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　　Siddartha) (Dhrit[iman Chatterjee) is]@ forced to dis#continu[_e h^is =$me\^dical studies du$*_e t,o unexp?* *ected =[and br utal d`eath \of his father.- He has@` to n#
(ow fi()n,*d a j$ob in: stead,$!. /In o).n=,e job i$]nterview, he is a?sked t*o na#)]me the;. most
@;signif]+i/cant wo,rld event ) in t-he\( last ten years. His reply is \)9the plain human cou] rage shown by the people of Vietna$m', inst=)]ead of the expected - m_an landi!
ng on* mo !on. The i[nterv/ =iewer(./ asks is #he`[ / is a )communist.($. ![$Nee,^dles to[_ say that he does n\]:]+ot ^get th,$e# jo#\b.　　He re.;aches @/ !a coffee sho@-,p wh=ere he is of\=*[=fered `]to work for the )^_communist par!_ty. When he does #\not s;?how a$!ny inte?%
rest t
;\h[# e party
leader tells him abou@ `t an  openi `]_ng for a @ medical rep(re=sentative. [./To e
s@ cape $fr/?om th\e heat and have#.)\, a snooze, he g+oes in to a ci*nema. As
`_a% governm%ent pr(?.op. aganda newsreel is being show=[n before  the $\_fea ture-$, a bomb explodes in -;the ci?^#?nem @a hall. In`\ the (,sta@@^mpede that fol:low?[,?s, (_Siddartha,$ + breaks his. watch. He goes+
*to \)a watchm/%?#aker but he c a*nno)?t afford the repa
@irs.\.;]　　Waiting to cross t he \*road, he notices,[ a sexy# girl. He d,`,rifts back to) his *\d@($ays as a medical st[udent in a *flas?hback. The ((professor is explaini%n]:*g anat,omy (of fema\,;l

-e bre/ast. Many flas :hbac`ks and dream(#s \ @occur to Siddarth=(%a #/thr\:*ough th$*e f#!ilm.　　On his*
\ wa[ y t_=o host,]-el, he ha+*s an encounter with som` e hipp/ies.#$( Along wi^th an ex-classmat,;e, he( goes o+[.ut t-o see a )`porn film but to ;their dis-ap+?,`pointme*: $nt, the fi].[lm `_-turn+s _` out t;^o be no!;t-so-.=.po! rnogr!a:phic#`^.　　In $.such con*stant (=wander^ing!_ in a Calcutta, di)*s+-integrated relat`ionshi];ps_ $ with his%. siste,@r/@ and a Naxalite (mi
litant# comm`^?
u!/nist) br`other
-, his-*?@ frie(ndship with K eya is onl*%y th?!ing-? _that keep:+s him
%, san%*e.　　Ke.ya is a simple gi;rl. :They enjoy each :other's co* %mpany but t@ hey cannot mak]*_e any commitment to !?eac h o?)ther due t%]o
 the circ;umstances\.　[　Af?ter +(yet another attempt at: a@= job`[ in?/ter#=v 
i -ew, S=(iddartha$ leave=s the bi=-g city t o take a mo_dest job o!f a salesman in a far off small town. _/!He ;wri-tes to #Ke^(ya that he^@ st%@_ill cheris(he )s their relationship+#!. !,And]_% that he h#[as  heard that bird call  again? b-ut th`+is time it is f]or ;\real, and `n/ot his mi; nd,(. After co_;mpleting the le/`tter, he! comes out to the b^+/a`%lcony of his modes^%t @+\ro?#(o[;:m./`( Th_e bird calls ag?)#ain. He also hears the so*mbre c,]
hant\
s o\f a fune
!ral ?pro@cession.)?= -As /he turns#=, to ;the came+ra, the p-=icture is frozen.　　T[ his is the^:` first f
(ilm of(+ the Calc=+u+tta Trilo!!g=^y.`* The ot?`:her two were a-]nd Seemab,addha .!(Company Lim:ited, 1;\971) and Ja
na Ar/anya (T[$ .he Mi#$]d^$dle Man,! : 1@,975)., All t#@he three film$*\s s,@ tudy the ef],fect *
the big _`/cit y of Calcutta has on the
) educ:ated youth and the price
 it ext
racts fro m t\)hem.　　The seventie*s were a diffi[_cul`t perio$d for India a[n-d We *st Bengal-). T?_/he Co$;*rru$\pt io\ n was =ramp$:an ,t the Naxalite move
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ment had _cr^e!ate*=!_d havoc in Calcutta. In @fact, `-th(ey ha;\*d turned pa?rts_? of C`alcutta%( into ^ \'libe*rated zones') . By% the =,ti@*me the Naxalite movem
]e)nt d#@i^[^ ed down, in 19,75, @)Mrs. !^`Ind] ` ira Gan(*)dh(\,i ,#(then, Prim\.e Minis/-+ter of +;(`Ind#:!+ia) su*_`ppress \?_ed= the funda$mental ;/#ri )g%_\hts and declar ed &q`#uotE #]mergency&^:quot for her own po= litical su,rviv*#!#al. Her s-=\on, [Sa, njay+^`_ Gandhi became a di;(?ct $ator of: sorts wi *thout any official;: desig= nation.+ Th e opposit==i#
^on leaders were t:]* hrow* `n int o prisons;.　　^[/About h+,[is s%; ocial[ res.po- nsibilit;.ies a#s a film*(make_r(_, in*^ an i\=_%n`terview with Cineaste magazine, Ray co*/mmented, "You can se +@e  my a.\ttit? ud;``e in The Adversa;;ry where ? you h#^(ave (;\
two`, broth%ers. The younger b!]\r#@other is a [-Naxal_\ite\@]. Ther;e \` +is n=)%o doubt that )the^ e.(@lder !
brother admi(*res the yo%^unger brot?$her for his brav;e++`[r\(]y  and convictions. Th]` e f\ilm is not ambiguous about) that. As $#a filmmak/#e r, however, I was more interested i+)_n the elder brother because/ he is
the!`+:+ vacillating character., :As a psy*cho/,logica\l entity]^, $=_as a h@;u=man being with dou  b ts^[(,.! h[!==e is a m =o*=]?re interest-ing ch(ara:+cter to( me.=$@ The younger brot!her,= h:a/$ s alrea,=+dy identi]!%(*fied hims/ el_f !_with a cau:_se?. , `That make,=s `,him/. par) t - of a t_!otal attitud-e and makes him
unimportan!:t .[ The Nax_+;alite !movem$+ent takes over. He`, ;@@as;\
@ a person
, be@comes in($$+signi/+#fica %nt."　　In a lette*r %\to@$ Seton% in 1970, Ray+ wrote that Pra tidwa
nd^^i w`as th *e most _/provocative+ f]ilm; he had)/ made )?(#till then. Th$e film is s+*ai[d to ha$ ve+`., evoked extre#me reacti-!o*ns. "+*People e`ither l]+ov\ ed the film or hated it",=#=+ Dhritiman Cha)+_tt;.erjee told A ndrew Robinson, Ray' ]s biogr(#ap@her.