The Catastrophe (1987)
2h
Running Time
February 26, 1987Release Date
Plot.
A simple farmer becomes the victim of a greedy landowner in this social melodrama. Bora (Indra Bania) is forced to give up the farm his father had paid for when the landowner asks for a mortgage receipt that was never given. He loses his livestock and sends his young son to work as an errand boy to the villainous landlord. Bora's ultimate humiliation occurs when he is forced to put up political banners that espouse the virtues of the man who drove him from his land and ruined his life.
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 26, 1987
Original Nameহালধীয়া চৰায়ে বাওধান খায়
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
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Wiki.
Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (English subtitle: The Catastrophe) is a 1987 Indian Assamese-language film made by director Jahnu Barua. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1988 and multiple awards at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1988. It was the third full-length feature film made by Barua.