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<div>{{short description|1998 Bengali film}}<br />
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'''''Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha''''' ({{translation|The Strange Story of a Strange Village}}) is a [[Bengali language]] [[fantasy comedy]] film directed by [[Tapan Sinha]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1998/dec/07malaya.htm|title=All is not lost...|last=Shobha Warrier|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> based on a novel ''Nabiganjer Daityo'' of [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay|Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/i-try-not-to-watch-films-based-on-my-works-writer-shirshendu/1166845|title=I try not to watch films based on my works: Writer Shirshendu|website=outlookindia.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> This film was released in 1998 in the banner of [[Shree Venkatesh Films]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82e7dfaf|title=AJAB GAANYER AJAB KATHA (1998)|website=bfi.org.uk|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> This was the last complete movie made by director Tapan Sinha.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Dada-gets-the-award-finally/article15399375.ece|title=Dada gets the award, finally!|last=Das Gupta|first=Ranjan|date=25 July 2008|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Birchandra, the king without kingdom lives alone in his palace at Nabiganj village. He is least bothered about his kinghood and hidden royal treasure. Few villagers take undue advantage of his indifference. One unknown bodybuilder Kinkar come in the village who lost his memory. Birchandra give him shelter. Local teacher Dukkhoharan and old priest of the village realises that some of criminals may attack Birchandra for king's treasure that is hidden below his palace.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as King Birchandra<br />
* [[Debashree Roy]] as Tiya<br />
* [[Manoj Mitra]] as Priest<br />
* Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Dukhoharan<br />
* [[Kaushik Sen]]<br />
* [[Rajatava Dutta]] as Goon<br />
* Nirmal Kumar<br />
* Kaushik Chakrabarty<br />
* Shankar Roy<br />
* Dheeman Chakraborty<br />
* Barun Chakraborty<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1998 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian children's films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian fantasy-comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s fantasy-comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on works by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Tapan Sinha]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Bengali-language films]]</div>2409:4060:96:AC6E:E7D4:5406:1FA8:1AF4