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Chorus

6.5/10

January 4, 1974

112 minutes

Mrinal Sen

Fantasy Drama

Overview

A small company advertises for 100 vacancies and 30,000 apply. The applicants are all from the ranks of the poor and there is a virtual riot. Everyone around is seeking for opportunities. Among them are the applicants who desperately need the job, the photographer who is busy seeking a scoop, the village moneylender who is busy exploiting the poor, the ineffective police, the employers who are advertising posts even while a six month old strike has nearly caused the workmen to become destitute. It is a story of society captured in a tiny framework of a small business. Ultimately, the workmen, the unemployed and the farmers all get to gether to protest against this exploitation.

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Movie Details

Release Date

January 4, 1974

Runtime

112 minutes

Director

Mrinal Sen

Rating

6.5/10

Production Companies

Mrinal Sen Productions

Cast

Utpal Dutt

Manager

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