Sesh Anka

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] It was remade in Tamil in 1964 as Puthiya Paravai.[4]

Sesh Anka
Directed byHaridas Bhattacharaya
Produced byNarendranath Chattopadhyaya
Story byRajkumar Moitra
StarringUttam Kumar
Pahari Sanyal
Sharmila Tagore
Bikash Roy
Kamal Mitra
Sabitri Chatterjee
Utpal Dutt
Distributed byKalpana Movies
Release date
1963
Running time
131 min
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

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 advocate, Suren Banerjee, comes with a lady who claims herself as Sudhangsu's first wife. Sudhangsu strongly denies and claims 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

References
  1. "Shesh Anko (1963 – Bengali)". gomolo.com. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. Guy, Randor (26 June 2009). "Puthiya Paravai 1964". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Jwala (1969)". thehindu.com. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/
  5. "Shesh-Anka". indiancine.ma. Retrieved 4 June 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.