Seemabaddha

Seemabaddha (Company Limited)
Seemabaddha (Company Limited)
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Written by	Satyajit Ray, based on the novel Seemabaddha by Mani Shankar Mukherjee
Produced by	Chitranjali (Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana)
Starring	Barun Chanda; Harindranath Chattopadhyay; Sharmila Tagore; Haradhan Bandopadhyay; Parumita Chowdhury; Indira Roy; Promod Ganguli; G. H. Mani Iyer
Cinematography	Soumendu Roy
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Music by	Satyajit Ray
Release date	September 24, 1971;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Seemabaddha (Bengali: সীমাবদ্ধ Shimabôddho; English title: Company Limited) is a 1971 social drama Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray.^[1] It is based on the novel Seemabaddha by Mani Shankar Mukherjee. It stars Barun Chanda, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, and Sharmila Tagore in lead roles. The film was the second entry in Ray's Calcutta trilogy, which included Pratidwandi (The Adversary) (1970) and Jana Aranya (The Middleman) (1976). The films deal with the rapid modernization of Calcutta, rising corporate culture and greed, and the futility of the rat race.^[2] The film won the FIPRESCI Award at the 33rd Venice International Film Festival, and the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1971.^[3]

^ Roy Armes (29 July 1987). Third World Film Making and the West. University of California Press. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-0-520-90801-7.
^ Andrew Robinson (1989). Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. University of California Press. pp. 200–. ISBN 978-0-520-06946-6.
^ John W. Hood (2008). Beyond the world of apu: the films of Satyajit Ray. Orient Longman. p. 180. ISBN 978-81-250-3510-7.