Jighansa

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Jighansa
Directed by Ajoy Kar
Based on The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Music by Hemant Kumar
Release date
  • 20 April 1951 (20 April 1951)
CountryIndia
Language Bengali

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. [1] [2]

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Plot

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, 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

Adaptation

This was the first film adaptation of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes story, The Hound of the Baskervilles in Bengali. [4] 11 years later, a remake was made in Hindi, Bees Saal Baad directed by Biren Nag and produced and musical scores by Hemanta Mukherjee. [5]

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