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Sagina Mahato
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Wikipedia article
'Sagina Mahato' is a 1970 Bengali film. Produced by Shri J. K. Kapur and directed by Tapan Sinha, the film stars Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu. The film is based on the true story of the labour movement of 194243, told through with fictional characters, 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. The film was remade as a Hindi film titled 'Sagina' in 1974, by Sinha with the same leads, produced by the same producers team J.K. Kapur and Hemen Ganguly, though this version wasn't successful. Film music composed by legendary playback singer Anup Ghoshal
Plot
This is story of a tea estate labour leader in the north eastern region of India during the British Raj. Sagina Mahato fights for the rights of the labourers and has the courage to face the tyranny of the British bosses. He is helped by a young communist Amal who comes to the place to upraise the poor and downtrodden masses. Amal, an outsider, turned Sagina as a leader and thus alienated him from the mass by elaborating, appropriating, codifying, approximating his social hierarchy. The story by Gour Kishor Ghosh (first published in 'Desh'25:12, 18 January 1958, reveals the problems of vulgar vanguardism from the radical humanist standpoint.
Casts
* Dilip Kumar as Sagina Mahato
* Saira Banu as Lalita
* Anil Chatterjee
* Romi Chowdhury
* Swarup Dutta
* Sumita Sanyal
* Kalyan Chatterjee
* Bhanu Bandopadhyay
Awards
;BFJA Awards in 1971
* Best Actor: Dilip Kumar
* Best Actor in Supporting Role: Anil Chatterjee
* Best Art Direction: Suniti Mitra
* Best Music: Tapan Sinha
* Best Male Playback Singer Award: Anup Ghoshal[http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197134.htm BFJA Awards]
;8th Moscow International Film Festival
* Best Afro-Asian Film
See also
* History of tea in India
References
* [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/endangeredarchives/2010/07/eap-at-the-pictures-sagina-mahato.html 'Sagina Mahato', Promotional Booklet (1970)] British Library
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