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Baksa Badal was released in 1965, not 1970


I am not sure how to report the error in the release date, but Baksa Badal was released in 1965, not 1970.

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You are wrong!! It was released in 1970 not 1965!!

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Both IMDB and Wikipedia have listed the wrong year for the release of this film and the error keeps getting propagated. Please check "The Inner Eye," Andrew Robinson's biography of Satyajit Ray, who wrote the screenplay and composed the music for this film. I am looking at the Revised Edition of Andrew Robinson's book published by I. B. Tauris on February 21, 2004. On page 379 of the book, under the section titled "Films by Others with Contributions by Ray," you will find, "1965 BAKSHA BADAL - Screenplay and Music: SR. Direction: Nityananda Dutta." Want a better proof? Look closely at a good quality print of "Baksa Badal." Before the film begins, you will see the certificate of the Central Board of Film Censors. On the bottom left corner of the certificate, you can clearly see, "Dated 17th February 1965."

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