Jighansa (1951)
- Original title
- জিঘাংসা
- Directed by
- Ajoy Kar
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A detective and his assistant investigate a mysterious crime in rural Bengal. The story follows their efforts to uncover a secret involving a family curse and a dangerous beast.
suspensefulmoodymethodicalatmosphericdarkmysteriousslow-burnforeboding
What happens
Jighansa (Bengali: জিঘাংসা, /dʒɪˈɡʰɑnsɑ/ transl. A Desire to Kill) is a 1951 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). It stars Shishir Batabyal as the eponymous detective Smarajit Sen and Gautam Mukherjee as his assistant Bimal Ganguly. Biren Chatterjee, Manju Dey, Bikash Roy, Kamal Mitra and Kanu Banerjee star in pivotal roles. It was released on 20 April 1951. It had musical scores done by Hemant Kumar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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