Ajantrik
Ajantrik known internationally as The Unmechanical, The Mechanical Man or The Pathetic Fallacy is a 1958 Indian Bengali film written and directed by parallel filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. The film is adapted from a Bengali short story of the same name written by Subodh Ghosh.
Bimal is a taxidriver 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 Bimals eye. The film shows episodes from his life in the industrial wasteland, delivering people from one place to another.Film critic Georges Sadoul shared his experience of watching the film in this way. He said, What does Ajantrik mean? I dont know and I believe no one in Venice Film Festival knew...I cant tell the whole story of the film...there was no subtitle for the film. But I saw the film spellbound till the very end. According to the noted Bengali poet and German scholar Alokranjan Dasgupta, The merciless conflict of ethereal nature and mechanised civilization, through the love of taxi driver Bimal and his pathetic vehicle Jagaddal seems to be a unique gift of...modernism. ........
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