Pratidwandi / The Adversary (1970) - Movie Review | 100 Years of Satyajit Ray | Dhritiman Chatterjee

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[@rajarshimukherjee4844]

This movie is about a young man who is really confused with what to do with his life. The film is named Adversary because throughout the narrative we see different people challenging Siddhartha on his concept of morality, integrity, political ideology etc. Essentially the entire city of Kolkata seems to be an invincible Adversary against whom Siddhartha is trying to compete and survive. However this is the same city that he loves so much that he doesn't want to leave it. This dilemma is central to the narrative as well as its title. His siblings, both of them have identified themselves with a cause, his friend indulges in debauchery, his sister's boss is as at a better position when he comes to confront him regarding his misconduct. His girlfriend is leaving the city....the tension builds right through the narrative , never dropping in between and unleashes in a violent climax ( a sort of catharsis for Siddhartha). For me this is one Ray's best movies with a style completely contrary to the Ray of 50s and early 60s.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Wonderful analysis :)

[@rajarshimukherjee4844]

Thanks Jimmy, I take a bit of interest in bengali films ;)

[@rajeshmoza6504]

Satyajit Ray got Indian government's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 1992. He received Oscars Award for Lifetime Achievement in the same year. He was awarded the Legion d'honneur(Legion of Honour) by the President of France in 1987. Besides this he is recipient of 54 prestigious Indian and international awards.

[@suvajitsaha1073]

This movie is a masterpiece of The great S.Ray. All the scenes, its depiction on the backdrop of 60s politically, socially and economically unstable Calcutta was very creative, artistic and direct. Situation of a middle class family, an educated guy who is surviving in the political turmoil, and some how manage to settled in a job which satisfies his intellectual quest. All minor depiction is also extraordinary. Thanks for the review. This movie is still relevant to the current era. LOve from kolkata and a calcasian (an usual terminology who borned and grown in calcutta)❣❣❣❤❤ ❤❤❤❤

[@sayansingha6370]

The interview scene at the beginning is one of the best scenes I have ever seen!!

[@nilanjansarkar100]

Ah! finally, I was waiting for your review of this movie. His entire Kolkata trilogy is a masterpiece. When I saw Pratidwandi for the first time, I could not believe it is a Satyajit Ray movie, it is so unusual from storytelling, camera angle, and so on. I can promise you one thing, you are in for a treat for Jana-Aranya the last of the Kolkata trilogy, it shocked me to the core.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Looking forward to both of them as well :)

[@filmdekha21]

Lovely review.. appreciating your efforts to understand the historical context to this film

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :)

[@kumarjitsikder4919]

Hats off for your research about Kolkata and Bangla cinema..

[@krishnachatterjee5839]

This movie begins with a death scene and winds up with another. Reminds me of Tolstyean depth. Beautiful.

[@AJK994]

Yes this is kind of a 'new wave' film unlike other Ray films. I often compare Pratidwandi with "Memories of Underdevelopment" by Tomas. G. Alea. Hope you'll watch Ray's "Ganashatru" an adaptation of "Public Enemy" by Henrik Ibsen. It is so relevant in todays political environment in India.

[@TheJimmyCage]

We plan to review it as well this year :)

[@couch.patati-patata]

The life is the adversary. Gopi Gayen Bagha Bayen should be your next Ray film.

[@hirenpatel6504]

THE WORDS OF YOUR REVIEW ABOUT THE MOVIE "THE ADVERSARY" HAVE BEEN TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM ADREW ROBINSON's BOOK "SATYAJIT RAY: THE INNER EYE's" THE CALCUTTA TRILOGY PART.!!!..😊

[@TheJimmyCage]

Yeah we quote his book at one point. It has been a fantastic source for our exploration of Satyajit Ray's films.

