Banchharamer Bagan (1980)

Banchharamer Bagan is a Bengali-language film from 1980 directed by Tapan Sinha, starring Manoj Mitra and Deepankar De.

Banchharamer Bagaan (Bengali pronunciation: [ban.t͡ʃʰa.ra.meɾ ba.ɡan]; transl. Banchharam's garden) is a 1980 Bengali-language satirical comedy-horror film co-written and directed by Tapan Sinha. Produced by Dhiresh Kumar Chakraborty under the banner of D. K. Film Enterprises, the film is based on Manoj Mitra's celebrated stage-play Shajano Bagaan. It stars Mitra himself as Banchharam, an elderly frail peasant who outwits a tyrannical landlord attempting to seize his beloved garden by deceptively staying alive and healthy, despite having signed over his land in exchange for a monthly pension upon his promised death.

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