Sabyasachi (film)

{{Short description|1977 Bengali-language action thriller film by Pijush Basu}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Sabyasachi

| image =

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Pijush Basu

| screenplay = Pijush Bose

| producer = Asim Sarkar

| writer = Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay

| based_on = Pather Dabi by Sharatchandra Chattopadhay

| starring = {{ubl|

• Uttam Kumar
• Supriya Devi
• Jayashree Kabir
• Anil Chatterjee

}}

| music = Uttam Kumar, Nidan Bandhu Bannerjee

| cinematography = Bijoy Ghosh

| editing = Baidyanath Chatterjee

| studio = Usha Films

| distributor = Chandimata Films Pvt Ltd

| released = {{Film date|df=y|1977|01|21}}

| runtime = 145 minutes

| country = India

| language = Bengali

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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Sabyasachi is a 1977 Bengali language period political action thriller film directed by Pijush Basu.{{Cite news |date=2020-08-15 |title='Sabyasachi' to 'Gumnaami': Bengali patriotic films to watch this Independence Day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/sabyasachi-to-gumnaami-bengali-patriotic-films-to-watch-this-independence-day/articleshow/77542861.cms |access-date=2024-06-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} Based on the novel Pather Dabi written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay,{{Cite news |title=9 Bengali films that captured India's freedom struggle |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/9-bengali-films-that-captured-indias-freedom-struggle/Sabyasachi-1977/photostory/63728930.cms |access-date=20 March 2019 |newspaper=The Times of India}}{{Cite book |last=Chattopadhyay |first=Sharatchandra |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.7012 |title=Pather Dabi পথের দাবী |publisher=Gurudas Chattopadhyay and Sons, Kolkata}} the film produced by Asim Sarkar under the banner of Usha Films. It stars Uttam Kumar in the titular role, alongside Supriya Devi, Bikash Roy, Kiran Lahiri and Tarun Kumar in lead roles.{{Cite web| title=Sabyasachi (1977) |url=https://www.filmiclub.com/movie/sabyasachi-1977-bengali-movie |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=FilmiClub |language=en-US}} The soundtrack of the film was composed by Nidan Bandhu Banerjee and particularly Uttam Kumar himself, marking his second film as a composer after Kal Tumi Aleya (1966). Set in British India, it revolves around a freedom fighter as well as revolutionary Dr. Sabyasachi Mallick, arresting whom is very difficult for the police as he always escape through his presence of mind and jaw dropping disguises. When he comes to Burma to continue his foundation Pather Dabi against the British raj and the Burma police service hires DCP Nimai Roy from India to bring him down.