An Enemy of the People

January. 19,1990      
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.

Soumitra Chatterjee as  Dr. Ashok Gupta
Dhritiman Chatterjee as  Nishith Gupta
Dipankar Dey as  Haridas Bagchi
Ruma Guha Thakurta as  Maya Gupta
Mamata Shankar as  Indrani Gupta
Subhendu Chatterjee as  Biresh Guha (as Subhendu Chattopadhyay)
Manoj Mitra as  
Satya Banerjee as  Landlord (as Satya Bandyopadhyay)

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Reviews

Bluebell Alcock
1990/01/19

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

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Arianna Moses
1990/01/20

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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Candida
1990/01/21

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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Darin
1990/01/22

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

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