fiction.wikisort.org - Movie

Sesh Anka (transl. The final act) is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language thriller film directed by Haridas Bhattacharya and made by Kalpana Movies, Kolkata.[1] This film was loosely inspired by the 1958 film Chase a Crooked Shadow.[2][3] 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 become successful at the box office. It was remade in Tamil in 1964 as Puthiya Paravai and was an inspiration for the Hindi movie Khoj (1989).[4]

Sesh Anka
Directed by	Haridas Bhattacharya
Written by	Shyamal Gupta (dialogues and Lyrics)
Screenplay by	Rajkumar Moitra
Story by	Rajkumar Moitra
Based on	Chase a Crooked Shadow a 1958 film
Produced by	Narendranath Chattopadhyaya
Starring	Uttam Kumar Pahari Sanyal Sharmila Tagore Bikash Roy Kamal Mitra Sabitri Chatterjee Utpal Dutt
Cinematography	Kanai Dey
Edited by	Santosh Ganguly
Music by	Pabitra Chatterjee, Sailen Roy
Production company	Kalpana Movies Pvt Ltd
Distributed by	Kalpana Movies
Release date	1963
Running time	131 min
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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 Burma, stating that she was mentally challenged. 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 courtroom drama. 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".[5]

Cast

• Uttam Kumar as Sudhanshu Gupta
• Bikash Roy as Karanjakkho Samadder
• Sharmila Tagore as Soma
• Kamal Mitra as Adv. Suren Banerjee
• Utpal Dutt as Barrister Mitter
• Sabitri Chatterjee as Lata Bose/ Fake Kalpana
• Pahari Sanyal as Sir Haraprasad
• Tarun Kumar Chatterjee as Deben Sen
• Jiben Bose as Mamababu[5]

Soundtrack

Sesh Anko
Soundtrack album by Pabitra Chatterjee, Sailen Roy
Released	1963
Recorded	1962
Studio	Kalpana Movies Pvt Ltd
Length	0:09:39
Label	Angel Digital Pvt Ltd
Producer	Narendranath Chattopadhyay

Remake

The film is remade in tamil in 1964 Puthiya Paravai starring Tamil film star Sivaji Ganeshan, Sowcar Janaki and B. Saroja Devi. In 1989 the film was remade in hindi as Khoj directed by Keshu Ramsay. The film starring Rishi Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Kimi Katkar and Danny Denzongpa music director is Bappi Lahiri.

References

External links

• Sesh Anka at IMDb

---