''Jighansa'' is a

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thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ''

The Hound of the Baskervilles ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is se ...

'' released on 20 April 1951. It was directed by

Ajoy Kar Ajoy Kar (Bengali:অজয় কর; 27 March 1914 – 25 January 1985) was an Indian film director and cinematographer . He directed 26 films between 1949 and 1983. His 1961 film '' Saptapadi'' was entered into the 3rd Moscow International ...

and musical scores are done by

Hemant Kumar Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemant Kumar and Hemanta Mukherjee, was a legendary Indian music composer and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian ...

Plot

The movie revolves around the unwanted incidents that happen in the princely state 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, new predecessors 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, 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 Manju Dey (7 May 1926 — 30 September 1989) was a Bengali actress and director. She received the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 25th Annual BFJA Awards for the film '' Carey Saheber Munshi'' in 1962. Career Dey was born in B ...

as Manjusri *

Bikash Roy Bikash Roy (16 May 1916 – 16 April 1987) was an Indian actor and filmmaker who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He is well known for his character roles and for his own style of acting in Bengali films from the late 1940s until the mi ...

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

Adaptation

This was the first film adaptation of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes story, ''

'' in Bengali. 11 years later, a remake was made in

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, '' Bees Saal Baad'' directed by Biren Nag and produced and musical scores by

Hemanta Mukherjee Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemant Kumar and Hemanta Mukherjee, was a legendary Indian music composer and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian ...

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References

1951 films Bengali-language Indian films Sherlock Holmes films 1950s Bengali-language films Films directed by Ajoy Kar 1950s thriller films Indian thriller films Films based on The Hound of the Baskervilles Bengali films remade in other languages Films scored by Hemant Kumar {{1950s-thriller-film-stub