An Enemy of the People

Overview

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.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee

Dr. Ashok Gupta

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Nishith Gupta

Dipankar Dey

Haridas Bagchi

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Maya Gupta

Mamata Shankar

Indrani Gupta

Subhendu Chatterjee

Biresh Guha (as Subhendu Chattopadhyay)

Manoj Mitra

Satya Banerjee

Landlord (as Satya Bandyopadhyay)

Monu Mukherjee

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee