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.
一顿狂轰乱炸，真的是一顿狂轰乱炸，演员这妆化的我真难受，又冷又疼
人民英雄们永垂不朽！ 现代化强军很重要！没有武器，没有装甲部队，没有制空权的战斗再也不要了！虽然说战斗意志很重要，但是军事实力之间的差距用人命是永远都填不满的！为军人们的牺牲心疼不已！泪如雨下！
在装备极其落后的不利条件下，志愿军做到了世上其他军队难以做到的一切。影片比较真实地反映了当年美军在空中、炮火和装甲方面的巨大火力优势，而我们的志愿军前期只能依靠轻武器与之抗衡。那些为了祖国和平安宁牺牲在朝鲜半岛的英雄们永垂不朽。
志愿军战士永垂不朽！美帝打朝鲜战争时已经富了100多年，当时的工业全球第一，三次舍生忘死的炸桥，美帝最后用两天在日本赶制钢板空运到水门桥一铺就过桥了。能够取得胜利，靠的是英勇无畏的精神！72年过去，国人当自强，科技创新迎头赶上。
每次人物牺牲的处理都非常减分，感觉那些煽情领导的要求多过主创的立意
没看下去，可能是我的问题，和导演、演员无关。
刚好今天看到芬兰加入北约的新闻，找到了以前微信推文，说的是当年苏联和芬兰的战争，文中有一句话，觉得可以发出来
继承了第一部的风格，依旧是大量的绿幕取景，以战争的惨烈来博得观众好感；特效比第一部有所提高——让人看得更舒服了。《长津湖》妄图拍出《大决战》的辉煌，然而却只能望其项背。7.0/10
每次人物牺牲的处理都非常减分，感觉那些煽情领导的要求多过主创的立意
群像的描画各有侧重，人物特征鲜明，离场的方式各有不同，惨烈恐怖如斯。保命光环在真实战争中从来不存在，之前看到运送志愿军战士遗骸回家的新闻就已泪目，再想想有多少灰飞烟灭的……
和她一起看的第六十八部电影。时隔两年后一起走进老家电影院，电影承袭上一部的品质，并且更能体现徐克的风格，唯一遗憾的是在电影开始小吴没能在娃娃机里抓到一个娃娃。
战斗非常惨烈，整部电影就在不停的打打打，文戏基本没有，剧情和人物也比较扁平，纯纯的商业片，及格了。
整体观感挺好的，这本来就是历史改编，大结局改不了，与爱国绑架无关，这是部优秀的战争片！
咱们就是说宣传祖国强大民族精神的为什么不给满分
万里能活着，是因为大年初一。唉，战争残酷到难以面对和承受
如今再也没有哪个国家敢随意践踏我们的领空。
为什么觉得有一段配音怪怪的，录音室效果好明显，是我错觉吗
这部片子感人吗？是感人的，真实吗？有待商榷，宣传的作用大于事实，不过让一些人因为这部电影的争议去了解历史也是一件好事，更多的人了解了真实的抗美援朝，年轻人进一步理解了历史，警钟长鸣。 青山有幸埋忠骨，牺牲的志愿军同志们护住了自己的妻儿老小，再也没有列强可以欺辱他们了，如今人人都能有衣穿，有饭吃，但是打江山容易守江山难，一代人有一代人的长征，盼今世之人勿忘赤子之心，路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索
真理，只在大炮射程之内。
感觉不如第一部了，没哭出来，有点像以前玩过的射击游戏。能够想到从水管进入泵房真是厉害！
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