ThefilmisanadaptationofaplaybyHenrikIbsen:AnEnemyofthePeople.ItissetinasmalltowninBengal.Dr.AshokeGupta(SoumitraChatterjee)istheheadofatownhospital.Gupta’syoungerbrother,Nisith(DhritimanChatterjee),istheheadofthecommitteesrunningthehospitalandatemple.BothwerebuiltbyalocalIndustrialist.Thetempleisalsoabigtouristattraction.Dr.Guptaisconvincedthattheholywaterofthetempleiscontaminatedduetofaultypipe-laying.Itiscausinganepidemicinthetown.HewarnshisbrotherNisith.Nisith,theIndustrialistandothertownofficialsrejecttheideathatholywatermightbethecauseoftheepidemic.Theyrefusetoclosethetempletocarryouttherepairs.Dr.Guptawantstowriteanarticleinthenewspapertowarnpeople,butgiving-intothepressurefromthepowerfulpeople,theeditorrefusestopublishit.Leftwithnoalternative,Dr.Guptaorganisesapublicmeetingthatisalsosabotaged.AndDr.Guptaisproclaimedanenemyofthepeople.
