If you ever find a 49-minute black-and-white film where a taxi driver calls his lover "Memsaheb" on the streets of 1980s Calcutta, preserve it immediately. Until then, consider this query a beautiful ghost in the machine of Bengali cinema history.

Have you seen a snippet of Hello Memsaheb? Do you own a 49mm print? Contact the author via the comment section below. Let the search continue.

★★★☆☆ (3.5/5 – fascinating enigma, zero watchability).