Bagh Bahadur

It depressed the hell out of me when i first saw it, i remember seeing it when I was a child (I was maybe 9-10 years then) but i still remember the vivid pictures of Bagh Bahadur painted as a tiger ... i even remember some of the characters and the female .... it was really powerful film and it stayed with me ever since, specially the ending, Pawan Malhotra did an awesome job and i can still remember the helplessness and desperation on his face.. The film is about a man who paints himself as a tiger and dances in a village in Bengal. The movie conveys a strong message as it illustrates the hardships of rural village life ..................................................................

The story of a man who dances to a small village while painted as a tiger, once a year, would seem to be a boring idea, but it is executes in such a fantastic style that I forgive the producers for depressing me for the night that I saw it. The views of Indian village life are totally realistic in my opinion and so are the villagers' attitudes. This ends the rosy view that many have of the countryside by showing ill-educated villagers for what they really are.

The whole film managed to depress me because I actually liked the main character, whose name I have forgotten, and felt what he was feeling as his life was taken apart by his new competitor. The ending, although slightly implausible given the brutal realism of the rest of the film, was full of tension and did manage to cap off a sad, sad film. Worth a look if you ever come across it.