Dada Thakur (1962)

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Runtime : 0M

Director : Sudhir Mukherjee

Synopsis

The film is based closely on the life of the real-life Dada Thakur, and was made in his lifetime. Dada Thakur (Chhabi Biswas) starts his career with a hand-operated press, with his wife as his assistant. Later he is joined by Nalini Kanta Sarkar, an underground freedom-fighter. Dada Thakur brings out the newspaper Jangipur Sangbad. He campaigns against social evils and earns the ire of the ruling classes. He saves a girl, Lata, from the unwanted advances of Darpanarayan (Biswajeet), scion of the local zamindar. Lata joins the ranks of freedom fighters working with Sarkar. Subsequently, a reformed Darpanarayan too becomes an ardent follower of Dada Thakur and joins the struggle for India's freedom. Dada Thakur's greatest success is when he helps an ordinary man, a petty shopkeeper, get elected as the Municipal Commissioner of Jangipur.

Actors

Biswajit Chatterjee
Biswajit Chatterjee
Dada Thakur
Biswajit Chatterjee
Biswajit Chatterjee
Darpanarayan
Chhabi Biswas
Chhabi Biswas
Dada Thakur
Tarun Kumar
Tarun Kumar
Nalini Kanta Sarkar

Crews

Shyamanand Jalan
Shyamanand Jalan
Producer
Sudhir Mukherjee
Sudhir Mukherjee
Director