Powerful and poignant, this multi-layered drama depicts the trials and travails in the life of an impoverished, small-town taxi driver, highlighting his close bond with his beaten up and battered taxi
Cast: Kajal Gupta, Kali Banerjee
Crew: Ritwik Ghatak (Director), Dinen Gupta (Director of Photography), Ali Akbar Khan (Music Director)
Rating: U (India)
Genres: Drama
Release Dates: 23 May 1958 (India)
Did you know? A comedy-drama film with science fiction themes, this is one of the earliest Indian films to portray an inanimate object, in this case an automobile, as a character in the story. It achieves this through the use of sounds, recorded during post-production, to emphasize the car's bodily functions and movements. Read More
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Actress
as Bimal
as Groom
as Uncle
as Mechanic
as Young woman
as Lunatic
Supporting Actor
as Boy
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Direction
Director
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Art
Art Director
Editorial
Editor
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Bengali
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
This film is adapted from a Bengali short story of the same name written by Subodh Ghosh.
A comedy-drama film with science fiction themes, this is one of the earliest Indian films to portray an inanimate object, in this case an automobile, as a character in the story. It achieves this through the use of sounds, recorded during post-production, to emphasize the car's bodily functions and movements.
The protagonist of this movie, Bimal can be seen as an influence on the cynical cab driver Narasingh (played by Soumitra Chatterjee) in Satyajit Ray's Abhijan (1962), which in turn served as a prototype for the character of Travis Bickle (played by Robert De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).
This film was considered for a special entry in the Venice Film Festival in 1959.
A comedy-drama film with science fiction themes, this is one of the earliest Indian films to portray an inanimate object, in this case an automobile, as a character in the story. It achieves this through the use of sounds, recorded during post-production, to emphasize the car's bodily functions and movements.
The protagonist of this movie, Bimal can be seen as an influence on the cynical cab driver Narasingh (played by Soumitra Chatterjee) in Satyajit Ray's Abhijan (1962), which in turn served as a prototype for the character of Travis Bickle (played by Robert De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).
This film was considered for a special entry in the Venice Film Festival in 1959.
