Director: Sandip Ray; Writer: Satyajit Ray; Cinematographer: Barun Raha; Cast: Om Puri, Champa, Mohan Agashe, Anjan Srivastava, Gyanesh Mukherjee
Summary: Satyajit Ray’s last screenplay tells of a rich
Zamindar, Vidhyachal Singh (Agashe), who
discovers that his drinking has caused him to
lose his renowned hunter and marksman skills.
He hires a professional hunter, Bharosa Ram
(Puri), an ‘untouchable’, who is also expected
to be the Zamindar’s spy in a colony of lowercaste
people. Singh insists on taking credit for
game that Bharosa has shot. The latter becomes
disillusioned and leads a revolt.
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