Era Bator Sur poster

Era Bator Sur

এৰা বাটৰ সুৰ
Directed by Bhupen Hazarika

Era Bator Sur was Bhupen Hazarika's directorial debut, shaped by his work with the Indian People's Theatre Association and set among tea garden workers.

এৰা বাটৰ সুৰ ভূপেন হাজৰিকাৰ পৰিচালক হিচাপে প্ৰথম ছবি। ভাৰতীয় গণ নাট্য সংঘৰ সৈতে তেওঁৰ কামৰ পৰা অনুপ্ৰাণিত এই ছবিৰ পটভূমি চাহ-বাগিচাৰ শ্ৰমিকসকল।

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Story কাহিনী

The film centres on characters from the tea labourers' community of Assam and the exploitation they suffer at the hands of the society's more powerful class.

Cast & crew অভিনয় আৰু কলা-কুশলী

Cast

Crew

Director
Bhupen Hazarika
Music director
Bhupen Hazarika

Production নিৰ্মাণ

Hazarika directed and composed the music, and BP Films produced. Priyambada Patel choreographed. Hazarika was then an active member of the Indian People's Theatre Association, whose workers in the 1950s were moved by the sorrows, struggles and hopes of ordinary people and drew on folk music and culture; the film grew out of that effort. The cast includes Balraj Sahni, Phani Sarma, Bishnu Prasad Rabha and Anil Das.

Reception সমালোচনা

It was released on 30 November 1956.

Legacy

Its story and music reflect the stirrings of the people of its time and it remains a key early example of socially committed Assamese cinema.

Trivia জানেনে?

  • The cast includes Balraj Sahni.
  • It was Hazarika's first film as director.

Sources

  1. Wikidata, Wikimedia Foundation
  2. Wikipedia (English), Wikimedia Foundation
  3. অসমীয়া ৱিকিপিডিয়া, Wikimedia Foundation

Spotted a mistake or have something to add? Last updated 9 October 2026.

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