Ganashatru

Ganashatru (Enemy of the People),গণশত্রু
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Produced by	NFDC
Written by	Henrik Ibsen (play) Satyajit Ray
Starring	Soumitra Chatterjee Ruma Guha Thakurta Mamata Shankar Dhritiman Chatterjee Bhishma Guhathakurta Dipankar Dey Subhendu Chatterjee Manoj Mitra
Cinematography	Barun Raha
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Release dates	19 January 1990
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Ganashatru (Bengali: গণশত্রু Gônoshotru "Enemy of the People") is a 1990 Indian film by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People, and was released under that title in the UK. The cast includes Ray's favourite actor Soumitra Chatterjee, and veteran actors such as Dhritiman Chatterjee, Shubhendu Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra and Ruma Guhathakurta. Ray adapts the play to an Indian setting: a flourishing township in which a temple attracts devotees as well as tourists. When a health problem is discovered Dr Ashok Gupta, played by Soumitra Chatterjee, finds his popularity flagging.

The film was screened out of competition at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

• Soumitra Chatterjee
• Ruma Guha Thakurta
• Mamata Shankar
• Dhritiman Chatterjee
• Bhishma Guhathakurta
• Dipankar Dey
• Subhendu Chatterjee
• Manoj Mitra

Other credits

• Art direction: Ashoke Bose
• Sound designer: Sujit Sarkar

External links

• Satyajit Ray on the film
• UCSC page
• Ganashatru (Enemy of the People),গণশত্রু at IMDb