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Jighansa
Directed byAjoy Kar
Based onNishithini Bibhishika by Hemendra Kumar Roy
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Screenplay byAjoy Kar
Dialogues byManoranjan Ghosh
Hiren Nag
Story byHemendra Kumar Roy
StarringBikash Roy
Biren Chatterjee
Kamal Mitra
Manju Dey
Ramola Chowdhury
CinematographyAjoy Kar
Bimal Mukherjee
Edited bySantosh Ganguly
Music byHemant Kumar
Production
companies
Choyanika Chitramandir
Kine Crafts Studio
Distributed byKinema Exchange Ltd.
Release date
  • 20 April 1951 (1951-04-20)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Jighansa (/dʒɪˈɡʰɑnsɑ/ transl. Heinous) is a 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).[1] It stars Bikash Roy, Biren Chatterjee, Manju Dey and Kamal Mitra in lead roles. It plots Kumar Bahadur, the predecessor of a royal family, who returns to his hometown to look into a rumour related to a haunted spirit.

It was released on 20 April 1951. It had musical scores are done by Hemant Kumar.[2][3]

Plot

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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 predecessor 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, who 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

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  • Manju Dey as Manjusri
  • Bikash Roy 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[4]

Adaptation

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This was the first film adaptation of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes story, The Hound of the Baskervilles in Bengali.[5] 11 years later, a remake was made in Hindi, Bees Saal Baad directed by Biren Nag and produced and musical scores by Hemanta Mukherjee.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Maa Mati Manush :: M3 Leads". Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ^ "The Crackling Chemistry between Uttam Kumar and Ajoy Kar". The Times of India. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Jighansa (1951) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  4. ^ Ranjay Das Gupta (26 January 2017). "A gentleman actor". thehindu.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  5. ^ Ajoy Kar. "Jighansa (1951)". Indiacine.ma. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  6. ^ Kumar, Anuj (10 September 2009). "Bees Saal Baad (1962)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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