Jighangsa

Jighangsa (1951)

জিঘাংসা

The movie revolves around the unwanted incidents that happened in the princely state of Ratnagarh. After the murder of King Chandrakanta, one Dr. Palit (Kamal Mitra) asked for help from one Detective Smarajit Sen (Sisir Batabyal), as a family friend. Detective Sen sent his assistant Bimal to Ratnagarh to investigate and ascertain the security of young Kumar Bahadur, a new predecessor of the royal family of the estate. They observed that a mysterious lady Manjusri (Manju De) sang an uncanny song in the adjacent water body near the palace. Mr. Gupta (Bikash Roy), a suspicious botanist who stayed in the neighborhood also roamed in that locality. It revealed that he was deprived of the real property of the royal family and took revenge by killing the members of the family. He used one deaf and dumb porter as a hired killer. Ultimately, he was killed by the detective at the end before he could commit another murder.

Date of release
1951-04-20
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Director
Ajoy Kar

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Jighansa is a 1951 Bengali-language psychological thriller film cinematographed and directed by Ajoy Kar. Produced by Chayanika Chitramandir and Kine Craft Studios, the film is based on Hemendra Kumar Roy's novel Nishithini Bibhishika, which itself is a Bengali adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's crime novel The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). It stars Shishir Batabyal as the eponymous detective Smarajit Sen and Gautam Mukherjee as his assistant Bimal Ganguly. Biren Chatterjee, Manju Dey, Bikash Roy, Kamal Mitra and Kanu Banerjee star in pivotal roles.

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