Sagina Mahato is a 1970 Bengali film produced by Shri J. K. Kapur and directed by Tapan Sinha. The film stars Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu, two acting giants of Indian cinema. The film is based on the true story of the labour movement of 1942–43, told through with fictional characters, and the mock trial of Sagina Mahato, the trade union leader of a factory in Siliguri.[1] It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] The film was shot on locations in Kurseong, near Darjeeling.[3] A diamond-jubilee hit, it created box-office records in Bengal.[citation needed] The film was remade as a Hindi film titled Sagina in 1974, by Sinha with the same leads, produced by the same producers team J.K. Kapur and Hemen Ganguly, though this version wasn't commercially successful.[1] Film music composed by playback singer Anup Ghoshal.
| Sagina Mahato | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Tapan Sinha |
| Written by | Gour Kishore Ghosh |
| Produced by | J. K. Kapur Hemen Ganguly |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Anup Ghoshal Assistant Tapan Sinha |
Release date |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot
editThis is story of a tea estate labour leader in the north eastern region of India during the British Raj. Sagina Mahato fights for the rights of the labourers and has the courage to face the tyranny of the British bosses. He is helped by a young communist Amal who comes to the place to upraise the poor and downtrodden masses. Amal, an outsider, turned Sagina as a leader and thus alienated him from the mass by elaborating, appropriating, codifying, approximating his social hierarchy. The story by Gour Kishor Ghosh (first published in Desh25:12, 18 January 1958, reveals the problems of vulgar vanguardism from the radical humanist standpoint.
Casts
edit- Dilip Kumar as Sagina Mahato
- Saira Banu as Lalita
- Anil Chatterjee
- Bhanu Bandopadhyay
- Swarup Dutta
- Sumita Sanyal
- Romi Chowdhury
- Kalyan Chatterjee
Reception
editAwards
edit- BFJA Awards in 1971
- Best Actor: Dilip Kumar
- Best Actor in Supporting Role: Anil Chatterjee
- Best Art Direction: Suniti Mitra
- Best Music: Tapan Sinha
- Best Male Playback Singer Award: Anup Ghoshal[4]
- Best Afro-Asian Film[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Suresh Kohli (27 December 2012). "Sagina (1974)". Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "7th Moscow International Film Festival (1971)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ "I lost a dear friend in death of Tapan Sinha: Dilip Kumar". Newstrack. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ BFJA Awards Archived 9 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tapan Sinha invited to inaugurate IFFI". The Indian Express. United News of India. 6 January 1994. p. 11.
External links
edit- Sagina Mahato in Gomolo.in
- Sagina Mahato at IMDb
- Sagina Mahato, Promotional Booklet (1970) British Library
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