Arohan (1982)

Hari is a farmer living a hand to mouth existence in a remote village in Bengal. He lives with his wife, two sons, brother Bolai and widowed aunt Kalidashi and her daughter Panchi. Hari is a naïve man and almost never questions the atrocities he is been put through by the Jotdars. A young Jotdar named Bibuthibushan changes the laws of the Borgadars and makes them more stringent. This puts a lot of pressure on people like Hari who swaddle in poverty even further. Bolai disagrees with the arrangement and revolts but Hari stops him and asks him to follow suit. Soon Hari wants to get his sister married and asks Bhibuthibhushan for a loan. So the latter asks that he not register his Bargadari rights with the government. Meanwhile Bolai leaves for Calcutta, disgusted at the plight of the villagers. There is becomes a political goon. KAlidashi comes to Calcutta a few months later and begins working as a house maid while Panchi gets lured into a prostitution racket. The latter becomes the mistress to a wealthy man and enjoys the material luxuries it offers. Soon Hari is tired of the oppression the Jotdars have dished out and files a complain against them in the district court. His whole life and family is then taken away from him one by one. The film is directed by Shyam Benegal. The star cast includes Om Puri, Srilla Mazumdar, Victor Banerji and Noni Ganguli.