Jadu Bangsha (1974)

• 78%
• 1974
• Drama
• Partha Pratim Chowdhury
• Uttam Kumar
• Sharmila Tagore
• Aparna Sen

The film revolves around four main protagonists, Surjo Bulli, Avay and Kripamoy. They are friends and they spend the day together. Spoilt children of rich families, they are aimless and thus often misguided. Ganapati or Gana da as they call him is someone they love and respect. Surjo, in order to earn some quick cash steals a very precious lamp from his own house and hands it over to Gana da, but Gana himself is in a deep financial crisis. He lives with his lover Nayna and her two unmarried sisters. Thus, he earns a bad name in the society and at the same time, he is unable to manage his expenses as well. The youths are equally messed up. Surjo loves Mala, but she gets pregnant with another person's child. Surjo shares a very complicated love-hate relation with her widowed elder sister also. Suicide of her mother still haunts Kripamoy. Abhay tries hard to find a job, but with no luck. The only regular things in their life are cigarettes and heavy doses of alcohol. During one such occasion, they go to Gana and ask him to give Surjo's stuff back. When he refuses, they start a quarrel. Soon it is discovered that the lamp is no longer with Gana. That is when they start to beat Ganapati. Gana da could not bear any more and he commits suicide. The film ends on a positive note with the friends realizing their fault, and they rush to be with Gana da on his last journey.