[@pritambiswas1000]

Fantastic review Jimmy and Deniz 👏 *Satyajit Ray* and *Dhritiman Chatterjee* are 2 absolute legends and stalwarts of Indian cinema. *Dhritiman Chatterjee* has not only worked in Bengali film industry but he has also worked and still working in all the South Indian film industries, in Hindi film industry and worked in multiple international films. True cinephiles know how big and legendary *Dhritiman Chatterjee* is. Happy Birthday to the legend *Dhritiman Chatterjee* 🙏🏼 Today is also the death anniversary of another Bengali genius filmmaker *Rituparno Ghosh* We're missing our Ritu Da 😢 Anyways coming back to this film, this is the 1st part of Ray's *"Calcutta Trilogy"* so don't miss the next 2 films of this trilogy i.e *"Seemabaddha"* and *"Jana Aranya"* and please complete the trilogy. Mrinal Sen's *"Calcutta Trilogy"* is also must watch. Non-Bengalis and westerners mostly know about Ray's *"Apu Trilogy"* but if they want to know about Bengal's culture, Bengal's history, Bengal's political ideology they must watch Ray's *"Calcutta Trilogy"* Ray portrayed the frustration, anger of the unemployed youth, the sociopolitical unrest, the ideological clash between the central(Indian) and state(Bengal) governments, the hierarchy in workplace and in the society as a whole in this film and in the whole trilogy and all of these factors are still very much relevant and existent even today in Bengal. This trilogy was one of the most harsh, realistic projects of Ray. His contemporary filmmakers like *Ritwik Ghatak* and certain film critics used to criticise him saying that Ray caters to the western media and mindset and makes hunky-dory films, he never really addresses Bengal's issues through his films. So this trilogy was kind of his answer to them hence it is more dark, gritty and hard-hitting but still the sarcastic humour is present in this trilogy. This entire trilogy is very close to my heart because I love my city Kolkata. Thank you guys for this lovely review and the funny intro 😘

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :) We are planning to review the other two films of the trilogy as well this year.

[@amidishamondal]

Its Dhritiman Chatterjee's birthday and Rituparno Ghosh's 8th death anniversary. Both of them are very close to my heart. Its always a pleasure to listen to Dhrititiman sir's voice. Hope you will watch "Noukodubi"( amazon prime) someday. A beautiful collaboration of these two. Dhrititiman chatterjee as a modern loving father is a delight to watch. The father-daughter relationship of this film is so beautiful that I go on watching it again and again. Yes, Kolkata faced a lot...but there is nothing like Kolkata, The City of Joy. Miss u Kolkata.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Looking forward to watch it as well in the future :)

[@nishatahmed9684]

Nice to see Buddy Maeister after such a long time :)

[@debanjanchatterjee3757]

Jimmy sir and Dennis Sir , This is also an extraordinary video . Keep up your great work. Pratidwandi movie is more close to me . One of the best movies of satyajit ray . You guys are great fan of parallel bengali cinema .

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you so much :) Have you seen our Satjayit Ray playlist? kzbin.info/aero/PLFCPhsOOkvCIxeHBgLFepGqVwSfk49Gak

[@soumikbiswasORbabai]

hopefully you guys will review the rest of the two in the “trilogy”

[@TheJimmyCage]

We will :)

[@soumikbiswasORbabai]

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[@sayansingha6370]

0:36 Loved that!!

[@vishnu.bharadwaj]

Negative effect 🔥😁

[@boss-ej4dp]

you guys got back together after a long time. noice

[@soumyajitsamanta2831]

jimmy netflix released the teaser of ray series adapted from short stories of satyajit ray and the teaser looks very promising hope they would give a really good tribute to satyajit ray. what are your thoughts on the teaser jimmy and if you can then please review the series

[@TheJimmyCage]

I'm looking forward to the series for sure :) The teaser itself is alright I think. Not saying much I think. ':D

[@arkasengupta2328]

Pratidwandi actually is a novel by Sunil Gangopadhayay

[@anubratar]

Shimabaddhha should be your next stop, you will find another gem of an actor in Barun Chanda. Wish I could be as smart as him 😀

[@Existential_Bengali]

