The Middleman (1976)
Overview
A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with The Film Foundation, in 1996.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | bn |
| Popularity | 3.371 |
Directed By
Satyajit Ray
Crew
Satyajit Ray
Ashoke Bose
J.D. Irani
Anil Talukdar
Adinath Nag
Sujit Ghosh
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Soumendu Roy
Dulal Dutta
TOP CAST
Pradip Mukherjee
Somnath Banerjee
Satya Banerjee
Somnath's Father
Dipankar Dey
Bhombol Banerjee
Lily Chakravarty
Kamala Banerjee
Aparna Sen
Somnath's ex-girlfriend
Gautam Chakraborty
Sukumar
Utpal Dutt
Bishwanath 'Bishu' Bose
Arati Bhattacharya
Molina Ganguli
Bimala Chatterjee
Adok
Kalyan Chatterjee
Somnath's friend
Santosh Dutta
Hiralal Shah
Bimal Deb
Jagabandhu
Alokendu Dey
Fakirchand
Soven Lahiri
Goenka
Rabi Ghosh
Natabar Mittir
Padmadevi
Mrs. Biswas
Kalyan Sen
Mr. Bakshi
Sudesna Das
Kauna
Ajeya Mukherjee
Charan
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