![]() Chhabi Biswas, like a parent figure, took care personally putting up a mosquito net and covered me with a blanket." Reception I fondly recollect one night when I was having disturbance in sleeping due to mosquito bites. Biswajit, who made his debut with this film, recalls: "There was a family like atmosphere prevailing in the entire unit then. ![]() The casting of the film was done in 1957. Dada Thakur's greatest success is when he helps an ordinary man, a petty shopkeeper, get elected as the Municipal Commissioner of Jangipur. Subsequently, a reformed Darpanarayan too becomes an ardent follower of Dada Thakur and joins the struggle for India's freedom. Lata joins the ranks of freedom fighters working with Sarkar. He saves a girl, Lata ( Sulata Chowdhury), from the unwanted advances of Darpanarayan ( Biswajit Chatterjee), scion of the local zamindar. He campaigns against social evils and earns the ire of the ruling classes. Dada Thakur brings out the newspaper Jangipur Sangbad. Later he is joined by Nalini Kanta Sarkar (Tarun Kumar), an underground freedom-fighter. Dada Thakur ( Chhabi Biswas) starts his career with a hand-operated press, with his wife ( Chhaya Devi) as his assistant. ![]() The film is based closely on the life of the real-life Dada Thakur, and was made in his lifetime. ![]()
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