Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Siddhartha is forced to discontinue medical studies due to unexpected death of father, Fact2: Chatterjee is asked to name most significant world event, Fact3: reply is plain human courage shown by people of Vietnam instead of expected, Fact4: party leader tells him about opening for medical representative, Fact5: propaganda newsreel As is being shown before feature explodes in cinema hall government
Output (English): Siddhartha Dhritiman Chatterjee is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to the unexpected death of his father. He has to now find a job instead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam, instead of the expected: man landing on the moon. The interviewer asks if he is a communist. Needless to say, he does not get the job. He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest, the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes into a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs. Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining the anatomy of the female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha throughout the film. On his way to the hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an exclassmate, he goes out to see an uncensored Swedish film but, to their disappointment, the film turns out to be boring. In such constant wandering in Calcutta, disintegrating relationships with his sister and a Naxalite militant communist brother, his friendship with Keya is the only thing that keeps him sane. Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each others company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances. After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddhartha leaves the big city to take a modest job as a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. He also hears the call of a bird that he remembers from his childhood in his dreams but this time it is for real, and not in his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen. The ending is reminiscent of the first scene which shows the death of Siddharthas father. However, the last scene is symbolic of the end of Siddharthas aspirations of finding a job in Calcutta.