Jana Aranya (1975)

Film details

Featuring

Pradip Mukherjee Satya Banerjee Dipankar Dey
Director

Satyajit Ray
Country

India
Year

1975
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The Middleman
Dahana-Aranja Alternative
The Middle Man Alternative
The Masses Alternative

Synopsis

Story of a young man in Calcutta who, when he fails to get a job, goes into business as a 'middle man' and ends up by supplying call girls to his clients.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Somnath Banerjee
    
    Pradip Mukherjee
  - Somnath's father
    
    Satya Banerjee
  - Bhombol
    
    Dipankar Dey
  - Kamala, Bhombol's wife
    
    Lily Chakravarti
  - Somnath's girlfriend
    
    Aparna Sen
  - Sukumar, Somnath's friend
    
    Gautam Chakravarti
  - Kauna known as Juthika
    
    Sudesna Das
  - Bisu, a broker
    
    Dutta, Utpal
  - Natabar Mitter
    
    Rabi Ghosh
  - Adok, a book-keeper
    
    Bimal Chatterjee
  - Mrs Ganguli, a call-girl
    
    Arati Bhattacharya
  - Mrs Biswas
    
    Padma Devi
  - Goenka, chief officer, Kejriwall Mills
    
    Soven Lahiri
  - Hiralal
    
    Santosh Dutta
  - Jagabandhu, MLA/MP
    
    Bimal Deb
  - pimp
    
    Ajeya Mukherjee
  - Mr Baksi
    
    Kalyan Sen
  - Fakirchand, officer bearer
    
    Alokendu Dey
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Satyajit Ray
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Indus Films
  - Producer
    
    Subir Guha
  - Production Manager
    
    Anil Chowdhury
  - Production Manager
    
    Bhanu Ghosh
  - Production Assistant
    
    Ramesh Sen
  - Production Assistant
    
    Santi K. Chatterji
  - Production Assistant
    
    Suhasini Mulay
  - Production Assistant
    
    Purnendu Bose
  - Production Assistant
    
    Anil Ghosh
  - Production Assistant
    
    Kanai Das
  - Production Assistant
    
    Siddhinath Nag
  - Production Assistant
    
    Nitai Jana
  - Production Assistant
    
    Kashinath Bose
  - Production Assistant
    
    Samir Ganguli
  - Production Assistant
    
    Surath Das
  - Production Assistant
    
    Bolai Addy
  - Production Assistant
    
    Troilokya Das
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Satyajit Ray
  - From the novel by
    
    Sankar
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Soumendu Roy
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Dulal Dutta
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Asok Bose
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Satyajit Ray
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    J.D. Irani
  - Sound
    
    Anil Talukdar
  - Sound
    
    Adinath Nag
  - Sound
    
    Sujit Ghosh
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Mangesh Desai