Sagina Mahato is a 1970 Bengali movie. Produced by the late Shri J.K. Kapur

J.K. Kapur

J.K. Kapur was an Indian filmmaker, producer, social activist and a highly accredited restauranteur. He co-owned Copper Chimney, the most successful and well known Indian restaurant chain in India, famous for its kebabs, with Prem Chadha. J.K...

 and directed by Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:...

, the film stars Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar , is an Indian actor and a former Member of Parliament.He lives in Pali Hill, Bandra in Mumbai, India. He is commonly known as "Tragedy King",and is described as "the ultimate method actor" by Satyajit Ray....

 and Saira Banu

Saira Banu

Saira Banu , also known as Saira Bano, is an Indian Bollywood actress and the wife of the film actor Dilip Kumar. She acted in many Bollywood films between 1960 and 1980.-Early life:...

. The movie was remade as a Hindi movie titled Sagina

Sagina (film)

Sagina is a 1974 Hindi movie. Produced by the Late Shri 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 with the same lead pair in the cast...

 in 1974.

Plot

This is story of a tea estate labour leader in the north eastern region of India during the British Raj

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

. Sagina Mahato fights for the rights of the labourers and has the courage to face the tyranny of the British bosses. He is helped by a young communist Amal who comes to the place to upraise the poor and downtrodden masses.

Casts

• Dilip Kumar
  Dilip Kumar
  Dilip Kumar , is an Indian actor and a former Member of Parliament.He lives in Pali Hill, Bandra in Mumbai, India. He is commonly known as "Tragedy King",and is described as "the ultimate method actor" by Satyajit Ray....
  
  
• Saira Banu
  Saira Banu
  Saira Banu , also known as Saira Bano, is an Indian Bollywood actress and the wife of the film actor Dilip Kumar. She acted in many Bollywood films between 1960 and 1980.-Early life:...
  
  
• Anil Chatterjee
  Anil Chatterjee
  Anil Chatterjee was a Bengali actor in the Bengali cinema during the early fifties through to the late eighties and was mostly remembered as a character actor. He acted in about 45 movies, both as a character actor and in leading roles with the limited opportunities he received during his time...
  
  
• Romi Chowdhury
• Swarup Dutta
• Sumita Sanyal
• Kalyan Chatterjee

Awards

BFJA Awards in 1971

1. Best Actor to Dilip Kumar
2. Best Actor in Supporting Role to Anil Chatterjee
3. Best art Direction to Suniti Mitra
4. Best Music to Tapan Sinha
   Tapan Sinha
   Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:...
   
   
5. Best Playback Singer (Male) to Anup Ghoshal
   Anup Ghoshal
   Anup Ghoshal , is a singer in Hindi films and other vernacular Indian films, especially Bengali language films. He won the West Bengal Assembly elections of 2011 on a Trinamool Congress ticket from the Uttarpara in Hooghly district, defeating his nearest rival by a large margin of 40, 000...
   
   

External links

• Sagina Mahato in Gomolo.in