In some of my job interviews I also felt that temptation for a revolution. ✊👍

[@TheJimmyCage]

True ':D

[@Existential_Bengali]

@@TheJimmyCage 😁👍

[@shankarganguly6407]

Kolkata or Calcutta till mid 50s was the most economically powerful city in Asia after Tokyo (plus Kolkata had a rich cultural side) so much so when Singapore became an independent nation, its first PM said he want Singapore to be like Calcutta. But things changed rapidly from there for the worst, first the influx of refugees at the time of partition and then at the time of Bangladesh war plus the rise of ultra left who were highly motivated by Chinese revolution and by the result of the Vietnam war. This ultra left movement sucked in poor ppl who were struggling to survive and also educated ppl who wanted to create a class less society. They got disillusioned quickly but irreparable damage was already done. What happened due to this, development stopped, investment shifted to Bombay or Mumbai, ppl started leaving the city and till now yet to recover from that shock. Like me and millions of Bengalis Satyajit Ray was also pained by seeing this. I am not seeing ppl were angry for no reason, they were angry everywhere even Bollywood movies have showed it but the violence which happened on the streets of Kolkata didn't happen anywhere else and was very unfortunate.

[@travellingslacker]

The scene in which she asks him to sort out the fuse & lights matchsticks after matchsticks... That's the most erotic scene ever for me. Lol

[@baghazukhov152]

One of the best movies I've ever seen

[@chandrimamukherjee478]

This movie is actually based on a novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay

[@AnindyaMitraDigitalStoryteller]

As good as this movie is it's not an equal to Nayak or Gupi Gayen & Bagha Bain which I consider to be his finest work (also, the finest piece of literature that he filmed - written by his grandfather)

[@sciencemantra3290]

Hey, thanks for this review. Love you❤️

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :)

[@rajarshimukherjee4844]

It was an interesting review! However I would like to point out to you that the naxalite movement was not so much to do with terrorism but it was a radical communist revolution undertaken by the people of the far left ideology against the centrist government's rampant corruption and general apathy towards the working class. I would recommend you to watch Mrinal Sen's "Calcutta 71" and "Padatik" to get a better idea about the history and politics of the movement and its aftermath ( these films belong to the Calcutta trilogy of Sen along with "Interview" ). Keep it up.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :)

[@rohit30584]

Highly highly highly undersubscribed channel.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you so much :D Please recommend our stuff to people you know if they might be interested as well.

[@rohit30584]

@@TheJimmyCage i always do dear

[@buddhadev92]

To understand this time ... You have to watch Calcutta triology by another Legendary Director Mrinal Sen .... Mrinal sen movie are bit differnt than Ray as it is hard to understand by he is also a mAster of filmaking..... Do it after u watch most of Rays films

[@anshulmadavi8854]

Hey Jimmy!!! Isn't there any way that i can watch ur eega review? I mean it shows in the list but doesn't start. I know ur channel for almost an year now but was Never able to see eega review. So i think its better if u reupload it!! Thanks.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Unfortunately there were a lot of problems because of copyright issues... and right now there's no option to re-upload it. :/

[@nirmalyajana642]

Loved that you reviewed this movie, but had hoped for a more critical review from you.

[@aleemurrahman3542]

Waiting for kaththi 2014 movie review...

[@boss-ej4dp]

you guys should join the MaF discord server. it would be fun

[@killerwhale9327]

Guys u have seriously got to watch Tarun bhaskars cult movies like Pellichupulu and Ee nagaraniki emindi...i see that u guys are familiar with Malayalam chill but This is Telugu Chill...the movie u guys reviewed (middle class melodies) is nothing compared to these cults.

[@Nobo_On_The_Rocks]

Thank you 🙏

[@amidishamondal]

Jimmy, what do you say....just before "My name is Jimmy cage " ? I never get it. Is it a German word?

[@vishnu.bharadwaj]

Second word is "Freunde"which means Friend in German.. So something like "Hi friends" or "dear friends"..

