Sagina Mahato

Sagina Mahato (1971)

সাগিনা মাহাতো

After instigating a strike over the improper dismissal of a fellow worker, Sagina Mahato unwittingly finds himself lauded as a champion of worker's rights.

Date of release
1971-07-01
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 28m
Genres
Drama
Director
Tapan Sinha

Casting

Interesting facts

Sagina Mahato is a 1970 Indian Bengali-language political action drama film produced by Shri J. K. Kapur and directed by Tapan Sinha. The film stars Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu, two acting giants of Indian cinema. The film is based on the true story of the labour movement of 1942–43, told through with fictional characters created by Gour Kishore Ghosh in his short story of the same name, and the mock trial of Sagina Mahato, the trade union leader of a factory in Siliguri. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was shot on locations in Kurseong, near Darjeeling. A diamond-jubilee hit, it created box-office records in Bengal.

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