FILM REVIEW
Anukul - Satyajit Ray The story depicts the book of Satyajit Ray, and the movie very well demonstrates the influence from Satyajit Ray on Sujoy Ghosh. The movie predicts the future of the world where even the household is done by a robot, which replaces manly labor. In the movie Anukul, a Hindi school teacher, Nikunj Chaturvedi who hires a robot to do his household chores. The robot is programmed to work over-time, with no weekends, and holidays. He slowly becomes a part of the house and observing things and people around. After some events which takes place at Nikunj's house, the robot and the owner have a different bond from that of a owner and his housekeeper. The movie's core theme is the constant battle between man and machines which spoil the livelihood of the normal people. If something works 24/7 without any excuse of leave, or weekends, but with a sole purpose to only serve you, then anyone in that case would prefer a machine than a man. The movie too is about the ...