Tapas Pal and Madhuri Dixit in a still from Abodh
Highlights
- Tapas Pal, a popular Bengali actor and a member of Parliament from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, pilloried for his comments on rape, starred with Bollywood's Dhak Dhak girl Madhuri Dixit in her debut film Abodh in 1986.
- In the movie, Madhuri played the role of Gauri, a naïve small town girl, too childish to understand the meaning of marriage while Mr Pal played her relatively more mature husband Shankar Singh.
- Mr Pal, who received a Filmfare Award for his role in the 1980 movie Saheb, has featured in several Bengali films such as Dadar Kirti, Bhalobasa Bhalobasa, Pathbola and Khiladi.
- He found himself in the centre of controversy after he was caught on camera purportedly saying, "I will ask our boys to go and rape CPM women if necessary." He has also been vocal about issuing death threats to opponents lest they harm him.
Tapas Pal, a popular Bengali actor and a member of Parliament from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, pilloried for his comments on rape, starred with Bollywood's
Dhak Dhak girl Madhuri Dixit in her debut film
Abodh in 1986.
In the movie, Madhuri played the role of Gauri, a naïve small town girl, too childish to understand the meaning of marriage while Mr Pal played her relatively more mature husband Shankar Singh.
Mr Pal, who received a Filmfare Award for his role in the 1980 movie
Saheb, has featured in several Bengali films such as
Dadar Kirti,
Bhalobasa Bhalobasa,
Pathbola and
Khiladi.
He found himself in the centre of controversy after he was caught on camera purportedly saying, "I will ask our boys to go and rape CPM women if necessary." He has also been vocal about issuing death threats to opponents lest they harm him.
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