Featuring shy eight-year-olf Ajit, a small village boy sent to work in a Calcuttan household, the unobtrusive camera watches him closely as he diligently goes about his daily chores and relishes the meals he is given. Interviews with his father, a poor farmer in the provinces, and Ajit himself, shed light on the hypocrisy hidden in a lop-sided social structure. This film articulates in its own way the failure of the Indian system to provide the basics of life to a large majority of the Indian people; basics like food and shelter and primary education. At another level, the film takes up the issue of unrestrained consumerism in one section of the population in the wake of the so-called liberalization and opening up of the economy.
Arvind Sinha
Arvind Sinha (34) is a self-taught filmmaker. He has been making films for the past six years. His first documentary film was on the Chhau Dance of Seraikella, which was widely acclaimed. For his second film, on the great Dhrupad singer Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar, he got the National Award. He is based in Calcutta and produces his own films. ‘The Unconquerable’ is Sinha’s third film. It has also won four major international awards, two each from the prestigious film festivals of Leipzig (Germany) and Bilbao (Spain) and the National Award in India.
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Ajit, The Unconquerable
India
1995, 20', color, 16 mm
Directed by:
Arvind Sinha
Screenplay by:
Arvind Sinha
Cinematography:
Asim Bose
Edited by:
Sumit Shosh
Producer:
Arvind Sinha
Produced by:
Chakra
