Dakhal (1981)

Dakhal is a Bengali-language drama film from 1981 directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Mamata Shankar.

Dakhal (transl. The Occupation) is a 1981 Indian Bengali film directed by Gautam Ghose, with Mamata Shankar, Robin Sen Gupta, Sunil Mukherjee and Sujal Roy Chowdhury in lead roles. The film is about a woman belonging to a nomadic tribe from Andhra Pradesh, known as crow hunters, who elopes and moves to south Bengal and makes a living by occult practices. It deals with the issue of exploitation of tribal people by a deceitful landlord. The film was based on Amma, a short story of Sushil Jana.

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