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The Man with the Axe (1979)

Original title: পরশুরাম

1979-02-01 · 1h 40m · BN
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After being accused wrongly of theft, a slightly addled servant runs away to the city, carrying as his only real possession an axe, which he claims to have killed a tiger with. He takes up life among India's throngs of city-dwelling homeless, and for a little while almost has a decent time of it. He has a girlfriend, and one good friend, and gets by through begging and doing odd jobs.

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Mrinal SenDirector, WriterMohit ChattopadhyaWriterMohit ChatterjeeWriter

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Arun MukherjeeArun MukherjeeParashuramBibhas ChakrabortyBibhas ChakrabortySreela MajumdarSreela MajumdarAlhadiSamaresh BanerjeeSamaresh BanerjeeJayanta BhattacharyaJayanta BhattacharyaBeggarReba Roy ChowdhuryReba Roy ChowdhurySujal Roy ChowdhurySujal Roy ChowdhuryArati DasArati DasAnuradha DebiAnuradha DebiRadharani DeviRadharani DeviShailen GanguliShailen GanguliAbhijit GhoshAbhijit Ghosh

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After being accused wrongly of theft, a slightly addled servant runs away to the city, carrying as his only real possession an axe, which he claims to have killed a tiger with. He takes up life among India's throngs of city-dwelling homeless, and for a little while almost has a decent time of it. He has a girlfriend, and one good friend, and gets by through begging and doing odd jobs.

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The Man with the Axe has a runtime of 100 minutes.

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