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Ajantrik(Movie, 1958)

Original title: "অযান্ত্রিক" (Bengali/BN)
1h 42min | Genre: Drama
AjantrikRating: 3.4/5 (with 55 votes)
Ajantrik (known internationally as The Unmechanical, The Mechanical Man or The Pathetic Fallacy) is a 1958 Indian Bengali film written and directed by revered parallel filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. The film is adapted from a Bengali short story of the same name written by Subodh Ghosh. A comedy-drama film, Ajantrik is one of the earliest Indian films to portray an inanimate object, in this case an automobile, as a character in the story. It achieves this through the use of sounds recorded post-production to emphasize the car's bodily functions and movements. The film was considered for a special entry in the Venice Film Festival in 1959. ()
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About Ajantrik

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: India
Original language: Bengali (BN)
Spoken languages: Bengali (BN)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/23/1958
Director: Ritwik Ghatak
Screenwriter: Subodh Ghosh
Composer: Ali Akbar Khan
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Pathetic Fallacy"
Keywords: india, taxi
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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