Thikadar (1940)
Melodrama featuring a thikadar (forest contractor), a somewhat remote figure like the landscape in which he operates. The villain is the plantation-owner named Abani Haldar, with a beautiful daughter, Latika. The thikadar saves Haldar in an accident, while later it is revealed that Haldar killed the thikadar's father and left his wife and children for dead. Latika, who loves the thikadar, succeeds in preventing the forester from taking revenge for those crimes.
Director:
Prafulla Roy
Writer:
Prafulla Roy
![]() |
Tulsi Lahiri as Sukhen |
![]() |
Durgadas Bandyopadhyay as Abani Haldar |
![]() |
Jiban Ganguly as Matilal Thikadar |
![]() |
Satya Mukherjee as Bhikhu |
![]() |
Renuka Roy as Latika |
![]() |
Chitra Devi as Chanchali |
![]() |
Kamala Jharia as Mungri |
![]() |
Santosh Singha as Baganbabu |
![]() |
Rabi Ray as Manager |
![]() |
Sudhir Mitra as Kancha |
![]() |
Girin Chakraborty as Jatra |
![]() |
Abbasuddin Ahmed as Coolie |
![]() |
Nitish Mukherjee as Sub Inspector |
![]() |
Utpal Sen as Priest |
![]() |
Kenaram Bandyopadhyay as |
| Writing | Tulsi Lahiri | Story |
| Sound | Tulsi Lahiri | Music Director |
| Crew | Baijnath Ladia | Production Controller |
| Sound | Charles Creed | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Charles Creed | Sound |
| Sound | Manna Ladiya | Sound |
| Camera | Bibhuti Das | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sudhindra Pal | Editor |
| Editing | Sukumar Mukherjee | Editor |
| Writing | Sailen Ray | Lyricist |
| Camera | Dibyendu Ghosh | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Ashutosh Bandyopadhyay | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Ashutosh Bandyopadhyay | Assistant Script |
| Directing | Kumar Sen | Continuity |
| Directing | Prafulla Roy | Director |
| Writing | Prafulla Roy | Screenplay |
| Sound | Abbasuddin Ahmed | Music |
| Sound | Abbasuddin Ahmed | Playback Singer |