Jighansa
1951 Bengali thriller film by Ajoy Kar
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Jighansa (/dʒɪˈɡʰɑnsɑ/ transl. Heinous) is a 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).[1] It stars Bikash Roy, Biren Chatterjee, Manju Dey and Kamal Mitra in lead roles. It plots Kumar Bahadur, the predecessor of a royal family, who returns to his hometown to look into a rumour related to a haunted spirit.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Hiren Nag
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| Directed by | Ajoy Kar |
| Based on | Nishithini Bibhishika by Hemendra Kumar Roy The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Screenplay by | Ajoy Kar |
| Dialogues by | Manoranjan Ghosh Hiren Nag |
| Story by | Hemendra Kumar Roy |
| Starring | Bikash Roy Biren Chatterjee Kamal Mitra Manju Dey Ramola Chowdhury |
| Cinematography | Ajoy Kar Bimal Mukherjee |
| Edited by | Santosh Ganguly |
| Music by | Hemant Kumar |
Production companies | Choyanika Chitramandir Kine Crafts Studio |
| Distributed by | Kinema Exchange Ltd. |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
It was released on 20 April 1951. It had musical scores done by Hemant Kumar.[2][3]
Plot
The movie revolves around the unwanted incidents that happen in the princely state of Ratnagarh. After the murder of the king Chandrakanta, Dr. Palit asks for help from Detective Smarajit Sen, a family friend. Detective Sen sends his assistant Bimal to Ratnagarh to investigate and ascertain the security of young Kumar Bahadur, the new successor of the royal family of the estate. They observe that a mysterious lady, Manjusri, sings uncanny song in the adjacent water body near the palace. Mr. Gupta, a suspicious botanist, who stays in the neighbourhood also roamed in that locality. It is revealed that he was deprived of real property of the royal family and took revenge by killing the members of the family. He uses a deaf and dumb porter as a hired killer. Ultimately, he is killed by the detective at the end before he could commit another murder.
Cast
- Manju Dey as Manjusri
- Bikash Roy as Mr. Gupta
- Kamal Mitra as Dr. Palit
- Sisir Batabyal as Smarajit Sen
- Biren Chattopadhyay as Kumar Bahadur
- Goutam Mukhopadhyay as Bimal
- Kanu Bandyopadhyay
- Santosh Sinha
- Dhiraj Das
- Kalipada Sarkar
- Pannalal Chakraborty
- Pushpa Debi
- Romola Chowdhuri
- Sushama Ghosh[4]
Adaptation
This was the first film adaptation of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes story, The Hound of the Baskervilles in Bengali.[5] 11 years later, a remake was made in Hindi, Bees Saal Baad directed by Biren Nag and produced and musically scored by Hemanta Mukherjee.[6]
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