The Man with the Axe

After being accused wrongly of theft, a slightly addled servant runs away to the city, carrying as his only real possession an axe, which he claims to have killed a tiger with. He takes up life among India's throngs of city-dwelling homeless, and for a little while almost has a decent time of it. He has a girlfriend, and one good friend, and gets by through begging and doing odd jobs.

Director: Mrinal Sen

Cast: Arun Mukherjee, Bibhas Chakraborty, Sreela Majumdar, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Sujal Roy Chowdhury, Nilkantha Sengupta, Arijit Guha, Reba Roy Chowdhury

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