Mrinal Sen's palme d'or nominee exposes the alarming rise of underage helping hands in middle class society. A servant boy dies of CO poisoning on a chilly winter night. The question arises "Who is responsible",the landlord and employer's ignorance or the parents of that boy who forced him to work at such an early age. Mrinal Sen never answers that question directly,he let the audience to interpret the situation. A society where kids are forced to work to make family's ends meet ,Mrinal Sen has questioned tha society .The particular event is a synedoche of his appeal to the higher ups .A film cant change a society,but it can surely make one aware of the evils which are prevalent in the same.
