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.
少了第一部的新鲜感，却还算紧凑的剧情，终于在开天眼式破案中瞬间崩塌。
这个系列真的很适合拍成电影 都比书好看。。。
看到这觉得这两部电影最大冲突与张力就在于，极度维护隐私的酒店方与探究隐秘的警察间的碰撞。真正的故事藏于隐秘之中，悬疑只是表象。木村的演技还是欣赏不来。
这个卡司着实不舍得给两星，但又说不出什么好话来，🤷🏼♀️
把日本人的轴刻画得很生动形象，看得我拳头硬了。
比《假面饭店》强了那么一点点~以及石黑贤这么多年了还是这么脸谱化。
比上一部来说难看了不少，整个故事错综复杂，人物关系很混乱，而且故事情节也没有讲好，最后的真相也是很让人无语，凶手的作案动机也是非常之迷惑，站不住脚。而整体故事也是比较拖沓，特别是木村大叔两段跳舞的片段不明白为什么会存在，对推动剧情也没有任何作用。长泽雅美的女主完全沦为了花瓶角色，而且也比较讨人嫌。整体来说，故弄玄虚，只追求表面功夫而故事本身并没有好好打磨，有些失望。
当个放松小品看看还是蛮好的，至少不会想退票（。Nov 2021@Emproer Central
和第一部相比，剧情和节奏都差了很多。是为了长泽雅美才忍着看完的。
可能因为看得不专心 整个动机完全没明白 看个热闹
来探案的警察，都戴着假面,这里绝不仅仅是一个冰冷的地方，易装警探为了抓到真正的罪犯，一直都在寻找假面背后的真相
卡司强大，但推理也太单薄了，全靠猜啊！最后整个故事也讲得莫名其妙
当日综看看么好了毕竟还有さんまさん惊喜出演
总体还是无趣，翻了下第一部的标记，竟然都过去两年半了。说夸张点可能这系列每一部都属于两星期就能拍完的程度。
在个性散放、标榜自我的今天，服务行业从业人员应该如何自处，自我尊严和专业水准的边界在哪里？当然，看了电影，也没有答案。人家就不讨论这个呀。
不太好看 前面还行 后面很仓促很离谱 甜心果然老了，发型也不适合她，显脸胖，希望不要再拍第三部了，甜心的角色就是个固执的麻烦鬼
哈哈さんまさん的友情出演有点搞笑！整个故事情节还不错。东山嫂得演技还是杠杠的。
看到这觉得这两部电影最大冲突与张力就在于，极度维护隐私的酒店方与探究隐秘的警察间的碰撞。真正的故事藏于隐秘之中，悬疑只是表象。木村的演技还是欣赏不来。
在拍原子弹之前，有几个大屠杀的镜头过渡一下，可能会调节一下观感，至少不让人反感。
我承认场景拍的很美，打斗的特效也够精致，我还有点喜欢Sprite这个角色。可惜，政治会让人昏头的。
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