Ganashatru

Ganashatru
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Written by	Henrik Ibsen (play) Satyajit Ray
Starring	Soumitra Chatterjee Ruma Guha Thakurta Mamata Shankar Dhritiman Chatterjee Bhishma Guhathakurta Deepankar De Subhendu Chatterjee Manoj Mitra
Cinematography	Barun Raha
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Music by	Satyajit Ray
Production company	NFDC
Release date	19 January 1990 (1990-01-19)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Ganashatru (Bengali: গণশত্রু Gônoshotru Enemy of the People/ Public Enemy) is a 1990 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play An Enemy of the People, and was released under that title in the UK. The cast includes Ray's favourite actor Soumitra Chatterjee, and veteran actors such as Dhritiman Chatterjee, Shubhendu Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra and Ruma Guhathakurta. Ray adapts the play to an Indian setting: a flourishing township in which a temple attracts devotees as well as tourists. When a health problem is discovered, Dr Ashok Gupta, played by Soumitra Chatterjee, finds his popularity flagging. The film was screened out of competition at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]