Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha
Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha (transl. The Strange Story of a Strange Village) is a Bengali language fantasy comedy film directed by Tapan Sinha[1] based on a novel Nabiganjer Daityo of Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay.[2] This film was released in 1998 in the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films.[3][4] This was the last complete movie made by director Tapan Sinha.[5]
Plot
Birchandra, the king without kingdom lives alone in his palace at Nabiganj village. He is least bothered about his kinghood and hidden royal treasure. Few villagers take undue advantage of his indifference. One unknown bodybuilder Kinkar come in the village who lost his memory. Birchandra give him shelter. Local teacher Dukkhoharan and old priest of the village realises that some of criminals may attack Birchandra for king's treasure that is hidden below his palace.[6][7]
Cast
- Soumitra Chatterjee as King Birchandra
- Debashree Roy as Tiya
- Manoj Mitra as Priest
- Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Dukhoharan
- Kaushik Sen as Thief
- Rajatava Dutta as Goon
- Nirmal Kumar
- Kaushik Chakrabarty
- Shankar Roy
- Dheeman Chakraborty
- Barun Chakraborty
References
- ^ Shobha Warrier. "All is not lost..." Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "I try not to watch films based on my works: Writer Shirshendu". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "AJAB GAANYER AJAB KATHA (1998)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha". SVF Entertainment. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Das Gupta, Ranjan (25 July 2008). "Dada gets the award, finally!". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Watch & Download Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha 2018 {year} Full HD Movie Online | Xstream Play". Airtel Xstream (Airtel TV). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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