Strange Tale of a Strange Village

Story

Synopsis

Set in the imaginary village of Ajab Gaon (Strange Village) , the story revolves around several characters. Raja Birchandra, is a king without a kingdom who whiles away his time singing songs by Tagore. Dukkharam is a school teacher who lives in a house haunted by an ancestor; Madhab Ghosal is a devotee of Lord Shiva who wants to analyse everything; Madhab Dutta claims to be a great shikari; Tia, Dutta's innocent niece, has resolved to marry the school teacher. Underlying the strands of all of these stories, is the legend of a treasure hidden in the Raja's palace. Birchandra is least concerned about this but there are certain other characters who are out to steal it.

Director

Tapan Sinha

Writers

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Language

Bengali

Country

India

Release date

27 August 1998

Ensemble

Cast

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  Debesh Roy Chowdhury

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  Soumitra Chatterjee

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  Manoj Mitra

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  Debashree Roy

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  Kaushik Sen

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  Rajatabha Dutta