Bagh Bahadur (Bengali: বাঘ বাহাদুর, translation: The Tiger Dancer) is a 1989 Bengali drama film directed and screenplayed by Buddhadev Dasgupta based on a short story of Prafulla Roy.[1][2]

Bagh Bahadur
Directed byBuddhadev Dasgupta
Written byBuddhadev Dasgupta
Prafulla Roy (story)
Produced byBuddhadev Dasgupta
Dulal K. Roy - Executive Producer
StarringArchana
Pavan Malhotra
M.V. Vasudeva Rao
CinematographyVenu
Music byShantanu Mahapatra
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Plot edit

The film is about a man, Ghumuram who paints himself as a tiger and dances in a village in Bengal. The movie conveys a strong message as it illustrates the hardships of rural village life in Bengal.[3]

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Awards edit

1989 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "#DirectorsCut: 'Bagh Bahadur' symbolizes cultural displacement and the morbid state of dying art forms". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. ^ Ramnath, Nandini (12 June 2021). "Pavan Malhotra on Buddhadeb Dasgupta's 'Bagh Bahadur': 'Such films stay with us our whole lives'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. ^ Sharma, Shanku (20 January 2021). "Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Bagh Bahadur, a masterpiece". FilmSpell. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Pawan Malhotra: Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Bagh Bahadur enriched the repertoire I have today". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

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