Dakhal
1982, Bengali. Directed by Goutam Ghose.
The film is about a woman belonging to nomadic tribe from Andhra Pradesh, known as crow hunters, who elopes and moves to south Bengal and makes a living by occult practices. It deals with the issue of exploitation of tribal people by the deceitful landlord.
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Bengali
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- Released
- 10 December 1982
- Original title
- দখল
- Country
- India
- Written by
- Goutam Ghose, Partha Banerjee
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Dakhal runs 72 minutes (1h 12m).
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Dakhal isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 December 1982. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Dakhal?
Dakhal (1982) was directed by Goutam Ghose and stars Mamata Shankar, Sunil Mukherjee, Robin Sengupta.