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.
司法独立很重要，不然完全没地方说理。但是有了制度，如果参与制度运行的人良心都叫狗吃了，制度也起不了作用。
洋人了解了地圆，还信奉天主？有趣的问题
主角丁若铨为了活命可以轻易改口叛教，也可以抛弃君君臣臣的儒学。如果上帝忍见信徒为他赴死，那这个上帝不信也罢。如果君王将百姓视为芥蒂，那这个世界也不需要君王。借助儒学，他接触了西洋学，但仍将书斋命名为“复性斋”。人活到这个境界已经是佛陀得道级别的通透了，最后在创作鱼谱时执笔而亡，天人合一。不执著于理念，就没有理念的冲突。
师与徒，济世经学，儒家文化圈中的老故事
质感很好，但看着就像童话，还是那句话，圣人的故事不精彩也不感人，这电影里面甚至能有好几个圣人
（原来1200年前的柳河东与1200年后的印度人钱德鲁律师，是可以共情的）
杰伊比姆是光，杰伊比姆是爱，杰伊比姆是黑暗通向光明的道路，杰伊比姆是数百万人眼角的泪水。
超越的思想、精彩的人生，是动人的电影，更一点点描绘出复杂深沉的历史图景和残酷现实。好看！
最惊骇的难道不是这部以中国古代哲学为叙事背景和思想基础的片，竟然是纯正的韩国电影……
章鱼的墨写出来的字会发亮，但随着时间慢慢褪色，听说放进海里会重新变黑：一半黑时犹有骨，十分红处便成灰
故事的起承转合，音乐什么时候响起什么时候结束，甚至镜头摆放的位置、高低都是此类印度电影的标准程式化的结果，但确实，这种公式非常好用。
苏轼苏辙惨遭流放，苏轼到达海南岛学会了吃生蚝并写作《食蠔》帖的故事。（再来一点徐光启和魏源）
看的时候总觉得人物的声音是浮在人物上面的，总的来说，就是音画好像不够同步，也可能是自己太久没看，印度电影，所出现的不适应感吧
这是一部中国人可以拍出来，也应该拍出来的电影。可惜，到目前为止，“可以”和“应该”都没有成为现实。
一次灵魂洗澡，洗得非常透彻，瞬间觉得自己面目可憎。
因为曾经看见过在黑暗中闪闪发光的人，所以总不免带着一点天真的想法，觉得或许陆地还有希望。
“既然无法学以致用，那便按我的性情活着好了。
@NYAFF 居然能把儒学vs catholism的政治哲学主题拍得如此accessible且digestible！看前以为是个历史黑白大闷片，但126分钟的电影前100分钟的节奏，配乐，轻松简直像在看Disney (in a mostly positive way)。“不辞长作兹山人。什么时候能有一部苏轼被贬儋州的水墨画电影”。 看到一个评论说的很好："《兹山鱼谱》看似云淡风轻，实际在讲王权与儒学的合谋，把一代代学子纳入体制，成为帮凶。 当然，这一点只是后者的表达之一。它还兼顾探讨了知识何用，真理标准，以及面对一个糟糕的体制，是投入其中努力改变，还是干脆做一个潇洒的隐士？ 这些问题由遥远的历史中飘来，直到今天，答案也仍在风中。 "
最大的玄学不是印度的宗教系统和各种各样千奇百怪的神，而是印度电影的时长。看别的电影，两个半小时已经很长，看印度电影，一看两个半小时，第一反应是这么短能行吗，看完果然觉得差口气儿，后面要是多三五分钟能把群众参与进来，意识被影响改变的地方像男主出场时一样再烘一下，把案件影响力的范围、层次感加深一点，且用画面展现出来会更好，现在低种姓、部落的平等权利那里后面没砸实，都是用语言表述的。以及当我们鄙夷、愤怒的时候，不要忘记最多苦难的地方也意味着最大觉醒的潜能。不然，为什么说浪子回头金不换呢。
震撼、愤怒、敬畏，印度在很多人眼里依然落后贫穷充满犯罪，但这个国家敢于正面自己的缺陷，总好过一片歌舞升平，把肮脏龌龊埋葬隐藏。
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