Director: Partha Prathim Choudhury; Writer: Partha Prathim Choudhury, Bimal Kar; Cinematographer: Krishna Chakraborty, Kanai Das; Cast: Sharmila Tagore, Uttam Kumar, Aparna Sen, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddhartha Dutta, Dulal Ghosh, Mihir Pal, Robi Ghosh
Summary: Modernist critique of decadent rationalism by the former critic and film society organiser Choudhury. A group of young people live in an unnamed, culturally insecure town where they interact with a series of characters e.g. an old shopkeeper (Uttam Kumar) whom they torture and humiliate but who remains their staunchest ally until his death. The self-indulgent style is occasionally interrupted by lively scenes such as the encounter with a deaf politician, the ransacking of a shop and the number picturised on an Atulprasad Sen lyric, Ar kata kal thakbo basey. Aparna Sen played a double role in the film.
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