Film

Strange Tale of a Strange Village

1998 · 2h 2m · Comedy

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.

Debesh Roy Chowdhury

Soumitra Chatterjee

Manoj Mitra

Debashree Roy

Kaushik Sen

Rajatabha Dutta

• Tapan SinhaDirector

Release date

August 27, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

Bangla

Runtime

2h 2m

Genres

Comedy