Dada Thakur

The film is based closely on the life of the reallife Dada Thakur and was made in his lifetime Dada Thakur Chhabi Biswas starts his career with a handoperated press with his wife as his assistant Later he is joined by Nalini Kanta Sarkar an underground freedomfighter Dada Thakur brings out the newspaper Jangipur Sangbad He campaigns against social evils and earns the ire of the ruling classes He saves a girl Lata from the unwanted advances of Darpanarayan Biswajeet scion of the local zamindar Lata joins the ranks of freedom fighters working with Sarkar Subsequently a reformed Darpanarayan too becomes an ardent follower of Dada Thakur and joins the struggle for Indias freedom Dada Thakurs greatest success is when he helps an ordinary man a petty shopkeeper get elected as the Municipal Commissioner of Jangipur