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An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

1990•1h 39m•7.2/10
Drama

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7.2/10(24)

Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.

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Production

National Film Development Corporation of India

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BN

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Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Dr. Ashok Gupta

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Nishith Gupta

Dipankar Dey

Dipankar Dey

Haridas Bagchi

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Maya Gupta

Mamata Shankar

Mamata Shankar

Indrani Gupta

Subhendu Chatterjee

Subhendu Chatterjee

Biresh Guha

Manoj Mitra

Manoj Mitra

Satya Banerjee

Satya Banerjee

Landlord

Monu Mukherjee

Monu Mukherjee

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Bhishma Guhathakurta

Ranen Haldar

Rajaram Yagnik

Mr. Bhargav

Ashok Bera

Sharmi Chakraborty

Ajit Chatterjee

Ajit Chatterjee

Purna Chattopadhyay

Arup Pal Chowdhury

Bishwanath Dasgupta

Kamal Deb

Subhashish Dutta

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