Theme
The film deals with various ideas and themes. Set against the backdrop of first Maoist wave of rebellion in India, the film is considered as Ghatak's autobiographical film, an anti-climax. Ghatak himself told– "in it (Argument and story) the political backdrop of West Bengal from 1971 to 1972 as I saw it has been portrayed. There is no ideology. I saw it from a point of view of not a politician. I am not supposed to please a political ideology...". Ghatak was aware of a complete break-down of moral values around him, specially among the younger generation. He tried to portray these issues in this film (also in his unfinished film Sei Vishnupriya). Ghatak, both in real life and this film tried to find some meaning for the political and cultural turmoil overtaking his country.
- The Great Mother Image
In an interview Ghatak mentioned– "The Great Mother Image" in its duality exists in every aspects of our being, and he incorporated this image in his films like Meghe Dhaka Tara and Jukti Takko Aar Gappo.
- Allegorical characters
Characters of this have been portrayed in allegorically.
- Ghatak, played the character of Nilkantha Bagchi, his alter ego. Nilkantha is the name of Hindu god Shiva, who drank poison that emerged from the oceans to prevent it from destroying everything in the world.
- In the film Tripti Mitra played the role Nilkantha Bagchi's wife Durga (influenced by Hindu goddess Durga, also according to Hindu mythology, Durga is consort of Shiva). In an interview Ghatak described her wife Surama Ghatak a Sati (a very pious woman, and consort of Shiva).
- Ritaban Ghatak (Ghatak's real life son) played the character of Nikantha Bagchi's son Satya. In Sanskrit and Bengali the word Satya means "true" or "real".
- The character Nachiketa is inspired by, Hindu mythological character Nachiketa.
- The character Jagannath Bhattacharjee, a Sankrit language teacher, has been depicted as a representative of ancient Vedic civilization.
- Panchanan Ustad– representative of rural, not very much educated, but very rich with their own (folk) culture and heritage.
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