Jighangsa (1951)
1h 52m
Running Time
April 20, 1951Release Date
Plot.
The movie revolves around the unwanted incidents that happened in the princely state of Ratnagarh. After the murder of King Chandrakanta, one Dr. Palit (Kamal Mitra) asked for help from one Detective Smarajit Sen (Sisir Batabyal), as a family friend. Detective Sen sent his assistant Bimal to Ratnagarh to investigate and ascertain the security of young Kumar Bahadur, a new predecessor of the royal family of the estate. They observed that a mysterious lady Manjusri (Manju De) sang an uncanny song in the adjacent water body near the palace. Mr. Gupta (Bikash Roy), a suspicious botanist who stayed in the neighborhood also roamed in that locality. It revealed that he was deprived of the real property of the royal family and took revenge by killing the members of the family. He used one deaf and dumb porter as a hired killer. Ultimately, he was killed by the detective at the end before he could commit another murder.
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Cast & Crew.

Kamal Mitra
Dr Palit

Bikash Roy
Mr. Gupta

Sisir Batabyal
Smarajit Sen

Manju Dey
Manjushree

Dhiraj Das
Actor

Biren Chattopadhyay
Kumar Bahadur

Gautam Mukherjee
Bimal

Kanu Bannerjee

Santosh Singha

Dhiren Das

Kalipada Sarkar

Pannalal Chakraborty

Arthur Conan Doyle
Story

Ajoy Kar
Director / Cinematography / Screenplay

Manoranjan Ghosh
Writer

Hiren Nag
Writer
Details.
Release DateApril 20, 1951
Original Nameজিঘাংসা
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Genres
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Wiki.
Jighansa is a Bengali thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles released on 20 April 1951. It was directed by Ajoy Kar and musical scores are done by Hemant Kumar.