Watch Bagh Bahadur

Bagh Bahadur is a Bengali drama film that was released in 1989. The film is about a male who paints and depicts himself as a tiger. He is also featured dancing in a village in Bengal. Each year, he takes time off his work to come to the village and do the tiger dance. This is an art form that was passed down from generation to generation. However, they soon find out that the people in the village are more captivated by a new form of dance are are no longer interested in the traditional art. The message of this film is ultimately to give an illustration of the hardships people living in the rural village of Bengal face each day. The film explores the alienation of art forms that are considered traditional. With more modern approaches forming, traditional art forms were being edged out and were not receiving the attention they once received.