1958 · drama · fantasy · road
Ajantrik
Directed by Ritwik Ghatak1h 42m1958
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.
Our read: Ajantrik (1958) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive drama · fantasy · road entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- measured
- intimate
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