The Garden of Bancharam

Overview

The story of an old peasant,Bancharam (Mitra),who defeats the tyrannical landlord Chhakari (Dey).Inheriting a dry patch of land, Bancharam converts it into a fabulous garden.The British magistrate supports him when Chhakari attempts to acquire the garden, after which he dies. Chhakari's son Nakari tries a new stratagem: he promises Bancharam Rs 400 every month provided Bancharam bequeaths his garden to the landowner after his death. Bancharam agrees but amazingly becomes healthier with every passing day, repeatedly promising to die but failing to do so.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 29, 1980

Original language

Bangla

Spoken languages

Bengali

Countries

India

Cast

Biplab Chatterjee,Bhishma Guhathakurta,Sadhan Sengupta,Manoj Mitra,Rabi Ghosh,Devika Mukherjee,Donald F. Sheehan,Satu Majumdar,Shambhu Bhattacharya,Dipankar Deyand 10 more

Director

Tapan Sinha

Writer

Tapan Sinha,Manoj Mitra

Producer

Dhiresh Kumar Chakraborty

Cinematography

Bimal Mukherjee

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0310712