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Pikoo, 1980 Production: Henri Fraise Screenplay, Music and Direction: Satyajit Ray Based on Ray's own story, Pikoor Diary Photography: Soumendu Roy Art Direction: Ashoke Bose Editing: Dulal Dutta Sound: Partha Bose, Gobinda Naskar, Sujit Sarkar Duration: 26 mins. Colour     Cast: Arjun Guha Thakurta (Pikoo), Aparna Sen (Seema, his mother), Soven Lahiri (Ranjan, his father), Pramode Ganguli (Lokenath, his grandfather), Victor Banerjee (Hitesh, Seema's lover), Khairatilal Lahori (Sadashib, bearer).   Lokenath, Seema Pikoo The Story   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 various flowers. The film ends with his question, addressed to his mother, in the arms of her lover: "Shall I use black felt pen to draw a white flower?" View Clips 1 Contributed by DKB and AKD Back Top

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