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Patethic Fallacy

6.6

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Original title

Ajantrik (Patethic Fallacy)

Year

1958

Running time

102 min.

Country

India

Director

Ritwik Ghatak

Screenwriter

Ritwik Ghatak. Novel: Subodh Ghosh

Cast

Music

Ali Akbar Khan

Cinematography

Dinen Gupta (B&W)

Producer

L & B Films International

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

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. At one level they are all the same. They react to lifeless things almost passionately. This is an ancient, archetypal reaction....The tribal songs and dances in Ajantrik describe the whole cycle of life - birth, hunting, marriage, death, ancestor worship, and rebirth. This is the main theme of Ajantrik, this law of life."

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Patethic Fallacy

1958

Ritwik Ghatak

6.6

(46)