Jighansa (1951)

Jighansa is a Bengali-language mystery film from 1951 directed by Ajoy Kar, starring Manju Dey and Bikash Roy.

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.

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