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Sanyasi Raja (1975)

Sanyasi Raja poster
Original title
সন্ন্যাসী রাজা
Directed by
Piyush Bose
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 21m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is a period drama based on a real life incident about a man who returns to his former life claiming to be a king who was thought dead. It follows the legal and personal struggles that result from his reappearance.

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What happens

Sanyasi Raja (transl. The Monk King) is a 1975 Indian Bengali-language period action drama film written and directed by Pijush Basu. Produced by Asim Sarkar under the banner of Usha Films, the film is based on the real life incident of the Bhawal case. It stars Uttam Kumar in the title role alongside Supriya Devi in lead roles. The film was remade in Telugu in 1977 as Raja Ramesh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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