Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
因丢了几个鸡蛋能让我看清偷鸡蛋的为人，我觉得太值得了。不再和偷鸡蛋的人来往，把自家鸡窝门修得更牢固一些，继续在自己的小世界里自力更生自娱自乐，别人发财不羡慕，别人受苦不幸灾乐祸，陪有伤口有故事的人聊聊天看看电影，一起渡过谁都会难受的那道坎，做一个心软的有良知有爱心有追求的精神充实丰满的人。
不记得之前是读到哪位智者的文字：“就算事件不是真实的，但由这事件引发的情感总是真实的。”即使政客们舞刀弄枪，戏弄着大部分的情感，但只要这些情感依然向着正义，那就仍然值得被拯救。
朴卡卡在室内开个会还戴墨镜，青瓦台是黑社会的老巢吗？
对政治不感冒。
卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行证，
这部电影简直就是浪漫啊 韩国为啥能把政治电影拍的这么浪漫 整部电影下来没有一个镜头是多余的 真的是太强了 太强了 我超级中意
对标其他韩国的政治类电影，这部明显有点弱，但用我们的眼光看，依然相当大尺度。
【千影计划251】离《南山的部长》还是差一截，远没有前者来的霸气和一气呵成
fashion正熙。青瓦台是黑社会老巢吗？
当一个人是战略家，并且执行力强，就是一个可怕的人。偷鸡蛋的故事会让人思考。我的处世之道是，比烂人更烂，比狠人更狠，他才会怕你。
理想主义打败不了现实主义。为了目的不择手段，还是为了坚持的信念宁愿失败？毫无疑问我一定是目标导向
想起早些年看的书“人的情谊，再久长，数年、数十年，总归开初那段最是金不换。”读到这里，深以为然。 我总是不大懂政治，问你你就和我讲，女朋友知道这些干啥，女朋友就是被我宠的。其实……我也不大懂你，只是政治和你，你都不愿再和我讲
韩国政治片已经接上犯罪片的棒了，因为可以拍所以层出不穷，李善均和薛景求这一对也很有火花，可看度大大提升
在法制不健全的情形下，结果正义更重要。
一个高智商诡计发明者，操纵舆论为雇主获得总统席位的故事。所以不管是以为自己是正确的人，还是真正有理想的人，只达成了目的，再也没有了理想
柏拉图说：如果做得事情是正义的，那就可以不择手段。即便再有崇高的理想，想要开创一个正义的世界，也需要一些特殊的手段来开辟道路。
真tm高级。国内也有人能写出来，但拍不出来，准确地说播不了。
浪漫主义政悚片，把金大中拍得太完美了。倘若把那句“光明、阴影”的话增加一些，或许会让故事和人物显得立体些。
就得试验、碰撞，才能找到更好的政治。定于一尊少了混乱但缺点同样也是明显的。
政治是需要有一定的理想主义，但也总得有人干脏活。
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