Set in Calcutta in the immediate aftermath of the Partition Ritwik Ghataks Nagarik released in 1977 after Ghataks death in 1976 chronicles the struggles of a refugee family from East Bengal as they desperately strive to survive in a metropolis which is unable to address the necessities of thousands of people pouring in from across the border. The protagonist Ramu like hundreds of other young men struggles to find that elusive job unemployment starvation incessant dislocation and the yearning for