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 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin India
director Ritwik Ghatak NERFINISHED
directorNationality Indian
distributor Aurora Film Corporation NERFINISHED
editedBy Ritwik Ghatak NERFINISHED
exploresTheme alienation
emotional attachment to machines
human–machine relationship
industrialization
filmingLocation Chota Nagpur Plateau NERFINISHED
genre art film
avant-garde cinema
drama
hasBlackAndWhitePhotography true
hasCharacter Bimal NERFINISHED
Jagaddal NERFINISHED
hasSoundtrackComposer Ali Akbar Khan NERFINISHED
includedInLists notable Indian art films
mainCharacter Bimal NERFINISHED
musicBy Ali Akbar Khan NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
premieredAt Karlovy Vary International Film Festival NERFINISHED
productionCompany Ritwik Ghatak Productions NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation taxi driver
recognizedAs classic of Indian parallel cinema
releaseDecade 1950s
releaseYear 1958
runtimeMinutes 113
screenedAt Karlovy Vary International Film Festival NERFINISHED
screenwriter Ritwik Ghatak NERFINISHED
setInPeriod post-independence India

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Ritwik Ghatak notableWork Ajantrik