Man Versus Man

Man-pulled rickshaws, which have served Calcutta for over eight decades face virtual extinction as a result of a legislation introduced by the State Government in 1981. This would rob over one hundred thousand people of a living and would affect the transport structure of the city. The film analyses the critical situation and on the basis of concrete facts and figures, questions whether such a step would be fruitful at all. The image of a man pulling a man is, admittedly, a depressing and a negative one but not more negative than that of the image of a man going without food.