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4. Mr. Thorat, , Mr. Thorat is one of the most important, characters of Satyajit Ray’s memoir, Project Tiger. He is the ringmaster of the, Bharat Circus. He is a South Indian, very, well-built, with features somewhat like those, of a Nepali. He is not more than forty years, old and he is in charge of the risky tasks of, training and keeping wild animals in the, circus company. He has undergone many, tiger attacks, and he has their scars on his, hand. He appears to be a man with enough, practical wisdom. He brings two tigers, instead of one to the shooting location. If, one tiger does not behave well, the other one, can be used; that is his idea. He seems not to, be confident enough about setting his tigers, free on their own. But he himself suggests a, solution. A thin but strong iron wire can be, fixed around the neck of the tiger and it will, not be visible to the camera. He is seen very, much frightened and helpless at the, unexpected misbehaviour of the ferocious, tiger. He fails to control the animal when it, turned violent. But Mr. Thorat is hard, working and adventurous and a man of high, regard for others. When the first shooting, attempt failed, he readily agrees to take the, risk of bringing the tigers for the second, time. He is a very cooperative person, and, without his cooperation Ray’s film ‘Goopy, Gyne Bagha Byne’ would not have been, realized.