Sagina (film)

Sagina
Directed by	Tapan Sinha
Produced by	J.K. Kapur
Written by	Tapan Sinha (screenplay) Rahi Masoom Reza (dialogue)
Story by	Rupadarshi
Starring	Dilip Kumar Saira Banu Aparna Sen
Narrated by	Dilip Kumar
Music by	S. D. Burman
Cinematography	Bimal Mukherjee
Edited by	Subodh Roy
Release dates	26 July 1974
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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. 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