Hakim Babu

Hakim Babu
Directed byPranab Das
Written byBijay Mishra (dialogues)
Screenplay byPranab Das
Based onHakim Babu
by Bibhuti Patnaik
Produced byAmiya Patnaik
StarringAjit Das
Jaya Swami
Bijaya Jena
CinematographyRajan Kinagi
Edited byMukhtar Ahmed
Music bySaroj Patnaik
Production
company
Pabitra Entertainment
Release date
  • 6 June 1985 (1985-06-06)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageOdia

Hakim Babu is a 1985 Indian Odia-language drama film directed by Pranab Das and starring Ajit Das, Jaya Swami and Bijaya Jena. The film marks the second collaboration between Pranab and Ajit Das after Sesha Pratikhya (1979). The story is based on Bibhuti Patnaik's novel of the same name and talks about industrialization and displacement in an Odisha village.[1]

The film was a box office success and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia.[2][3][4] Ajit Das became a household name after the release of this film.[5]

  1. ^ "Amiya Patnaik cremated at Puri Swargadwara". The New Indian Express. 21 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Renowned Odia filmmaker Amiya Patnaik no more". Orissa Post. 19 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Lost in adaptation". Orissa Post. 26 October 2019.
  4. ^ Sahu, Diana (14 September 2020). "COVID-19 claims another stalwart, Odia veteran actor 'Hakim Babu' Ajit Das passes away". The New Indian Express.
  5. ^ "Odia film actor Ajit Das dies at 71". The Hindu. 14 September 2020.