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Sabuj Dwiper Raja
| Sabuj Dwiper Raja | |
|---|---|
| File:Sabuj Dwiper Raja poster.jpg Sabuj Dwiper Raja poster | |
| Directed by | Tapan Sinha |
| Produced by | Children's Film Society, India |
| Screenplay by | Tapan Sinha |
| Story by | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
| Based on | Sabuj Dwiper Raja by Sunil Gangopadhyay |
| Starring | Nirmal Kumar |
| Music by | Tapan Sinha, Aloke Nath De |
Release date | 17 August 1979 |
Running time | 109 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | Rs.60,000 |
| Box office | Rs.70,000 |
Sabuj Dwiper Raja is a 1979 Indian adventure thriller film directed by Tapan Sinha, based on the fictional character Kakababu created by Sunil Gangopadhyay.[2][3][4][5]
Synopsis[edit]
A criminal gang led by notorious smuggler Panja is set to steal a secret source of energy that emanates from a meteorite that has landed on a remote area of Andaman Islands. They know that the local tribe jarwas have no idea of its value. A patriot, Mr. Gunada Talukdar, flees from notorious Cellular Jail in pre independence era and reaches the island and later chosen as King of the tribals. Thirteen-year-old Santu joins his uncle Raja Roychoudhury alias Kakababu who is sent on behalf of the Intelligence to survey the island. The two leave Calcutta by ship for the Andaman Islands. Santu's sharp eye soon detects that the criminals are on board. Santu is instrumental in helping his uncle prevent the dastardly plot the criminals are about to carry out. Kakababu and Santu went to the alienated island of Jarawas ignoring the government restrictions. In the meantime Panja and his henchmen were captured by Jarwas while they were trying to steal the power energy. Kakababu recognised the leader of jarwa, the old man as Mr. Talukdar, and after a short fight with Panja's gang they returned to the mainland with the help of police. Although questionable on the ground of showing the Jarawa tribal-folk just as the colonial British government would specifically mark out the then resident Indian population-groups as uncivilized, belligerent sub-human 'natives', the film gained considerable popularity by synthesizing educative knowledge-bits for young filmgoers (and their parents), exotic adventure and patriotism.
Cast[edit]
- Samit Bhanja as Raja Roychowdhury/Kakababu
- Arunava Adhikari as Shontu
- Lily Chakravarty as Shontu's Mother
- Biplab Chatterjee as Kalla
- Kalyan Chatterjee
- Ramen Roy Chowdhury
- Asim Dutta
- Debatosh Ghosh
- Rabi Ghosh as Gute da
- Nirmal Kumar as Superintendent of Police
- Nipu Mitra
- Arun Mukherjee
References[edit]
- ↑ SABUJ DWIPER RAJA(1979)
- ↑ "Sabuj Dwiper Raja / Ek Tukro Chand / Kakababu Here Gelen". Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ "Sabuj Dwiper Raja (1979 - Bengali)". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "Sabuj Dwiper Raja". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "SABUJ DWIPER RAJA(1979)". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
External links[edit]
- Sabuj Dwiper Raja at Gomolo
- Sabuj Dwiper Raja at the Internet Movie Database
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