Calcutta 71
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Calcutta 71 is a 1972 Indian Bengali anthology film by Mrinal Sen that portrays the social and political unrest of different decades in Kolkata through four interlinked stories.
All labels observed (1)
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| Calcutta 71 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5128928 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Calcutta 71 Context triple: [Mrinal Sen, notableWork, Calcutta 71]
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Short Calcutta
The Short Calcutta was a British three-engined flying boat airliner of the late 1920s, used primarily on Imperial Airways’ Mediterranean and Empire routes.
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B.
Calcutta Time
Calcutta Time was a former local time standard used in Kolkata (then Calcutta) before the adoption of a unified national time zone in India.
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C.
Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small prison cell in Fort William where a large number of British prisoners were allegedly confined overnight in 1756, resulting in many deaths and becoming a notorious symbol of colonial-era atrocity.
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D.
The Bengalee
The Bengalee was an influential English-language newspaper in colonial India known for its role in the nationalist movement and its association with prominent leader Surendranath Banerjee.
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E.
Bombay Time
Bombay Time was a former local time standard used in the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) before the adoption of a unified national time across India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Calcutta 71 Target entity description: Calcutta 71 is a 1972 Indian Bengali anthology film by Mrinal Sen that portrays the social and political unrest of different decades in Kolkata through four interlinked stories.
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A.
Short Calcutta
The Short Calcutta was a British three-engined flying boat airliner of the late 1920s, used primarily on Imperial Airways’ Mediterranean and Empire routes.
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B.
Calcutta Time
Calcutta Time was a former local time standard used in Kolkata (then Calcutta) before the adoption of a unified national time zone in India.
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C.
Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small prison cell in Fort William where a large number of British prisoners were allegedly confined overnight in 1756, resulting in many deaths and becoming a notorious symbol of colonial-era atrocity.
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D.
The Bengalee
The Bengalee was an influential English-language newspaper in colonial India known for its role in the nationalist movement and its association with prominent leader Surendranath Banerjee.
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E.
Bombay Time
Bombay Time was a former local time standard used in the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) before the adoption of a unified national time across India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali-language film
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anthology film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | short stories by various Bengali writers ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | K. K. Mahajan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| depicts |
Bengal famine and its aftermath
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Naxalite movement era in West Bengal ⓘ |
| director | Mrinal Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Chhayabani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gangadhar Naskar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| followedBy | Padatik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Interview (1971 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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political film ⓘ social realist film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Anjan Dutt
NERFINISHED
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Gita Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhabi Mukherjee NERFINISHED ⓘ Shyamanand Jalan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sreela Majumdar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
first story segment
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fourth story segment ⓘ second story segment ⓘ third story segment ⓘ |
| mainLocation | Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Indian parallel cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | four interlinked stories ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| partOf | Mrinal Sen's Calcutta trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
bourgeois hypocrisy
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different decades in Kolkata ⓘ lives of the urban poor ⓘ |
| producer | Mrinal Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 124 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Mrinal Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1940s
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1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ early 1970s ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
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political unrest ⓘ poverty ⓘ social unrest ⓘ urban inequality ⓘ |
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