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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