''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 '' Chase a Crooked Shadow''. The film starred

Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar (born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), widely known as Mahanayak (), was an Indian film actor, producer, director, screenwriter, composer, and playback singer who predominantly worked in Bengali cinema ...

in lead with

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, Kamal Mitra and others in supporting role. Critics stated this movie as one of the best thrillers in Bengali Cinema. The film was remade in

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in 1964 as ''

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'' 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 alleges that she is an imposter. In the meantime, a mysterious person named Samadder invades Sudhangsu's house and steals 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 hands. 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 in the

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. Deben, however, recognizes the unknown lady as his sister without an air of doubt. Finally, Sudhangsu having lost all his reasons confesses how the lady couldn't be Kalpana.

Cast

as Sudhanshu Gupta *

as Karanjakkho Samadder *

as Soma * Kamal Mitra as Adv. Suren Banerjee *

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as Barrister Mitter *

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 Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Sanyal acted in many Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali films, such as ''Harano Sur'', ''Bhan ...

as Sir Haraprasad * Tarun Kumar Chatterjee as Deben Sen *

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as Mamababu * Dipak Mukherji as Assistant Police Commissioner

Soundtrack

Reception

Uttam Kumar played an unusual role as a murderer.

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wrote ''‘Sesh Anka’ which is yet another criminally underrated film. ‘Sesh Anka’ delivers a different side of Uttam Kumar’s usual portrayal of heroism or a romantic hero''.

Remake

The film was remade in Tamil in 1964 ''

'' starring Sivaji Ganeshan,

Sowcar Janaki Sankaramanchi Janaki (born 12 December 1931), widely known as Sowcar Janaki, is an Indian actress known for her works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. In a career spanning over seven decades, Janaki has appeared in nearly 390 fil ...

and

B. Saroja Devi Bangalore Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films over seven decades. She is known by the epithets "''Abhinaya Saraswathi''" ( Saraswathi of ...

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

.''

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 Indian legal drama films Indian action thriller films