অযান্ত্রিক (The Pathetic fallacy)

"Humari filmo ki tarah, humari zindagi mein bhi 

end tak sab kuch thik hi ho jaata hai... happy's ending"--

                                                                                                          -- OM SHANTI OM (2007)

This is one of the popular dialogue of the Bollywood blockbuster movie "OM SHANTI OM". Apart from happy endings, what else we can expect from the Bollywood movies?

Let's go back to the 50's era, when Bollywood was not so popular but romantic stories were always there with more drama. 

AJANTRIK(1958)

This Bengali film "AJANTRIK" is also about a love story. The protagonist character Bimal (actor Kali Banerjee) falls in love with Jagaddal. Yes, that's the name Bimal has given.

"Jagaddal" is a 1920's Chevrolet jalopy taxi, that Bimal drives everyday to earn his bread. He is driving this car for 15 years and he takes good care of it as any other living being. 

Director Ritwik Ghatak tried to portray a relationship between human being and machine, by creating a communication between them. There is one scene in the movie where Bimal feeds the car with a bottle of water as if it is thirsty after traveling some kilometers. The background sound of a human being drinking water, gives birth to a new life inside "Jagaddal". In fact, it is now a living character of the movie  with a name.

This film reminds us that we are all surrounded by objects. It can be a pen, paper, books, some gifts, etc. Every object tries to establish some kind of communication with us. As if they are alive & at the same time no. We are going through a period where we are in love with the machines without even realizing it. 

"AJANTRIK" is a classical example of modern society. The visuals of this movies are important to watch without closing one's eyes for a moment. Those who don't understand Bengali language, they can even connect with the film that it wants to portray, without looking at the subtitles. This is because of the beautiful way of story telling with less dialogues and a stunning performance by actor Kali Banerjee.

Love can be expressed in many ways but not necessarily with human invented words. It's a feeling to connect like the way things around us do.