---
title: 'Dakhal (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Goutam Ghose'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dakhal-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150260/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dakhal (1981)

1981 · 72 min · Drama · India


## Synopsis

Dakhal is a 1981 Indian Bengali film directed by Gautam Ghose, with Mamata Shankar, Robin Sen Gupta, Sunil Mukherjee and Sujal Roy Chowdhury in lead roles. The film is about a woman belonging to a 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 a deceitful landlord. The film was based on Amma, a short story of Sushil Jana.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Goutam Ghose](https://cinepixo.com/people/goutam-ghose)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Goutam Ghose](https://cinepixo.com/people/goutam-ghose)

## Cast

- [Mamata Shankar](https://cinepixo.com/people/mamata-shankar)

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