Well-to-do Calcutta in the early 70s, and company executive Shyamalendu, the kind of character played by Jack Lemmon in American cinema, is climbing the career ladder. His sister-in-law Tutul (Sharmila Tagore) visits him at a time of worker unrest, which Shyamalendu deals with in an unedifying manner. Satyajit Ray’s rich and perceptive dissection of India’s emerging middleclass is as pointed now as it was upon first release.

Preserved by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project at the Academy Film Archive. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.