The Middleman

The Middleman

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1976-02-20
Genre:Drama
Duration:131 min
Country:India
Director:Satyajit Ray
Actors:Pradip Mukherjee, Satya Banerjee, Dipankar Dey, Lily Chakravarty, Aparna Sen
Production:Indus Films

Overview:

A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.

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