Sanyasi Raja

Sanyasi Raja

1975 · 141 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

Zamindar Surya Kishore Chowdhury is a kind-hearted man who loves playing chess and is a fantastic singer. While he cares for his estate and the people, he is careless towards his wife, Indu's feelings. Dr. Bijoy Chakrabarty, who was helped by the zamindar during his student days, lives in his palace and one day, he successfully executes his plot to murder the zamindar while coercing Indu to keep quiet. However, fate takes a different turn and in the cremation grounds, a monk saves the life of the zamindar, who returns to his estate no more as an aristocratic noble but as a monk at heart.

Directed by Pijush Bose · Written by Pijush Bose

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Uttam Kumar Zamindar Surya Kishore Chowdhury
Supriya Choudhury Indu
Robin Banerjee Dr. Bijoy Chakrabarty
Shambhu Bhattacharya Nitai
Kalyani Adhikari
Satya Banerjee
Uday Bhattacharya

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