his 2013 review Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave Mahanagar five stars out of five describing the film as "An utterly absorbing and moving drama about the changing worlds of work and home in 1950s India, and a hymn to uxorious love acted with lightness, intelligence and wit." The film holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 92% based on 26 reviews for an average rating of 8.2/10. Awards Satyajit Ray won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival in 1964. The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film won the All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film in 1963 at the 11th National Film Awards. The film won first best Filmfare Bengali Movie Award 1963 - R.D. Bhansal Preservation and restoration The Academy Film Archive preserved Mahanagar in 1996. The Criterion Collection released a restored 2K version of the film in 2013. See also List of submissions to the 36th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Deux jours, une nuit - A film by the Dardenne brothers inspired by Mahanagar References External links Mahanagar (SatyajitRay.org) The Guardian review The Big City: A Woman’s Place an essay by Chandak Sengoopta at the Criterion Collection 1963 films 1963 drama films Bengali-language Indian films Indian drama films English-language Indian films Indian black-and-white films Films based on short fiction Films about women in India Films set in Kolkata Films shot in Kolkata Films directed by Satyajit Ray Films with screenplays by Satyajit Ray Indian feminist films Third Best Feature Film National Film Award winners 1960s Bengali-language films Films based on works by Narendranath Mitra