Pratidwandi
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Pratidwandi is a 1970 Indian Bengali drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is the first part of the Calcutta trilogy. Pratidwandi tells the story
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Sunil Gangopadhyay
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Sunil Gangopadhyay was an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer, and critic. He played a key role in modernizing Bengali poetry and co-founded the 1953 avant-garde poetry magazine Krittibas. He ha
Pratidwandi
…Pratidwandi (English: The Adversary, Siddharta and the City) is a 1970 Indian Bengali drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is the first part of the Calcutta trilogy. Pratidwandi tells the story of Siddharta, an educated middle-class man caught up in the turmoil of social…
Gangopadhyay in 2010
Sunil at the Krittibas stall in Nandan
Gangopadhyay in 2006
Sunil Gangopadhyay giving autographs to his fans in Kolkata Book Fair 2010