简介：ThisisatypicalearlyMrinalSenfilm.Bold,brashandhammeringhomehispoliticalphilosophy.Thedifferenceisinthetreatmentandthescreenplay.Thisfilmusestheidiomoftheabsurdtheatretomakeitspoint-typicalofMohitChattopadhyay'splays.ThuswehaveRobiGhosh,inmanyadisguise,actingasthe"Sutradhar"anddeliveringthepoliticalmessage.Thefilmjuxtaposesthisstylisationandcaricaturewithneo-realismanddocumentarysequencestosaythatthe"Gods"orthecapitalistsreallyhavefeetofclay.therearetoomanypeople,toomanyproblemsandtoofewsolutions.Ultimately,thefilmpredictstheriseofthemasseswheentherulingcapitalistswillhavetorunandwillbecomeineffectiveinthefaceoftheupsurgethatiswaitingtohappen. Theallegoricaltreatmentandstylisationnotwithstanding,thisisnotasubtlefilm.NoneoftheearlyfilmsofMrinalSenwere.Itisanoutandoutpoliticalfilmmeanttodeliveracommunistmessage.Itpredictsandevenadulatesanarchy.Stillitisafilmthatmakesyouthinkandthecollageofevents,oftenunassociated,helpsputthroughtheunderlyingmessage.Therewaslittlescopeofactinginthisfilmandalltheactorsplaytheirbitpartswell.WhatispleasingisthemusicbyAnandaShankerandPrashantBhattacharya.Editingisalsogood,holdingthefilmtogetherandnotlettingit'sbasicthemeloseitswayamongthemyriadincidents.Thisisafilmforthethinkingindividual,nomatterthat,attheendofitall,youarestillunimpressedandstillthinkthatthephilosophicalcontentistooimmature,toosimplistic.CameraworkbyKKMahajanisoutstanding. ThefilmwontheGoldenLotusforbestfilmandbestmusicin1975.…