简介：Aretiredprofessor,Lagoo,suddenlydisappearsoneday.Hisfamilyisworriedespeciallywhenhedoesn’treturnaftermonths,andthenyears.Hiswife,childrenandfriends,thentrytorememberhimthroughreconstructedmemory,providingthefilm’sflashbackstructure.SomecriticssawthisasMrinalSen’smostpersonalfilm.AsSensaid:“Lifedidn’tstopevenforamoment.Itcarriedon.Buthisfamily–hiswife,hischildren–keeplookingback,intothepast.Eachconstantlyreconstructsthemanintheirownminds,aidedbyfragmentsofmemory.ThatmanandI,thatmanandyou,thatmanandtherestofus…oneamongmany.“…Believeme,irrespectiveofwhoyouareandhowtalentedyoumaybe,youarepossessedofmediocrity.Theminuteyouareconsciousofthiswithinyou,your‘crisis’deepens.Thisisthethoughtthatpromptedthefilm.Andperhapsthegreatesttragedyinman’slifeisthathehasonlythatonelife.”WinnerBestSupportingActress,President’sAward,India,1989…