Shanka

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Shanka
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Directed bySalilmoy Ghosh
Written bySalilmoy Ghosh
Produced byGhanashyam Agarwal
Starring Chiranjeet Chakraborty
Rabi Ghosh
Subhendu Chatterjee
Rajeshwari Raychowdhury
CinematographyShakti Banerjee
Edited bySnehasis Ganguly
Music byShyamal Bandyopadhyay
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Shanka is a 1993 Indian Bengali action film directed by Salilmoy Ghosh starring Chiranjeet, Robi Ghosh, Subhendu Chatterjee and Rajeshwari. Chiranjeet essayed an honest cop who tries to rescue his wife who have accidentally committed a murder from both the dark side of the law and an evil criminal. The film has musical score by Shyamal Bandyopadhyay. [1]

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Amit Sen is an honest police officer who lives with his wife Seema. Things take a turn in their peaceful life when Seema is forced to kill Changez in self defense but unable to reveal the truth to Amit. However, Changez accidentally drops some diamonds in her house which she is unaware of. Shamsher Singh, Changez's boss, harasses her for those diamonds. In due course, Seema is arrested. The rest of the film deals with the tactics employed by Amit to nab the culprits and rescue his wife from the dark side of the law.

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References

  1. "Shanka 1993 Info". Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2019.