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Ajantrik

Ajantrik

1958Movie⏱️ 1h 42m
Drama
⭐ 7.5
IMDB Rating
651 votes

Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small town. His taxi is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye. The film shows the love of taxi driver Bimal and his pathetic vehicle Jagaddal.

Director
Ritwik Ghatak
Writers
Ritwik Ghatak, Subodh Ghosh
Stars
Kali Bannerjee, Gangapada Basu, Satindra Bhattacharya
Release Date
October 22, 1987
Language
Bengali
Country
India
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Reviews
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Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Kali Bannerjee
Kali Bannerjee
as Bimal
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Gangapada Basu
as Uncle
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Satindra Bhattacharya
Tulsi Chakraborty
Tulsi Chakraborty
Anil Chatterjee
Anil Chatterjee
as Groom
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Shriman Deepak
as Boy
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Kajal Gupta
as Young woman
Gyanesh Mukherjee
Gyanesh Mukherjee
as Mechanic
Keshto Mukherjee
Keshto Mukherjee
as Lunatic
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Sita Mukherjee

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
L.B.Films International

🏷️ Keywords

lovetaxi drivertaxipassengermockery

🎯 Categories

BengaliDrama

⭐ Featured Review

A man and his car.
by martinflashback β€’ 2010-10-28
10/10

"Bimal becomes emotionally attached to his car, proving that you do not have to be alienated from inanimate fetishized objects. The car, 1920 Chevy jalopy, sputters and winks, communicating in a science fictional language with his increasingly obsessive master/ brother/ doppelganger. The sound in the film is remarkable and could easily work as an audio play. Makes the sound in films today look backward and archaic. Ghattak uses many different angles: part social realism, part Laurel and Hardy slapstick, part ethnographic documentary (scenes of a religious night ritual which Bimal wanders into a..."

πŸ“– Synopsis

Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small town. His taxi is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye. The film shows the love of taxi driver Bimal and his pathetic vehicle Jagaddal.