''Thana Theke Aschi'' is a 1965

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thriler

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directed by

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. It is an adaptation of the English play

An Inspector Calls ''An Inspector Calls'' is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 and at the New Theatre in London the following year. It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is con ...

. The film starring

Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar ( bn, উত্তম কুমার; born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), popularly known as the Mahanayak, was an Indian actor, producer, director, Screenwriter, script writer, composer, and sing ...

in lead role as inspector Tin Kari Halder. Others cast like

Madhabi Mukherjee Madhabi Chakraborty (''née'' Mukherjee; born 10 February 1942) is an Indian actress. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Bengali film '' Dibratrir Kabya''. She has acted in some of the most critically a ...

Kamal Mitra Kamal Mitra was an Indian actor who appeared in more than 90 films spanning more than four decades. Along with Chhabi Biswas (1900–1962) and Pahari Sanyal (1906–1974) he dominated the Bengali silver screen as a character actor. Mitra playe ...

, Chaya Debi playing supporting role. The film remembered Uttam's one of the finest performance ever. The film become successful at the box office.

Plot

Chandra Madhab Sen, an industrialist, finds his life changed with the arrival of Tinkari Haldar, a sub-inspector, at his doorstep inquiring about a suicide mystery.

Cast

as Tinkari Halder *

as Chandra Madhab Sen * Chaya Debi * Anjana Bhowmick *

Jahor Roy Jahar Roy (19 September 1919 – 1 August 1977) was an Indian actor and comedian in Bengali cinema. He was known for his comedy films with Bhanu Bandyopadhyay. Early life Roy came from a Bengali Baidya family having its root in Mahilara, B ...

Bireswar Sen Bireswar Sen (1897–1974) was an Indian painter, writer, and teacher, who was influenced by the Bengal School of Art and Western modernism, but then later developed a unique visual language of miniatures. He depicted grand landscapes, mostly fe ...

* Dilip Mukherjee * Ardhendu Mukherjee * Pranab Roy * Khagen Pathak

Soundtrack

Reception

The film has been regarded as one of the finest thriller films ever made. Uttam Kumar as Inspector Tinkari Haldar gave one of his finest performances ever and his performance gained overwhelming appreciation all over India. The film became hit at the box office.

Remake

The film is remade again in Bengali in 2010 as same name ''

Thana Theke Aschi ''Thana Theke Aschi'' ( bn, থানা থেকে আসছি) is a 2010 Bengali film directed by Saran Dutta. It is an adaptation of the English play An Inspector Calls. The thriller film was rated 3.5 stars in its review by the ''Times o ...

''. Film starring Pramabrata Chatteejee,

Sabyasachi Chakraborty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of Bengali theatre, theatre, Indian cinema, films and Television in India, television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parent ...

, Paoli Daam,

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and

Dulal Lahiri Dulal Lahiri is an Indian actor and director. He has appeared in numerous Bengali films and TV series. He was critically appreciated for his ''Cinemawalla'' (1993) a Bengali TV series starring Rituparna Sengupta. He introduced Sreelekha Mitra ...

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References

{{reflist 1960s Bengali-language films Bengali-language Indian films Indian thriller films 1965 films