Man-pulled rickshaw, which have served Kolkata for over eight decades face virtual extinction as a result of legislation introduced by the State Government in 1981. This would rob over 100,000 people of a living. The film analyzes the critical situation, and on the basis of concrete facts and figures, questions whether such a step would be fruitful at all. The image of a man pulling a man is a depressing and a negative one - but not more negative than that of the image of a man going without food.
India
Documentary
19 minutes
1981
Shashi Anand
Film & Television Institute of India

2017
6.9

2021
0.0

2017
6.0

2024
7.7

2007
0.0

2017
10.0

1977
0.0

2024
0.0

2024
0.0

2025
0.0

1965
0.0

2017
6.1

2017
6.2

2020
8.0

2018
7.1

1985
6.1

2007
6.0

2019
7.4

2021
0.0

2003
0.0