INDIA · 1958

Ajantrik

Ritwik Ghatak
Indian Parallel Cinema loneliness human-object relationship working class life aging and decay obsessive attachment
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Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small provincial town. He lives alone, his taxi (an old 1920 Chevrolet jalopy which he named Jagaddal) is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye.

Year1958
CountryIndia
DirectorRitwik Ghatak
Ajantrik poster

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