Padatik (The Guerrilla Fighter) is a 1973 Bengali drama film directed by noted Parallel Cinema director Mrinal Sen,[1] under the banner of Mrinal Sen Productions.

A political activist escapes the prison van and is sheltered in a posh apartment owned by a sensitive young woman.

Both are rebels: the activist against political treachery and the other on social level.

Being in solitary confinement, the fugitive engages himself in self-criticism and, in the process, questions the leadership.

The struggle has to continue, both for the political activist, now segregated, and the woman in exile.