Thikadar
Melodrama featuring a thikadar (forest contractor), a somewhat remote figure like the landscape in which he operates. The villain is the plantation-owner named Abani Haldar, with a beautiful daughter, Latika. The thikadar saves Haldar in an accident, while later it is revealed that Haldar killed the thikadar's father and left his wife and children for dead. Latika, who loves the thikadar, succeeds in preventing the forester from taking revenge for those crimes.
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Cast
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Tulsi Lahiri
Sukhen
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The Music Room
Durgadas Bandyopadhyay
Abani Haldar
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Chandidas
Jiban Ganguly
Matilal Thikadar
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Satya Mukherjee
Bhikhu
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Rajat Jayanti
Jiban Maran
Renuka Roy
Latika
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Chitra Devi
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Kamala Jharia
Mungri
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Santosh Singha
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Tatinir Bichar
Rabi Ray
Manager
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Pratikar
Rajnati Basantasena
Sudhir Mitra
Kancha
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Girin Chakraborty
Jatra
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Abbasuddin Ahmed
Coolie
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Prafulla Roy Director · Tulsi Lahiri Story Bibhuti Das Cinematographer
First release November 8, 1940 · Produced in India · Original title ঠিকাদার
Production
Shree Bharat Lakhsmi Pictures
Production
India
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Languages
Original title
ঠিকাদার
Original language
Bangla
Spoken on screen
Bangla
Release dates
India · November 8, 1940
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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