Thikadar

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Prafulla Roy

Writers

Tulsi Lahiri, Sailen Ray, Prafulla Roy

Language

Bangla

Country

India

Release date

8 November 1940

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Tulsi Lahiri

  Sukhen

• 

  Durgadas Bandyopadhyay

  Abani Haldar

• Jiban Ganguly

  Matilal Thikadar

• Satya Mukherjee

  Bhikhu

• 

  Renuka Roy

  Latika

• Chitra Devi

  Chanchali

• Kamala Jharia

  Mungri

• 

  Santosh Singha

  Baganbabu

• Rabi Ray

  Manager

• Sudhir Mitra

  Kancha

• Girin Chakraborty

  Jatra

• Abbasuddin Ahmed

  Coolie