The director misses out on the trajectory. It is through the palanquin that the movie seeks to establish the harsh truth about India's vanishing value systems. The short film moves swiftly through some excellent camera work. Learning that the landlord's grandson was getting married and he was intent upon a traditional palanquin procession in the village, he overcomes all his problems and lifts up the old palanquin with some wonderful decoration and waits for it to be transported. The protagonist (Subbadu) has no takers for his palanquin-not even in his house! But he extols his possession and awaits the occasion in spite of his ill health. The owner of the palanquin is a loyal of a once upon a time landlord and dutifully also has worship arranged in a temple for him even after his death. That is just a structural piece behind which something else is sought to be portrayed. This is a very interesting narrative about an old palanquin getting spruced up for a wedding with the elation about its final resurrection but the opportunity is lost since the much awaited marriage gets truncated in its duration.
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