Agantuk (The Stranger) was Satyajit Ray’s last film. The film revolves around the return of an old man, Manomohan Mitra, to India after 35 years. Manmohan had spent all his life with Adivasis from across the world and has a take on civilisation and progress that is at odds with the popular urban narrative of it. He claims to be the uncle of Anila and wants to spend a few days at her house in Kolkata. Anila’s husband Sudheendra is highly suspicious of this stranger’s identity. Manomohan sees through Sudheendra’s suspicion and gives his passport to Sudheendra to verify his
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