Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
逆转驱魔（神）的创意值得8分，剧本往圣魔高层下大棋谍战上再靠靠可以冲冲7分，但目前这个肉眼可见没钱的电影最多6分。两场驱魔大战魔女造型应该是妖艳而非恐怖，这样对观众而言“被诱惑”才更有说服力。
神父放弃自身拯救女儿的故事，如果驱魔过程能除了嗓门之外开个其他脑洞，肯定就更有意思了
感觉还不错，讽刺的特别到位，恶魔确实在掌管人间……
斗嘴部分还挺有趣，几处情感转折都有点生硬，尤其女主第一次上男主家，男主为啥要拒绝女主主动的投怀送抱？女生在爸爸面前说出男主的优点，有点甜，男主将女主每日穿搭和他想kiss她的次数记在本子上有点萌。结尾男主虽然辞职了，但两个冤家到哪儿都是冤家。ps男主像个没有演技的模特
甜甜蜜蜜简单不费脑挺好的 很喜欢这样的身高差啊 1384
就，普普通通恐怖片，有几个突然出现的镜头符合我的口味
太有意思了，后半段全程爆笑，一本正经的在搞笑
相较于原著，电影还是改动了不少东西，不过整体高于我预期，男主真帅啊。
讲真，比特么招魂3好看多了，最起码前半部分算个精彩的驱魔片，反向驱魔的设定可以更精彩的，可惜拍成了比谁嗓门大！
20220612 魔鬼点蜡烛画法阵向撒旦祈祷，将上帝从神父的体内驱逐，很有意思。可惜前面看睡了好几次。标题应该翻译成“驱逐上帝”，所以与魔鬼达成交易才能脱离基层是吗，上帝的选择都只能安排在最基层。
我必须得说 这电影一开始看真的不咋滴 后面却老是想看 我神奇的二刷三刷…甚至成为了下饭神器
讲真，比特么招魂3好看多了，最起码前半部分算个精彩的驱魔片，反向驱魔的设定可以更精彩的，可惜拍成了比谁嗓门大！
反向驱神的脑洞太大了吧，故事情节相当精彩！
还不错，恐怖气氛比较到位，只是结局的妥协不够解恨！
挺套路的小妞电影，但还算不错。为啥现在好的小妞电影这么少了呢？
从英文语法上来讲可以翻译成驱神，从内容上来讲更应该这样翻译23333
恶魔的驱除上帝仪式？看的好荒唐，演员得多吃金嗓子喉宝。
一部对标招魂系列的作品，故事挺新的，应该会有续集出现 ! 这部剧比较大的问题是不太想搞笑，但是由于剧本原因有很多喜剧效果出来，稍显尴尬。
🌟一顆星給妝髮，沒了。
烂片日，笑到屋顶掀翻。恶魔真的是drama queen.
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