''Kankal'' () was a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

horror

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Naresh Mitra Naresh Mitra (18 May 1888 – 1968) was a Bengali actor, director and screenwriter. Career Naresh Mitra was born in 1888 in Agartala, Tripura, British India. He studied law from the University of Calcutta. He started his acting career in 1922 ...

and produced by Shishir Mallik. This film was released on 14 April 1950 under the banner of Madhuchakra Limited. Kankal was the first horror film released in the Bengali language.

Plot

This is a revenge story of a young woman, Tarala. Tarala likes to enjoy life, she meets and marries a wealthy man Ratan. But her ex lover Abhay comes back and ruins the conjugal relationship of Tarala and Ratan. One day drunken Abhay tries to rape Tarala in a farmhouse and accidentally kills her. Tarala's vengeful spirit revives to take revenge.

Cast

Dhiraj Bhattacharya Dhiraj Bhattacharya (5 November 1905 - 1959) was an actor of Bengali and Hindi cinema who began in silent films. He was also a theater personality and writer. Early life Bhattacharya was born in a zamindar family of Panjia village, near Jessor ...

as Abhay *

Jiben Bose Jiben Bose (1915 – 21 March 1975) was a Bengali Indian actor known for his serious-comical side role performances in Bengali cinema. Biography Bose was born in 1915 in Kolkata, British India. He was known for mainly supporting characters in Be ...

as Agarwala *

as Professor * Ketaki Dutta as Anima * Sisir Batabyal as Dr Sanyal * Paresh Bandyopadhyay as Ratan * Malaya Sarkar as Tarala * Prabha Debi as Katyayni * Kali Sarkar * Gita Som as Anuradha

References

External links

* 1950 films Bengali-language Indian films Indian horror drama films Indian black-and-white films 1950s Bengali-language films 1950 horror films Films directed by Naresh Mitra {{1950s-horror-film-stub