Banchharamer Bagaan
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{{Infobox film
| name = Banchharamer Bagaan
| image =
| director = Tapan Sinha
| producer = Dhiresh Kumar Chakraborty
| writer = Manoj Mitra
| screenplay = Tapan Sinha
| based_on = Sajano Bagan by Manoj Mitra
| starring = Manoj Mitra
Dipankar De
Rabi Ghosh
Nirmal Kumar
Madhabi Mukherjee
| music = Tapan Sinha
| cinematography = Bimal Mukherjee
| editing = Subodh Roy
| released = {{Film date|1980}}
| runtime = 2 hours 9 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
}}
Banchharamer Bagaan is a 1980 Bengali drama film directed by Tapan Sinha.{{Cite web|last=a.chatterji|first=shoma|title=The Cinema Of Tapan Sinha - An Introduction By Amitava Nag|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/14/21011/the-cinema-of-tapan-sinha---an-introduction-by-amitava-nag|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.thecitizen.in|language=en-US|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113061540/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/14/21011/the-cinema-of-tapan-sinha---an-introduction-by-amitava-nag|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Bancharamer Bagan (1980) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/bancharamer-bagan-33735|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629185805/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/bancharamer-bagan-33735|url-status=live|archive-date=29 June 2019|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Cinestaan}} It stars Manoj Mitra and is adapted from his celebrated stage play Shajano Bagaan.{{Cite web|title='Bancharamer Bagan' - From 'Shonar Pahar' to 'Belashese': Bengali cinema's tribute to senior citizens|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/from-shonar-pahar-to-belashese-bengali-cinemas-tribute-to-senior-citizens/bancharamer-bagan/photostory/65386145.cms|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The Times of India|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113061112/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/from-shonar-pahar-to-belashese-bengali-cinemas-tribute-to-senior-citizens/bancharamer-bagan/photostory/65386145.cms|url-status=live}} The film was critically acclaimed and is regarded as a classic to this day.{{Cite web|title=Apur Panchali - From 'Shonar Pahar' to 'Belashese': Bengali cinema's tribute to senior citizens|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/from-shonar-pahar-to-belashese-bengali-cinemas-tribute-to-senior-citizens/apur-panchali/photostory/65386131.cms|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Times of India|archive-date=26 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426191517/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/from-shonar-pahar-to-belashese-bengali-cinemas-tribute-to-senior-citizens/apur-panchali/photostory/65386131.cms|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Ishan|date=2020-07-09|title=Bancharamer Bagan (1980) {{!}} Art House Cinema|url=https://arthousecinema.in/2020/07/bancharamer-bagan-1980/|access-date=2021-04-26|website=arthousecinema.in|language=en-US|archive-date=26 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426191519/https://arthousecinema.in/2020/07/bancharamer-bagan-1980/|url-status=live}}{{cite book|author1=Rohit K. Dasgupta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YT9xDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA32|title=100 Essential Indian Films|author2=Sangeeta Datta|date=15 December 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-7799-1|pages=32–}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Ishan|date=2020-07-09|title=Bancharamer Bagan (1980) {{!}} Art House Cinema|url=https://www.arthousecinema.in/2020/07/bancharamer-bagan-1980/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.arthousecinema.in|language=en-US|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113061140/https://www.arthousecinema.in/2020/07/bancharamer-bagan-1980/|url-status=live}}
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
Special screening
- Kolkata International Film Festival in 2024 for Manoj Mitra Tribute Section.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0310712}}