Lalon
TanvIr Mokammel's endeavour in Baul legend Lalon
Shah that got a primary expression in his documentary Achin
Pakhi (The Unknown Bird) in 1996 gets its final shape in
feature film Lalon in 2003-04.
The bauls of Bengal with their mystic songs and
inimitable lifestyle are a very special sect. Throughout the
centuries baul songs, depicting asceticism and transience of
life, have expressed the pathos and pangs of the castle-ridden
subaltern rural populace of Bengal. Lalon Fakir (?-1890) was a
unique figure among the bauls (the minstrel) of
Bengal.
