Interview
Directed byMrinal Sen
Written byAshis Barman
Produced byMrinal Sen Productions
StarringRanjit Mallick, Karuna Banerjee
Narrated byRanjit Mallick
CinematographyK. K. Mahajan
Music byVijay Raghav Rao
Release date
  • 13 November 1971 (1971-11-13) (West Bengal)
Running time
101 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Interview (1971)[1] was a Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen. A path-breaking film in terms of narrative innovation and cinematic technique, it was a commercial and critical success. It also happened to be the debut film of Ranjit Mallick. Although it was a film on the colonial hangover, it touched upon diverse issues like anti-establishment, middle class cowardice, and unemployment.

This film is considered to be the first film of Mrinal Sen's Calcutta trilogy, the others being Calcutta 71, and Padatik.

Plot

Ranjit Mallick is a smart personable young man. A friend of the family, who works in a foreign firm, has assured him of a lucrative job in his firm. All Ranjit has to do is come to an interview, dressed in a western style suit.

It seems a simple enough task, but fate intervenes. A strike by a labour union means that he cannot get his suit back from the laundry. His father's old suit won't fit him. He borrows a suit, but loses it in a fracas in a bus. Ultimately he has to go to the interview dressed in the traditional Bengali dhoti and kurta.

Cast

  • Ranjit Mallick as Ranjit
  • Karuna Banerjee as Ranjit's Mother
  • Shekhar Chatterjee as Shekhar Uncle, a family friend
  • Bulbul Mukherjee as Ranjit's girlfriend
  • Mamata as Ranjit's elder sister

References

  1. Gyan Prakash (26 March 2019). Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning Point. Princeton University Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-691-18672-6.


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