'' Sagina Mahato '' is a 1970 Bengali film . Produced by Shri J.K. Kapur and directed by Tapan Sinha , the film stars Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu . The film is based on the true story of the labour movement of 1942-43 , told through with fictional characters , and the mock trial of Sagina Mahato , the trade union leader of a factory in Siliguri . It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival . The film was shot on locations in Kurseong , near Darjeeling . The film was remade as a Hindi film titled '' Sagina '' in 1974 , by Sinha with the same leads , produced by the same producers team J.K. Kapur and Heman Ganguly , though this version was n't successful . Film music composed by legendary playback singer Anup Ghoshal This is story of a tea estate labour leader in the north eastern region of India during the British Raj . Sagina Mahato fights for the rights of the labourers and has the courage to face the tyranny of the British bosses . He is helped by a young communist Amal who comes to the place to upraise the poor and downtrodden masses . Amal , an outsider , turned Sagina as a leader and thus alienated him from the mass by elaborating , appropriating , codifying , approximating his social hierarchy . The story by Gour Kishor Ghosh ( first published in '' Desh '' 25:12 , 18 January 1958 , reveals the problems of vulgar vanguardism from the radical humanist standpoint . BFJA Awards in 1971
7th Moscow International Film Festival
7th Moscow International Film Festival
Sagina Mahato