[@amidishamondal]

@@vishnu.bharadwaj ok

[@TheJimmyCage]

Yes it's "Servus Freunde" which means "Hi friends" :)

[@amidishamondal]

@@TheJimmyCage 👌. We greet each other saying "Namaskar" with folded hands 🙏

[@shankarganguly6407]

Which depiction of angry young man did you find better? Ray's potrayal of Dhirtiman Chatterjee in Pratidwandi or Salim-Javed's potrayal of Amitabh Bachchan in Deewar?

[@TheJimmyCage]

There's no "better" for me. Both are great performances in two very different films. I think Amitabh Bachchan's is certainly more iconic.

[@vishnu.bharadwaj]

Buddy is insulted so bad in the intro 😔.. Haven't seen the movie though.. Link please..🙄 with subtitles..

[@amidishamondal]

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[@vishnu.bharadwaj]

@@amidishamondal Thengs :)

[@vishnu.bharadwaj]

Just finished watching.. Loved it.. ❤️

[@alapanbiswas7753]

Please review 'NAYAK' by Mr.Ray

[@TheJimmyCage]

We already did :)

[@achutpatil5426]

Please watch & review the marathi movie " NAAL" or " नाळ ". This is the best movie ever to explore the relationship between son & Mother. Very powerful & strong movie directed by sudhakar reddy yakkanti. This movie is available on zee5 streaming platform....

[@TheJimmyCage]

It's on my watch list for the future :)

[@achutpatil5426]

@@TheJimmyCage love from india 😍❤️

[@pratikstark6696]

Reacting to random trailers will definitely lower down your quality as cinelover.. But you should react to these even while being selective. Eg- react to trailers like "RAY" (Netflix). It will boom the views of your vidoes which I think is very important. More people should watch your reviews.

[@TheJimmyCage]

We are once again thinking about incorporating some trailer reactions as well. We will see in the next weeks/months. :)

[@cinemacafe2467]

♥️

[@vijayamohandharmavaram5404]

Calcutta trilogy

[@sarathchandran3503]

👍

[@dipakkumarmondal9658]

Please watch Noukodubi

[@rakeshkanrar8219]

Fun fact - approx 90% of the subscribers of this channel are Indian

[@TheJimmyCage]

You don't say ':D

[@SamRichardson1990]

@Jimmy Cage aalavandhan 2001

[@md.wasimakram7167]

Ha !Written by famous novelist Sunil Ganguly.

[@shadodragon422]

Please react kurup malayalam movie review

[@sam-qt7ur]

SATYAJEET RAY WAS THE BEST. PROBLEM IS MOST OF HIS MOVIES ARE IN BENGALI LANGUAGE .

[@sayansingha6370]

What problem?

[@vishnu.bharadwaj]

That's a good problem to have... The best movies from the country used to come from Bengal.. Those who are from Bengal can be proud of them and those of us who aren't familiar with the language are still seeking to learn about the language and film making from his movies..

[@sam-qt7ur]

@@vishnu.bharadwaj ok ji

[@sayansingha6370]

@@vishnu.bharadwaj that's not a problem at all 😂

[@killerwhale9327]

@@vishnu.bharadwaj Thats actually true... calling it flaw that these movies are in Bengali is stupid.. infact it is the problem of the Hindi movie industry to not be able to make movies like Satyajit ray

[@djokerdevil]

Did you just refer to the Naxalite movement as revolutionary TERRORISM???

[@41285arup]

They are white men from liberal western democracies...forgive them! :-P

[@Existential_Bengali]

@@41285arup Karl Marx was also a white man from western civilization.

[@41285arup]

@@Existential_Bengali And wasn't he just crazy about it!

[@baghazukhov152]

It DID turn into terrorism.

[@swarupbanerjee147]

Yes and a lot of people second that.

[@nivasarul2360]

review virumaandi tamil movie by kamalhassan

[@Iampauljoseph]

Poor buddy💔🥲😂

[@TheJimmyCage]

':D