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Pikoo
| Year | 1980 |
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| Producer | Henri Fraise |
| Distributor | Henri Fraise, France |
| Screenplay | Satyajit Ray |
| Based on | The short story Pikur Diary by Satyajit Ray |
| Photography | Soumendu Roy |
| Editor | Dulal Dutta |
| Art Director | Ashoke Bose |
| Music | Satyajit Ray |
| Sound | Robin Sen Gupta |
| Length | 26 min. |
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Cast:
| Pikoo | Arjun Guha Thakurta |
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| Seema | Aparna Sen |
| Ranjan | Soven Lahiri |
| Loknath | Promod Ganguli |
| Uncle Hitesh | Victor Banerjee |
This film presents a day in the life of a six year old child in Calcutta, who lives shut up in the family home, insulated from the city by a park. The father is away at work. The grandfather is alone in his room, ill and confined to his bed. The mother receives her lover. The child attempts to amuse himself, registers everything in silence before hiding out in the garden where he begins to make drawings of the various flowers. The film ends with his question, addressed to his mother, in the arms of her lover: "Shall I use black crayon to draw a white flower?"
