Biplabi

aka The Revolutionary 1948 c.140’ b&w Assamese d/c Asit Sen pc Shri Krishna Films co-lyr/m Shiba Bhattacharya co-lyr Malin Bora, Bhupen Bhattacharya lp Anupama Bhattacharya, Chandra Phukan, Rani Nath, Jagat Bezbaruah

In his debut film, the noted Bengali and Hindi director Asit Sen tells of a young radical who sacrifices his life for the nation. Several Assamese films, often featuring former IPTA members, broached the theme of radical martyrdom and nationalism, but this is technically very accomplished and remained for some years a standard work in the genre.

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