The Stranger (1991)

Rabi Ghosh: Ranjan Rakshit

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• Ranjan Rakshit : I could see a headline before my eyes: Return of the Prodigal Uncle.

  Manomohan Mitra : Do you know that prodigal has two meanings, Mr. Rakshit?

  Ranjan Rakshit : Two meanings?

  Manomohan Mitra : One is wasteful. And the other is repentant. I'm neither.

• Ranjan Rakshit : Well, how do you find the city after such a long time? Mind you, I'm in and out of Calcutta. But I'm used to hearing the city denounced.

  Manomohan Mitra : Why? It's certainly a civilized city!

  Ranjan Rakshit : You think so?

  Manomohan Mitra : Why not? Oh, the people are happier in the streets. The high-rises ascending proudly and in the midst of these, even after 35 years, I find men pulling rickshaws. How can you have a civilization without such contradictions?