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{{Infobox film
| name = Hakim Babu
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = 
| director = Pranab Das
| writer = [[Bijay Mishra]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = Pranab Das
| story =
| based_on = {{Based on| ''Hakim Babu''| [[Bibhuti Patnaik]]}}
| producer = [[Amiya Patnaik]]
| starring = [[Ajit Das]] <br />Jaya Swami<br />[[Bijaya Jena]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = Rajan Kinagi
| editing = Mukhtar Ahmed
| music = Saroj Patnaik
| studio = Pabitra Entertainment
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1985|6|6}}
| runtime = 163 minutes
| country = India
| language = Odia
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Hakim Babu''''' is a 1985 Indian Odia-language drama film directed by Pranab Das and starring [[Ajit Das]], Jaya Swami and [[Bijaya Jena]]. The film marks the second collaboration between Pranab and Ajit Das after ''Sesha Pratikhya'' (1979). The story is based on [[Bibhuti Patnaik]]'s novel of the same name and talks about industrialization and displacement in an Odisha village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/oct/21/amiya-patnaik-cremated-at-puri-swargadwara-1887906.html|title=Amiya Patnaik cremated at Puri Swargadwara|date=21 October 2018|work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

The film was a box office success and won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orissapost.com/renowed-odia-filmmaker-amiya-patnaik-no-more/|title=Renowned Odia filmmaker Amiya Patnaik no more|date=19 October 2018|work=Orissa Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orissapost.com/lost-in-adaptation/|title=Lost in adaptation|work=Orissa Post|date=26 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="N">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2020/sep/14/covid-19-claims-another-stalwart-odia-veteran-actor-hakim-babu-ajit-das-passes-away-2196575.html|title=COVID-19 claims another stalwart, Odia veteran actor ‘Hakim Babu’ Ajit Das passes away|date=14 September 2020|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|last=Sahu|first=Diana}}</ref> Ajit Das became a household name after the release of this film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/odia-film-actor-ajit-das-dies-at-71/article32595838.ece|title=Odia film actor Ajit Das dies at 71|date=14 September 2020|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film was based on the [[Juang people|Juang tribe]]. The film follows Kanhu Majhi as he becomes a collector and helps the people.<ref name="N"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/oct/19/odia-filmmaker-amiya-patnaik-passes-away-at-63-1887304.html|title=Odia filmmaker Amiya Patnaik passes away at 63|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orissapost.com/would-love-to-adapt-fakir-mohans-patent-medicine/|title=‘Would love to adapt Fakiri Mohan's Patent Medicine’|work=Orissa Post|date=29 April 2022|first=Bijay|last=Mandal}}</ref>

== Cast ==
*[[Ajit Das]] as Kanhu Majhi<ref name="N"/> / Hakim Babu<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ommcomnews.com/odisha-news/mortal-remains-of-ollywood-actor-ajit-das-consigned-to-flames|title=Mortal Remains Of Ollywood Actor Ajit Das Consigned To Flames|date=14 September 2020|work=OMMCOM NEWS}}</ref>
*Jaya Swami
*[[Bijaya Jena]]
*[[Bijay Mohanty]]
*[[Jayiram Samal]]
*[[Dukhiram Swain]] as Singhapua
*Asit Pati as Sighachhua

== Production ==
[[Bijaya Jena]] became a part of the film after [[Ajit Das]] approached her in Mumbai. He agreed to pay her since he was the executive producer. She plays a rich, educated girl, who is rude to her elders and her characters is introduced before the song "Mun Tuma Aina".<ref name="B">{{Cite web|url=https://odishabytes.com/he-will-remain-my-best-odia-co-star-forever-says-bijaya-dolly-jena-on-hakim-babu-ajit-das/|title=He Will Remain My Best Odia Co-star Forever, Says Bijaya Dolly Jena On ‘Hakim Babu’ Ajit Das|date=16 September 2020|work=Odisha Bytes}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by Saroj Patnaik.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hakim-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B08ZK1CSL6|title=Hakim Babu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|date=10 June 1985|work=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Hai Hai Hai
| extra1 = [[Usha Mangeshkar]]
| length1 = 5:21
| title2 = Oho Re Aha Aha
| extra2 = [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
| length2 = 4:02
| title3 = Kacha Kendu Jharna Amar
| extra3 = [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Haimanti Shukla]]
| length3 = 5:16
| title4 = Kaha Gori Re
| extra4 = [[Shabbir Kumar]], Anuradha Paudwal
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Mu Tuma Maina
| extra5 = Usha Mangeshkar
| length5 = 5:14
| title6 = Rakhi Thibu Saiti Kari
| extra6 = Anuradha Paudwal
| length6 = 4:13
| total_length = 27:55
}}

==Awards==
;[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia]] - Pranab Das, [[Amiya Patnaik]]

;[[Odisha State Film Awards]]
*Best Actor - [[Ajit Das]]
*Best Actress - Jaya Swami
*Best Photography - Rajan Kinagi
*Art Director - [[Nikhil Baran Sengupta]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0309652}}

[[Category:Indian drama films]]

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