Sagina (film)

Sagina is a 1974 Hindi movie, produced by J.K. Kapur and directed by Tapan Sinha, the film stars Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Aparna Sen and Om Prakash. It was a remake of a Bengali version called Sagina Mahato which was released in 1970, directed by Tapan Sinha, with the same lead pair in the cast.^[1]

Plot

Sagina is a factory laborer,and aggressive, honest and lovable character who was the first to fight against the tyranny of the British bosses in the Tea gardens of North-Eastern India.^[2][3]

Cast

• Dilip Kumar as Sagina Mahato
• Saira Banu as Lalita
• Aparna Sen as Secretary Vishaka Devi
• Anil Chatterjee as Aniruddha
• Chinmoy Roy
• Rajni Gupta
• Kalyan Chatterjee
• Bhanu Bannerjee
• Kader Khan as Anupam Dutt
• K.N. Singh as Factory owner
• Om Prakash as Guru

Music

The film has music by S.D. Burman and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri

1. "Saala mein to sahab ban gaya, sahab ban ke kaisa tan gaya" -Kishore Kumar
2. "Uparwala dukhiyon ki nahi sunta tha" - Kishore Kumar
3. "Gajab chamki bindiya tori aadhi raat" - Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar
4. "Tumre sang to rain bitayee" - Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar

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Awards and legacy

The film won the 1974 Filmfare Best Art Direction Award for Sudhendu Roy. In the 1975 film Chupke Chupke a billboard featuring the poster can briefly be seen.

References

1. 1 2 Suresh Kohli (27 December 2012). "Sagina (1974)". Retrieved 17 March 2013. 
2. ↑ Sinha, Tapan (1974-07-15), Sagina, retrieved 2016-04-09 
3. ↑ Publié le 7 Décembre 2009. "Sagina: a freedom beyond politics". Retrieved 18 July 2016. 

External links

• Sagina at the Internet Movie Database