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Banchharamer Bagaan is a 1980 Bengali drama film directed by Tapan Sinha. It stars Manoj Mitra and is adapted from his celebrated stage play Shajano Bagaan. The film was critically acclaimed and is regarded as a classic to this day.
Plot
The film revolves around the struggles of lonely aged persons. An elderly man becomes a one-man army against the corrupt society. There is an old peasant's garden, which the zamindar desperately want to occupy. Despite the continuous machinations and traps put forward by the zamindar, the aged, frail peasant Bancharam, in some way or the other, continues to live in his garden, and manages to maintain it as well.
Cast
Manoj Mitra as Bancharam
Dipankar De as Zamindar
Nirmal Kumar as Lawyer
Madhabi Mukherjee as Zamindar's Wife
Rabi Ghosh as Doctor
Bhanu Bandopadhyay as Priest
Biplab Chatterjee as Hontka/Kontka
Devika Mukherjee as Chumki
Bhishma Guhathakurta as Gopinath
Premangshu Bose as Chumki's Father
External links
Banchharamer Bagaan at IMDb
