Ganashatru

Ganashatru (bengali: ???????, Ga?a?atru) is in Indian Feature of the OSCAR winner Satyajit Ray from the year 1989.

Action

In the bengalischen town Chandipur is the main attraction a temple, in the middle in seal settled part of the place stands. The chefarzt of the urban hospital Dr. Ashoke Gupta, Brother of the mayor, has a rapid vermehrung of Hepatitis-, Typhoid fever- and GastritisCases in this area determined and therefore a water test for examination after Kolkata sent. It already communicated its observations to a local newspaper, in order to warn the population.

Dr. Gupta finds its assumption confirmed by the result of the laboratory test and assumes that, mix themselves with one another that by broken water pipelines waste water and drinking water and the disease germs also in the temple the Glaeubigen threaten. From the newspaper editor Haridas gets Gupta support assured, however this refers it to it, that local politician at the temple tourism well to earn and therefore against negative messages would intervene.

Guptas brother goes past with the boss of the temple and it weights, that the "holy water" of the temple moves into a bad light, although it also TulsiSheets is cleaned. Brother Nisith asks it, to keep secret the report, since the costs and the expenditure are too high of the city and the reputation of the city takes damage. When Ashoke it shows the publication already taken place in the newspaper, it is except itself and requests it to a public reply, or it will feel consequences. Ashokes woman is concerned about the development, there it the stubbornness of their man in fundamental questions, as also knows the character of its brother-in-law. Ashoke is firmly decided, not to conceal the truth.

Ashoke wrote for the newspaper an essay, in which it demands the locking of the temple. In the editorship there is for this pros and cons. When mayor Nisith comes and wants to have published a revocation of the city administration, the editor nicks. Nisith threatens with heavy consequences, the essay of its brother should be published. Ashoke and Nisith explain themselves mutually the fight. Nisith insists on it, that even if an epidemic disease broke out, it because of the "holy water" of the temple would not be. Ashoke loads by poster notice to a public meeting.

For meeting also the editor appears, the newspaper publisher and the mayor, those the action finally actually tear. They try to discredit Ashoke Gupta, in that they it the confession draw, in the last ten years only once the temple not to have visited and no more convincingly Hindu to be. Dr. Gupta does not have a chance against the rhetorical superiority of its politically experienced brother and the masses is incited against it. In its dwelling the windowpanes are hit, its landlord asks it, to take off, its daughter loses her job as a teacher and finally loses also Dr. Gupta its employment at the urban hospital. It becomes as Ganashatru (Bengali for People enemy) designates.

When he wants to resign, Biresh appears, its son-in-law into spe, with an editor of the newspaper, by conviction because of this affair its the job quit and as a free lance journalist is active now. It offers to it, to publish an interview in a newspaper in Kolkata and from the outside to make thus pressure. Outside before the house of skandieren young people: Long live Ashoke Gupta!

Remarks

Satyajit Ray has Henrik Ibsens of the same name Play on Indian conditions reworked and a typical problem of the country the topic made. After Ray during the turning work too Ghare Baire one Cardiac infarct had suffered and then into the 1980er years was health fastened and its film work to limit had, this film and the two still following were turned almost exclusively in the studio. The film suffers in the long run from this restriction. Despite good actor achievements and the explosive group of topics around financial interests, religious Fanatismus, he works latch attitude to the hygiene problem and the controversies of truth lie and Idealismus realism somewhat rigidly and theatreful.

At the same place Chandipur played already Rays film Devi.

Honor

• Best Bengali film, New Delhi, 1989

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