Jighansa
1951 film directed by Ajoy Kar
Jighansa (Bengali: জিঘাংসা, /dʒɪˈɡʰɑnsɑ/ transl. A Desire to Kill) 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.
It was released on 20 April 1951. It had musical scores done by Hemant Kumar.
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.
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