An Enemy of the People

Also known as Ganashatru

Ganashatru ( Gônoshotru Enemy of the People/ Public Enemy) is a 1990 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play An Enemy of the People, and was released under that title in the UK. The cast includes Ray's favourite actor Soumitra Chatterjee, and veteran actors such as Dhritiman Chatterjee, Shubhendu Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra and Ruma Guhathakurta. Ray adapts the play to an Indian setting: a flourishing township in which a temple attracts devotees as well as tourists. When a health problem is discovered, Dr Ashok Gupta, played by Soumitra Chatterjee, fin

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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.

Released: 1990-01-1999 minDir: Satyajit RayDrama

Stream on: Criterion Channel

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee as Dr. Ashok Gupta
Dhritiman Chatterjee as Nishith Gupta
Dipankar Dey as Haridas Bagchi
Ruma Guha Thakurta as Maya Gupta
Mamata Shankar as Indrani Gupta
Subhendu Chatterjee as Biresh Guha

Themes

water supply

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==Plot== Ashok Gupta, played by Soumitra Chatterjee, an honest doctor, diagnoses the alarming spread of jaundice among his patients. To identify the cause, he analyses the water of a populated part of his town, Chandipur. According to the report, the holy water (charanamrita) of the Tripureshwar temple, a famous temple and tourist attraction of the town, is found to be contaminated due to damage to the underground piping system.