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{{short description|1951 Bengali thriller film by Ajoy Kar}}

'''''Jighansa''''' is a [[Bengali language|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-28|title=The Crackling Chemistry between Uttam Kumar and Ajoy Kar|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/remembering-ajoy-kar-the-genius-of-camera-the-path-breaker-in-bengali-cine-classics/photostory/73690236.cms|access-date=2021-12-19|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jighansa (1951) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/jighansa-34619|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122091927/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/jighansa-34619|url-status=live|archive-date=22 January 2021|access-date=2021-12-19|website=Cinestaan}}</ref>

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 (Biren Chattapadhyay), the new predecessorspredecessor 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.

* Sushama Ghosh.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/A-gentleman-actor/article17097172.ece|title=A gentleman actor|last=Ranjay Das Gupta|date=26 January 2017|website=thehindu.com|access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>

This was the first film adaptation of the celebrated [[Sherlock Holmes]] story, ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' in Bengali.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ajoy Kar|title=Jighansa (1951)|url=https://indiancine.ma/GEU/info|access-date=20 February 2017|website=Indiacine.ma}}</ref> 11 years later, a remake was made in [[Hindi]], ''[[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)|Bees Saal Baad]]'' directed by [[Biren Nag]] and produced and musical scores by [[Hemanta Mukherjee]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=Anuj|date=2009-09-10|title=Bees Saal Baad (1962)|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Bees-Saal-Baad-1962/article16880458.ece|access-date=2021-12-19|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]