| Banchharamer Bagan | |
| Director: | Tapan Sinha |
| Producer: | Dhiresh Kumar Chakraborty |
| Screenplay: | Tapan Sinha |
| Based On: | Sajano Bagan by Manoj Mitra |
| Starring: | Manoj Mitra Dipankar De Rabi Ghosh Nirmal Kumar Madhabi Mukherjee |
| Music: | Tapan Sinha |
| Cinematography: | Bimal Mukherjee |
| Editing: | Subodh Roy |
| Runtime: | 2 hours 9 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Bengali |
Banchharamer Bagan is a 1980 Bengali drama film directed by Tapan Sinha.[1] [2] It stars Manoj Mitra and is adapted from his celebrated stage play Sajano Bagan.[3] The film was critically acclaimed and is regarded as a classic to this day.[4] [5] [6]
The film revolves around the struggles of lonely aged persons. An elderly man becomes a one-man army against the corrupt society. There is an old peasant's garden, which the zamindar desperately want to occupy. Despite the continuous machinations and traps put forward by the zamindar, the aged, frail peasant Bancharam, in some way or the other, continues to live in his garden, and manages to maintain it as well.[7]