Bangali Babu

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This films depicts the life of people living in a slum called 'gabordanga'. A person popularly known as bangalibabu is shown saving the life of a little boy on the day of holi. 'Banglibabu' is an icon for the slum dwellers, he is a savior, fellow sufferer in all their pains and a very good academician who serves as a chief accountant in a reputed company. Bangalibabu's parents are depicted to be a 'bihari' couple who live in the slum. Bangalibabu is shown to be a man of action rather than that of words. He is extremely particular about his work and responsibilities both in his office and social life. Bangalibabu, at first has a difficult relation with is new boss, who is the managing director of the company. However later on, the managing director starts appreciating him for his skills, honesty and dedication. This manager Mr. Datta also starts appreciating him for his love for Bengali culture. Mr.Datta comes to the slum with Bangalibabu to meet his parents and discovers that they are not Bangalibabu's biological parents. They were a childless couple who found the boy from the local police officer,Shubhankar Bhattacharya who found him roaming in the streets in a state of amnesia. They said that they gave him the name Bangalibabu and later he was sent to school with Subhankar Bhattacharya's name as the name of the guardian and a formal name of Rana Bhattacharya. Bangalibabu also ran a school where the slum children were taught by two people, Moli and Sandeep. The slum dwellers were threatened and harassed on a regular basis by promoters to whom the slum land belonged. One day they came and raped Amina,the wife of Gofur ,a poor dweller,which prompted the Amina to commit suicide and initiated the death of their sick child. Bangalibabu attacked the rapist,the son of the , promoter and was about to kill him when Subhankar Bhattacharya comes in and hits him on the head. The injury brings back his childhood memories and he remembers that he is the nephew of promoter Rati Kanta, who killed his parents for inheriting the property. Bangalibabu's original name was Sreekanta Chaudhari. He forgives his uncle and plans to make a new a building for the slum inhabitants. The film ends on a positive note.