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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.
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.
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by critiquing the suppression of scientific truth and public welfare by powerful economic and political interests, championing the individual's moral duty to expose corruption.
This film, an Indian adaptation of a European play, features an entirely Indian cast, which is a natural cultural adaptation rather than an explicit DEI-driven casting choice. However, its narrative strongly critiques traditional power structures and the male figures who represent them, portraying them negatively as antagonists who obstruct public welfare for personal gain.
The film adapts Henrik Ibsen's play, originally set in Norway with implicitly white European characters, to a contemporary Indian setting. The main characters, such as Dr. Stockmann, are portrayed by Indian actors, constituting a race swap from their original canonical depiction.
Satyajit Ray's 'An Enemy of the People' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a doctor's struggle against societal corruption, rendering the film's portrayal of LGBTQ+ issues as not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Satyajit Ray's 1990 film is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play "An Enemy of the People." The film maintains the original genders of all major characters from the source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
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