The Tiger Dancer

Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta

With Pavan Malhotra, Archana, M. V. Vasudeva Rao, Biplab Chatterjee and Rajeshwari Raychowdhury

Every year, Ghunuram takes time off from his job to prepare for and appear in a folk dance in his village. His special part of the performance is called the Tiger Dance. This year is special, too; he hopes to become engaged to the daughter of his fellow performer. But a circus with a newly captured leopard has come into town. What's worse, the woman Ghunuram had hoped to woo has gone gaga over a circus performer. Not to be outdone, he prepares for a last, tragic, performance in which the tiger meets the leopard. Winner of the National Film Award for Best Picture.