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{{Infobox film
| name = Seemabaddha (Company Limited)
| image = Seemabaddha poster.jpg
| director = [[Satyajit Ray]]
| producer = Chitranjali (Bharat Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana)
| writer = [[Satyajit Ray]], based on the novel ''Seemabaddha'' by [[Mani Shankar Mukherjee]]
| starring = [[Barun Chanda]] [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] [[Sharmila Tagore]] [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]] Parumita Chowdhury Indira Roy Promod Ganguli
| distributor =
| music = [[Satyajit Ray]]
| cinematography = [[Soumendu Roy]]
| editing = [[Dulal Dutta]]
| released = {{Film date|1971|9|24|}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| language = Bengali
| country = [[India]]
| budget =
}}
'''''Seemabaddha''''' ({{lang-bn|সীমাবদ্ধ}} [[Romanization of Bengali|''Shimabôddho'']]; English title: ''Company Limited'') is a [[1971 in film|1971]] social drama [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film directed by [[Satyajit Ray]].<ref name="Armes1987">{{cite book|author=Roy Armes|title=Third World Film Making and the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFDnqIwdr8EC&pg=PA237|date=29 July 1987|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-90801-7|pages=237–}}</ref> It is based on the novel ''Seemabaddha'' by [[Mani Shankar Mukherjee]]. It stars [[Barun Chanda]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], and [[Sharmila Tagore]] in lead roles. The film was the second entry in Ray's Calcutta trilogy, which included ''[[Pratidwandi]]'' (''The Adversary'') (1970) and ''[[Jana Aranya]]'' (''The Middleman'') (1976). The films deal with the rapid modernization of Calcutta, rising corporate culture and greed, and the futility of the [[rat race]].<ref name="Robinson1989">{{cite book|author=Andrew Robinson|title=Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye|url=https://archive.org/details/satyajitrayinner00robi_0|url-access=registration|year=1989|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-06946-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/satyajitrayinner00robi_0/page/200 200]–}}</ref>
The film won the [[FIPRESCI]] Award at the [[33rd Venice International Film Festival]], and the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] in 1971.<ref name="Hood2008">{{cite book|author=John W. Hood|title=Beyond the world of apu: the films of Satyajit Ray|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YUBAAQAAIAAJ|page=180|year=2008|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-81-250-3510-7}}</ref>

==Plot==
[[File:Companyltd 04.jpg|left|frame|Tutul and Shyamal at race course]]

Shyamal (Barun Chanda) is an ambitious [[sales]] manager in a British [[Fan (mechanical)|fan]] manufacturing firm in [[Calcutta]], where he is expecting a promotion shortly. He is married to Dolan and lives in a company flat. He aspires to become the company director.

His sister-in-law, Tutul (Sharmila Tagore), arrives from [[Patna]] to stay with them for a few days. She is given a tour of the life they lead and the many upscale spaces they inhabit—the restaurants, the beauty parlours, clubs and race courses. Tutul, whose father Shyamal had once been a student under, greatly admires him and his idealism. Secretly she is envious of her sister's marriage with him.

Life goes on smoothly for Shyamal until he learns that a consignment of fans meant for export is defective just before the shipment of a prestigious order. The problem is that the fans were painted with a flaw. The company is under a contract requiring the shipment be delivered on time. There is a clause permitting delay in case of civil disturbance. To escape blame, Shyamal hatches a plan with the labour officer to provoke a strike at the factory. A factory watchman is badly injured, a false riot is organised, and a lock-out is declared. The delay caused by the strike and riot are used by the company to allow strikebreakers to make needed repairs.

For his "efficient" handling of the crisis, Shyamal is promoted, and there is congratulations all around. However, he has fallen in the eyes of Tutul and himself. He is finally at the top, both successful— and desolate.

==Cast==
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Tutul (Sudarsana)
* [[Barun Chanda]] as Shyamal (Shyamalendu) Chatterjee
* [[Paromita Chowdhury]] as Dolan (Shyamal's wife)
* [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] as Sir Baren Roy
* [[Ajoy Banerjee]] as Talukdar
* [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]] as
* [[Indira Roy]] as Shyamal's mother
* [[Promod Ganguli]] as Shyamal's father
* [[Miss Shefali]]

==Awards==
* [[33rd Venice International Film Festival]]: [[FIPRESCI]] Award
* [[19th National Film Awards|1971]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]]: [[Satyajit Ray]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satyajitray.org/films/seemabaddha.htm|title=Seemabaddha @ SatyajitRay.org}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/seemabaddha.htm satyajitray.org on the film]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051105034112/http://satyajitray.ucsc.edu/films/seemabaddha.html UCSC page]
* {{IMDb title|0067729|Seemabaddha (Company Limited)}}

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[[Category:Films directed by Satyajit Ray]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:1971 films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Best Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Satyajit Ray]]
[[Category:1970s business films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Bengali-language films]]

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