Search results
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.
Aug 24, 2017 · After a hiatus of over five years since Nagarik (The Citizen, 1952), a film that unfortunately did not see the light of the day during his lifetime, Ritwik Ghatak made his second feature, Ajantrik (The Pathetic Fallacy, 1958), based on a short story by renowned writer Subodh Ghosh (1909-1980).
Oct 28, 2018 · Directed by the great Ritwik Ghatak and released in 1958, “Ajantrik” is such a movie. It revolves around a taxi driver, Bimal (played by Kali Banerjee ) and his car, Jagaddal, a 1920 Chevrolet Jalopy.
Aug 3, 2020 · Ajantrik (1957) Bengali | Kali Bannerjee, Gangapada Basu, Satindra Bhattacharya | Full Movie. Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small town. His taxi is his only companion and, although very battered,...
Aug 22, 2014 · The plot of Ajantrik (Pathetic Fallacy) revolves around Bimal and his battered taxi, an old Chevrolet, he calls Jagaddal. Because he treats his car as a living being, many consider Bimal to be mad. Said Ritwik about the film: “You can call my protagonist, Bimal, a lunatic, a child, or a tribal.
Jul 4, 2022 · 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.
Ajantrik is a film about a deep relationship between a taxi driver and his car. No other movie captured this relationship between a man and his machine as have been done here. And Jaggadlal, the car makes a personal impression than most of the characters.
