Agantuk

The Bison, represented in this cave art picture, triggers a question of ancient civilisation... over 20,000 years old, drawn using tools which were at best limited, so what can be said about modern civilisation? Clairvoyance! Suffice a picture - similar to this cave art - becomes the theme to a film called, 'The Stranger (Agantuk).'

Manmohan Mitra - the protagonist - is very much a Gobir Joler Maach (Literal: Deep Sea Fish/ stylistic expression in Bengali used to describe a person who is reserved).

Throughout the length of this feature film, it is difficult to identify Manmohan Mitra; how can he be best described - why does he return to native Kolkata after 35 years of travelling abroad, does he have a maatlab (objective) in good faith, or is he totally superficial?

Indeed, Manmohan Mitra can considered as the lucky few who spend time travelling in quest of finding answers and understanding the world. With attained knowledge from travelling around the world, the charming Mr Mitra does not display what he knows; he explores his vicinity and he asks those around him what they perceive to be civilisation.

"... NASA, and seated closeby is Nasha (Addiction) - where one (NASA) has progressive technology fuelling the unimaginable dream, where is technology in modern society to cure the other (Nasha)?" - Manmohan Mitra (The Stranger)