''Sesh Anka'' () is a 1963 Indian

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-language

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directed by Haridas Bhattacharya and made by Kalpana Movies,

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. This film was loosely inspired by the 1958 film ''

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''. The story and screenplay was written by Rajkumar Moitra. Uttam Kumar was just shocked to the audience to playing role of a murderer and his performance. Critics is stated as one of the best thriller in Bengali Cinema. The film was remade in

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in 1964 as '' Puthiya Paravai'' and was an inspiration for the

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movie ''

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'' (1989).

Plot

Widower Sudhangsu is going to be married to Soma, daughter of Sir Haraprasad. Sudhangsu is presented as a cheerful person who loves his would-be partner Soma and adores her with all his heart, occasionally gifting her with ornaments. He already declares that his first wife Kalpana committed suicide on a railway track in

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, stating that she was

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. At the time of Sudhangsu's second marriage, a local senior advocate, Suren Banerjee comes with a lady who claims herself as Sudhangsu's first wife. Sudhangsu strongly denies and alleged that she is an imposter. In the meantime, a mysterious person named Samadder invades Sudhangsu's house and steal some ornaments of the deceased Kalpana. The case goes for a trial to determine whether the unknown lady is really Kalpana or not. Advocate Suren Banerjee examines all the witnesses attached to the case. The courtroom drama wrestles to defend the unknown lady's position against her proclaimed husband. Sudhangsu starts losing his sanity with time growing out of his hand. Having no other witness to support his case, Sudhangsu's Barrister Mr. Mitter compels his client to telegram Deben Sen, brother of Kalpana to determine the identity of his sister. The story revolves around the activities of Sudhangsu and his past as the

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. Deben, however, recognizes the unknown lady as his sister without an air of doubt. Sudhangsu having lost all his reasons confesses how the lady couldn't be Kalpana as he himself had killed her at Burma when she was not ready to divorce Sudhanshu. Samadder being present at the scene comes from behind the curtain and reveals himself as a private investigator being hired by Deben to investigate his sister's death. The story concludes with the tagline "Crime does not pay".

Cast

* Uttam Kumar as Sudhanshu Gupta * Bikash Roy as Karanjakkho Samadder * Sharmila Tagore as Soma *

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as Adv. Suren Banerjee * Utpal Dutt as Barrister Mitter * Sabitri Chatterjee as Lata Bose/ Fake Kalpana *

Pahari Sanyal Pahari Sanyal (22 February 1906 – 10 February 1974) was an Indian actor and singer who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. Sanyal acted in many Bengali films, such as ''Harano Sur'', ''Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant'', and ''Shilpi''. B ...

as Sir Haraprasad * Tarun Kumar Chatterjee as Deben Sen *

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as Mamababu

Soundtrack

Remake

The film is remade in Tamil in 1964 '' Puthiya Paravai'' starring

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star

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and

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. In 1989 the film was remade in Hindi as ''

'' directed by

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. The film starring

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, Kimi Katkar and

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music director is

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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0363996 Bengali-language Indian films 1963 films Indian mystery thriller films Bengali films remade in other languages Indian courtroom films 1960s Bengali-language films 1960s thriller films