The Big City

Subrata Mazumdar (Anil Chatterjee), a young bank clerk struggling to support his entire extended family on a meagre salary, is horrified when his wife Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee) dares to challenge his cherished belief that 'a woman's place is with her cooking pots'. She not only takes a job but proves a huge success in the workplace, relishing her new-found independence and thoroughly upsetting the family dynamic. (British Film Institute (BFI))