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.
故事继承自传统香港武侠片框架，节奏干脆力落，一人一刀，只为公道，捉刀人的身份背后就是孤胆侠士，动作设计结合了传统香港的兵器武打和日本武士片，暴力美学上的展现毫不含糊，打斗前后动静氛围的对比很到位，美术风格和配乐也有亮点，只要是再在瞎眼设定下下再多一些打斗设计会更完整。（7.5/10）
能把这么平淡这么生活化的故事，拍得这么好看，真是有惊喜！
谢苗可惜了，个人确实是锐意进取，奈何拿不到好资源只能常年在网大里打滚。继去年的东北版《致命武器》后又来部中唐版《座头市》。打戏非常流畅服化道运镜及格线以上就是剧本太老套，叙事和人物弧光不完整。这题材再打磨下可以更好的……
三星半，谢苗人设不错，但部分日式服化道太恶心了。
算是了解到了不找外地人的潮汕文化，接地气。拜老爷，唱戏，很有意思。简单不做作的故事。
“我昨天也想了这个问题。” 我：“真的吗？“，而心里的答案是“我也想”。
人设显然是抄的盲侠座头市。座头市是日本剑戟片时代的代表人物，拍了数十部，还曾大战独臂刀。几年前就有一部国产电视电影山寨过。
看得出来潮汕的女性地位很低了，离过婚的女人，哪怕是研究生，是杭州人，是一个职场能力很强的领导，也配不上潮汕一个农村出来的做电商的小伙子哦！
杀人偿命，只是想要个公道，在这个地方生活了这么多年，才知道这是一个没有王法的地方。就想要个公道!
摄影、画面、动作还不错，故事不算新鲜，总感觉有别的作品的影子，这也是武侠片最难突破的地方。比较遗憾的是，谢苗的打斗动作缺乏特点，难以给人留下强烈的印象。
正义，从来都不会缺席。行侠仗义的侠客电影并不少，如此精致华美风格的倒是少见。电影努力在构建一个主持正义、惩恶扬善的武侠世界，每一片雪，每一帧刀光剑影，每一处火花都是我们心中武侠电影独一无二的元素。正义的声张的确是大快人心，但唯美的武侠世界，才是我们心之所向的神往之处。
后半部分妈妈的转变太简单奇怪了……男主他配不上这么好的女主。喜欢里面的烟火气，笑料很多，妈妈的演技加分。潮汕家庭现在慢慢可以接受外地女婿媳妇，但离过婚的是个人都很难很快接受……导演拍纪录片应该会更好，电影就算了，讲故事不过关。
《座头市》+《浪客剑心》的设定，服装道具、动作设计也偏向日本剑戟片，要不找些日本演员得了...
浓浓的潮汕风味，细节这方面做得很不错，把潮汕一些比较特色的传统文化展示在大屏幕。潮汕老一辈对于外省的偏见，要找潮汕媳妇的执念，尤其是老一辈还是比较有传统的观念存在，都很好出现在了电影里面，还有潮汕地区的特色文化，对于潮汕人来看，是非常能有触动的。
7.1_目中无人_盲侠 (2022)-TV投屏。成年的谢苗终于有了一部担当男1的像样的电影。并不是一个好故事，台词很弱智，女主严重拉跨，但武斗干脆利落决绝，精致研磨过的动作，好帅的火计和甩刀，借鉴和精心布局的场景设计，武侠风搭了西部风格的口哨吟唱和吉他，别有一番滋味，想起了廖凡的《师傅》，不同风格的精彩。
超级有共鸣的片子，身边人身边事，朴素真实的情感。全片几乎没有高潮，但是完全无尿点。看得我时而嘴角上扬，时而泪眼朦胧。----忘了说，我不是潮汕人
优点和缺点都特别明显的电影，但这个电影的质量相比网大有点屈才了，可以走院线的。故事很简单，而且有点模仿座头市，谢苗的演技略微弱了点，体现在台词上功力上。武打设计真不错，谢苗的身手挺好，然后导演最后雪战那块儿确实有想法，也表现的相当不错。那个女的设计很失败，感觉就去送了个死，而且死的还挺莫名的。不过这个电影确实可以看看
这么离谱的潮汕传统。。。戳到眼泪了……一直在哭………………
多给这一星是给小时候的谢苗，白浪费我1小时。
故事真的简单到简陋，喝尔一壶酒，一辈积蓄送你走
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