignif i#( c ant.& quo ^t In a l ) ette: r.- to % Seto#:^n in 1970, Ray .wrote% that Pratidwandi@_ =:_.was the%) most provocat (i?.[:ve fi$l[m he had made till _%[\then,. . The film is sai (d to have ev. !ok/+.)ed ` extreme rea cti /ons. &:][q( u!otPeo.ple either loved t:+he film `\o` r hated - \it", %!Dhr: itiman ` @Cha tterje _e told Andre w Rob[) #inson, Ray's-) biographe r.