Ajantrik

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Ajantrik is a 1958 Indian Bengali film, directed by Ritwik Ghatak, that explores a taxi driver's emotional attachment to his dilapidated car and is regarded as an early example of Indian avant-garde cinema.

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instanceOf Indian film
avant-garde film
film
basedOn short story by Subodh Ghosh
carName Jagaddal
centralObject dilapidated taxi
cinematographyBy Dilip Ranjan Mukherjee
countryOfOrigin India
director Ritwik Ghatak
directorNationality Indian
distributor Aurora Film Corporation
editedBy Ritwik Ghatak
exploresTheme alienation
emotional attachment to machines
human–machine relationship
industrialization
filmingLocation Chota Nagpur Plateau
genre art film
avant-garde cinema
drama
hasBlackAndWhitePhotography true
hasCharacter Bimal
Jagaddal
hasSoundtrackComposer Ali Akbar Khan
includedInLists notable Indian art films
mainCharacter Bimal
musicBy Ali Akbar Khan
notableFor early example of Indian avant-garde cinema
experimental narrative style
use of sound to characterize a car
originalLanguage Bengali
partOf Indian parallel cinema movement
premieredAt Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
productionCompany Ritwik Ghatak Productions
protagonistOccupation taxi driver
recognizedAs classic of Indian parallel cinema
releaseDecade 1950s
releaseYear 1958
runtimeMinutes 113
screenedAt Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
screenwriter Ritwik Ghatak
setInPeriod post-independence India

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Ritwik Ghatak notableWork Ajantrik
Ritwik Ghatak notableWork Ajantrik
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