Sabuj Dwiper Raja is a 1979 Indian adventure thriller film directed by Tapan Sinha, based on the same name novel of Kakababu by Sunil Gangopadhyay.[2][3][4][5]
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 Sabuj Dwiper Raja poster | |
| Directed by | Tapan Sinha |
| Screenplay by | Tapan Sinha |
| Story by | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
| Based on | Sabuj Dwiper Raja by Sunil Gangopadhyay |
| Produced by | Children's Film Society, India |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Tapan Sinha, Aloke Nath De |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Synopsis
editA 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 the notorious Cellular Jail during the British Raj. He reaches the island and is 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.
Cast
edit- Samit Bhanja as Kakababu
- Arunava Adhikari as Shantu
- Lily Chakravarty as Shontu's Mother
- Biplab Chatterjee as Kalla
- Rabi Ghosh as Gute da
- Nirmal Kumar as Superintendent of Police
- Kalyan Chatterjee
- Arun Mukherjee
- Ramen Roy Chowdhury
- Asim Dutta
- Debatosh Ghosh
- Nipu Mitra
Reception
editAlthough 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.
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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