The Wrestlers

The Wrestlers 2000

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In the pastoral expanse of rural Bengal, in Purulia district, single railroad workers and best friends Balaram (Shankar Chakraborty) and Nemai (Tapas Pal) spend their days wrestling on a hill with little work to speak of because the fact that their flag station has only a couple of trains to be flagged off or signalled to. Wrestling, however, despite its aggression and physical combat, turns into an expression of close bonding for Nimai and Balaram, a bond already established through their complementary work at the flag station. Wrestling, for them, is a way of releasing physical energy and a form of dynamic entertainment.

  • Released: 2000-08-30
  • Runtime: 99 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Action
  • Stars: Jaya Seal, Tapas Paul, Shankar Chakraborty, Subrat Dutta
  • Director: Buddhadeb Dasgupta