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A Bengali Movie by nabyendu Chattejree
It’s a film about the journey of the director, who is searching for Adawasi culture and life in reference to Ritwik Ghatak’s film Ajantrik. Ritwik Ghatak made Ajantrik in 1957, and it was shot in Jharkhand. The film is trying to find out what the central idea of the film was and why Ghatak chose this area as the backdrop of the film. This also looks into the contemporary socio-political situation and relevance of Ajantrik today.
Girish Ghosh, a dramatist, comes across Binodini Dasi, a prostitute who has a knack for theatre. Soon, she manages to garner a lot of attention because of her performances. Her struggles, her eminent role in the formation of Star Theatre in North Kolkata and her sacrifices for the same are shown. She was a pioneering entrepreneur of Indian Bengali stage. Her meeting with Sri Ramkrishna Dev, his liking for her acting and his blessings change her life significantly. She gives up acting which was her life after the sudden demise of the lord.
Tapan Chandra Pal, a dogged former paratrooper and now a self-proclaimed scientist lives off footpaths in Kolkata. For 40 years, Pal has been propagating a theory that says humankind has been subjected to a massive scam over several centuries. Chirantan Chatterjee, a jaded and unhappy superstar fed up with the fake glitz and glamour of the world, seeks redemption by making a film on Pal's life.
A man, who works at the house of Roy Bahadur, falls in love with his daughter. However, Roy Bahadur wants his daughter to marry his friend's son.
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