Mahanagar by Satyajit Ray - 1963

So when we talk about the work of Satyajit Ray as an example of Indian cinema, we are definitely not talking about Bollywood stuff.  Yet the actress from this film - the first Ray ever directed - did, later, become a Bollywood star.

Here's a film by one of the most interesting directors ever.  It's a film about a woman who is compelled to abandon her traditional gender role through economic pressures.  Is she moving from a type of slavery to freedom or just from one form or slavery to another?

Click on 'cc' to get the English subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KHu12xYxU4