An Enemy of the People (1989)

Soumitra Chatterjee: Dr. Ashok Gupta

Quotes 

• Dr. Ashok Gupta : Is this a meeting or is this a farce? I called the meeting. It was my posters which brought people here to listen to me speak. Let me speak first and then decide if I'm right or wrong.

• Dr. Ashok Gupta : I didn't know Haridas at all. He pretends he's a progressive, but he has no courage. No backbone.

• Ranen Haldar : I should have known they wouldn't publish your article. No Hindu would accept that holy water can make you ill.

  Dr. Ashok Gupta : But the fact is - if we delay informing the people much longer, one thing will most certainly occur: an epidemic.

• Dr. Ashok Gupta : I'm a doctor. Don't I have a duty to society? If the water contains bacteria, can't I write about it in the daily paper?

  Haridas Bagchi : I'm very sorry, Dr. Gupta.

  Dr. Ashok Gupta : Are you even human?

• Dr. Ashok Gupta : I'm not alone. I'm not alone. I may be an enemy of the people, but I have a lot of friends.