Cast
Kali Banerjee Gitali Roy Shriman Deepak
Credits
Written by: 
Ritwik Ghatak
Plot
A taxi driver in a Bihar town loves his battered old Chevrolet, which he treats as a living friend. The film is called a pioneering story of a man and his machine.
Sinekatalog’s take
Ritwik Ghatak's drama follows a taxi driver in Bihar who treats his beaten-up Chevrolet as a living friend. Kali Banerjee is wonderful in a funny, tender and deeply original fable about man and machine.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (677 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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