CONTEMPORARY 'BAGH BAHADUR'!

Pavan Malhotra in Buddhadeb Dasgupta's film 'Bagh Bahadur' (1989)

On this so called 'Tiger Day', remembered 30 years old film 'Bagh Bahadur' made by renowned Bengali filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta!

Buddhdeb Dasgupta and I at our 'IFFI' in Goa!

Pavan Malhotra played the role of an artist who entertain people in attire of Tiger in this film! It was tragedy of such artists & used as metaphor too! This won National Award!

That was Pavan's entry in parallel cinema. In that same year 1989, he did title role in Saeed Mirza's film 'Salim langde pe mat ro'! Now he completed his 30 years in cinema!

Buddhdeb Dasgupta is now 75+! I have been meeting him in our 'International Film Festival of India' since 1995 and watching his films like 'Charachar', 'Lal Darja' in its 'Indian Panorama'!

Regards to both of them!!

- Manoj Kulkarni