Arindam, invisible and bored, watched her rifle through rusted tin cans. She stopped at a reel simply labelled "M." No year. No director.
He had been at it for forty-three years. A was for Alibaba (1937), B was for Bhanu Pelo Lottery (1958). He knew the Zs were the hardest: Zindagi (1940) and the obscure art film Zerand (1978) were the last entries. He was one title away from finishing. bengali movie list a to z
— The Song My Mother Forgot (Year Unknown, Director: The Heart) Arindam, invisible and bored, watched her rifle through
The reel ran out after seven minutes. The song stopped. The silence was immense. He had been at it for forty-three years
Tithi froze. "Who’s there?"
He typed, slowly, deliberately:
"The caretaker," he lied, materializing as a flickering silhouette. "That film is incomplete. It has no beginning, no end."