Sabyasachi (1977)

Directed by

Piyush Bose

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

U

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A revolutionary freedom fighter in British India uses disguises and quick thinking to evade police capture. He travels to Burma to continue his resistance against colonial rule, while a police officer is brought in to stop him.

periodpoliticalactionsuspensefulfast-paceddramaticheroicclever

What happens

Sabyasachi is a 1977 Bengali language period political action thriller film directed by Pijush Basu. Based on the novel Pather Dabi written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, 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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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