Thana Theke Aschi (1965 film)

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Thana Theke Aschhi
Thana Theke Aschi (1965) poster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Hiren Nag
Written byAjit Ganguly
Screenplay byAjit Ganguly (Dialogues)
Based on An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley
Starring
CinematographyKanai Dey
Edited byBaidyanath Chatterjee
Music byTimir Baran Bhattacharya
Production
company
United Cine Productions
Release date
  • 29 January 1965 (1965-01-29)(Kolkata)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Thana Theke Aschhi (English: Coming From Police Station) is a 1965 Indian Bengali-language psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Hiren Nag. Produced by Hemen Mitra, Tapas Saha and Ratan Chakraborty under the banner of United Cine Producers, it was based on a play of the same name by Ajit Gangopadhyay, which itself was an adaptation of the English play An Inspector Calls (1945) by J. B. Priestly. [1] [2] The film stars Uttam Kumar, Madhabi Mukherjee and Anjana Bhowmick in the lead, while Kamal Mitra, Chhaya Debi, Dilip Mukherjee, Prashanta Kumar and Jahor Roy play another pivotal roles. It revolves around a suicide mystery of a stranger woman, to look into which Tinkari Halder, an inspector from Padmapukur police station, makes his arrival at the house of Chandra Madhab Sen, an eminent industrialist and later it gets revealed that every members of Sen's family is however connected to the victim's commitment of the suicide, including Sen himself.

Contents

Thana Theke Aschhi was remade with the same name by Saran Dutta in 2010, where Sabyasachi Chakraborty portrayed Tinkari Halder.

Plot

Chandra Madhab Sen, an industrialist, finds his life changed with the arrival of Tinkari Haldar, a sub-inspector, at his doorstep inquiring about a suicide mystery. [3]

Cast

Soundtrack

Thana Theke Aschi
Soundtrack album by
Timir Baran Bhattacharya
Released1965
Recorded1964
StudioUnited Cine Productions
Genre Feature Film Soundtrack
Label Angel Digital Pvt Ltd
Timir Baran Bhattacharya chronology
Bicharak
(1959)
Thana Theke Aschi
(1965)

Reception

The film has been regarded as one of the finest thriller films ever made. Uttam Kumar as Inspector Tinkari Haldar gave one of his finest performances ever and his performance gained overwhelming appreciation all over India. The film became a hit at the box office.[ citation needed ]

Remake

The film was remade in Bengali in 2010 with the same name, Thana Theke Aschi , starring Pramabrata Chatteejee, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Paoli Daam, Rudranil Ghosh and Dulal Lahiri. [4]

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References

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