Tasveer Apni Apni

​​​(Portrait of an Average Man)

In this rather routine, made-for-television movie, an employee (K.K. Raina) in a large office is suddenly facing unemployment because his bosses have found him guilty of negligence. He is devastated, but he cannot lose his job since he is the only support of his family. Interspersed with the employee's efforts to convince his boss, in several different ways, that he cannot be fired are direct dialogues with the author (Shyamanand Jalan) who created the character of the employee. In these latter conversations, the employee berates his creator for giving him an impossible, no-win situation -- he has no control over his fate, period. 

​This was Mrinal Sen's first film made for television. Calcutta Doordarshan produced this film.

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Language:  Hindi (1984, Colour)
Producer:  Indian National Telivision
Screenplay: Mrinal Sen
Director:  Mrinal Sen
Story:  Mrinal Sen
Art Direction:  Nitish Roy
Editor: Mrinmoy Chakraborty
Camera:  Sambit Bose
Music:  
Cast:  K.K. Raina
           M.K. Raina
           Shyamanand Jalan

K. K. Raina

Shyamanand Jalan

Mrinal Sen with his crew members and Shyamanand Jalan before the shoot.

Mrinal Sen directing Shyamanand Jalan.