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Burning bright: A new documentary, titled The Bengal Tiger: The Rajbansi Story, is directed by Arish Sirkissoon and co-written by Rajbansi’s wife Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi. What part of the colourful and controversial South African politician Amichand Rajbansi’s story will it foreground?

AMICHAND RAJBANSI

A political animal who played the jungle

The Bengal Tiger’s life is retold on screen, revisiting the populism, opportunism and contradictions that made Amichand Rajbansi unforgettable

Marlan Padayachee