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directed by Tushar Majumdar and produced under the banner of Mangaldeep Pictures Private Limited. The music director of the film was Tanmoy Chattapadhyay and playback singers included

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Plot

Woodcutters were working in the dense jungle of Pratapgarh estate but suddenly one animal-like creature started killing them. Fearful labours went to Rajabahadur for their safety. Being the owner of the forest Rajabahadur and his trusted ''Nayeb'' (Accountant) Biswambhar Dutta filed a complaint to the police to stop the continuous mishap. Mr. Gadadhar Halder, the worthless Officer-in-charge of local police station deputed two constable in forest but could not find out the murderer. Rajabahadur informs her sister Bimala, that his friend Mainak Singha Choudhury is coming with his niece Madhabi to arrange the marriage of Madhabi with Kumar Bahadur, only son of Rajabahadur. But that very day Rajabahadur became killed by one masked person. On the other side a bar dancer in Kolkata, Ms. Swati who is exactly looking like Madhabi is in serious need of money for the operation of her mother. She tries to borrow the amount but fails. She gets an action role of Madhabi who is going to marry Kumar Bahadur. A master plan was prepared by gang leader Raghu Roy to send Swati instead of Madhabi as well as kidnap original Madhabi with his uncle. Swati and one gambler Biplab Panja come to Pratapgarh as niece and uncle. A newly appointed driver Panchu suspiciously watches on everyone. In the meantime the Deputy Superintendent of Police Ranjit Chatterjee goes to Pratapgarh to investigate the murders. Earlier there was an affair between Ranjit and Madhabi. However, after the engagement, Bimala takes Swati and Biplab Panja to an underground vault to gift her some jewellery. Immediately after the incident someone steals all the valuables. The servant who saw the real thief became murdered. In the end it revealed that the Nayeb of the estate is the original thief and murderer. Driver Panchu (a.k.a. Narayan Ghosh) who is actually the detective inspector of police arrest Biswambhar. Police confirm that Swati and Biplab are mere imposter and also alleged them but they were set free because the charge against them is denied by Kumar. At last Kumar marries Swathi and Biplob is selected as new Nayeb of Pratapgarh estate.

Cast

Debashree Roy Debashree Roy (born 8 August 1962) also known as Debasree Roy, is an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician and animal rights activist. She was a bankable star of Bengali cinema during 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. She received mo ...

as Swati or Madhabi *

Tapas Pal Tapas Paul (29 September 1958 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actor and politician. One of the most celebrated actors of Bengali cinema, Paul is best known for his on-screen roles opposite Mahua Roy Choudhury and Debashree Roy. He receiv ...

as Kumar Bahadur * Utpal Dutta as Biplab Panja *

Haradhan Bandopadhyay Haradhan Bandopadhyay (6 November 1926 – 5 January 2013) was a Bengali Indian actor of television and films. He made his debut in the 1948 Bengali film ''Devdut'', directed by Atanu Bandopadhyay. He worked with some of the most prominent dir ...

as Raja Bahadur *

Biplab Chatterjee Biplab Chatterjee is an Indian actor and director of television and films, mostly associated with the Bengali Film industry. Career Biplab started his film career with Satyajit Ray in his film '' Pratidwandi''. He is popular for his antagonis ...

as Driver Panchu *

Nirmal Kumar Nirmal Kumar (; born 14 December 1928, in Kolkata, India) is an Indian actor who appears in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali and Hindi films. Nirmal Kumar is married to actress Madhabi Mukherjee and has two daughters. He won the B.F.J.A award for ...

as Mainak Singha Choudhury * Meenakshi Goswami as Bimala *

Abhishek Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee (30 April 1964 – 24 March 2022) was an Indian actor who was known for his work in Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut alongside veterans such as Sandhya Roy, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Tapas Paul and Utpal Dutt with t ...

as DSP Ranjit Chatterjee *

Chinmoy Roy Chinmoy Roy (1940–2019) was an Indian Bengali actor. He was famous for his comic roles in Bengali movies, though his versatility allowed him to play a variety of roles. Though he was known for portraying various character roles, Roy was eq ...

as Gadadhar Halder *

Lily Chakravarty Lily Chakravarty is an Indian actress. She worked in many Bengali and Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari ...

as Swati's Mother * Nimu Bhowmik as Raghu Roy *

Bankim Ghosh Bankim Ghosh (22 October 1922 — 3 June 1992) was a veteran actor of Bengali film and theatre personality. Early life Ghosh was born in 1922 in Kolkata, British India. He passed Matriculate examination from Oriental Seminary and B.Com. from ...

as Landlord of Swati

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* {{IMDb title, 7317148 1992 films Bengali-language Indian films Indian crime thriller films Indian detective films 1990s Bengali-language films 1992 crime thriller films