Dada Thakur (1962)

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.

Date of release
1962-02-25
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Director
Sudhir Mukherjee

Casting

Interesting facts

Dada Thakur is a 1962 Bengali biographical film directed by Sudhir Mukherjee. It is based on the life of publisher, editor and satirist Sarat Chandra Pandit, starring Chhabi Biswas in the title role. At the 10th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.

Production

The casting of the film was done in 1957. Biswajit, who made his debut with this film, recalls: "There was a family-like atmosphere prevailing in the entire unit then. I fondly recollect one night when I was having disturbance in sleeping due to mosquito bites. We were shooting outdoors. Chhabi Biswas, like a parent figure, took care personally, putting up a mosquito net and covered me with a blanket."

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