Dhanraj Tamang is a 1978 Indian Bengali language vigilante action film co-written and directed by Pijush Bose[3][4] based on the story of Charuchandra Chakraborty alias Jorasandha.

Released on the auspicious occasion of Durga Puja, the film was an all-time blockbuster at the box office and after a number of flops, it redefined Uttam Kumar's stardom with a long run consisting of 210 days in theatres.

The song 'Ekti Sudhu Naam Dhanraj Tamang', sung by Hemanta Mukherjee, became very popular among the masses, upon its release.

[8] All lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder; all music is composed by Shyamal MitraSuperstar M.G Ramachandran, initially wanted to remake it in Tamil starring himself in lead, but got shelved.

Later K. Raghavendra Rao showed his interest to remake it in both Hindi and Telugu language starring Amitabh Bachchan and NTR in the titular role respectively, but due to rights issues, it also couldn't come to the board.