Bagh Bahadur Explained

Bagh Bahadur (bn|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]}

Plot

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]

Cast

• Archana as Radha
• Pavan Malhotra as Ghunuram
• M.V. Vasudeva Rao as Sibal
• Biplab Chatterjee
• Rajeswari Roychowdhury

Awards

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

Notes and References

1. News: #DirectorsCut: 'Bagh Bahadur' symbolizes cultural displacement and the morbid state of dying art forms . The Times of India . 2023-03-30 . 0971-8257.
2. Web site: Ramnath . Nandini . Pavan Malhotra on Buddhadeb Dasgupta's 'Bagh Bahadur': 'Such films stay with us our whole lives' . 2023-03-30 . Scroll.in . 12 June 2021 .
3. Web site: Sharma . Shanku . 2021-01-20 . Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Bagh Bahadur, a masterpiece . 2023-03-30 . FilmSpell .
4. News: Pawan Malhotra: Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Bagh Bahadur enriched the repertoire I have today . The Times of India . 2023-03-30 . 0971-8257.