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Agantuk - The Stranger Movie Review

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Actors: Utpal Dutt, Mamata Shankar, Dipankar De
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Agantuk - The Stranger
One of the later directorial ventures of Oscar winning Indian director Satyajit Ray, the Bengali film "Agantuk" (the native word for stranger) is the story of a globetrotting man named Manmohan Mitra (Utpal Dutt) who returns to India after 25 years. He visits his niece
Anila (Mamata Shankar) in Calcutta, who knows him as a part of the family tree but has never seen him in person. Even as Manmohan gels with the family and enthralls them with his exotic experiences, Anila's husband (Dipankar De) - and to some extent, she herself - suspect the man's true identity and intent.

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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story? Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian) - Indian Indian
Story of city/rural life? - Big City
Culture of surrounding area: - Indian Indian

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - explorer
Age: - 60's-90's
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality - Indian Indian
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (woman) long straight
Body type - (woman) average
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Indian Indian

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East Yes
Asian country: - India

Style
Movie makes you feel... - in awe
Is this movie based on a - book
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