A bank clerk's desk becomes a mirror reflecting everyone's ugly greed.
Barun Banerjee, a middle-class bank employee, gets in trouble after the head office sets up an enquiry about previous transactions. However, he soon sees the selfish nature of the world around him.
Acting
Dipankar Dey's crushing resignation in every frame.
Direction
Sandip Ray's father's shadow, but distinctly his own voice.
Writing
Satyajit Ray's screenplay: precise, painful, personal.
Director
Sandip Ray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Satyajit Ray's own short story, written during his final years when illness made him deeply reflective on institutional cruelty.
Sandip Ray directed this at 42, finally stepping out from his father's shadow with a film that proves the apple didn't fall far—but grew its own thorns.
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