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Thana Theke Aschi

Based On the book by J. B. Priestley

Thana Theke Aschhi (English: Coming From Police Station) is a 1965 Indian Bengali-language psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Hiren Nag. Produced by Hemen Mitra, Tapas Saha and Ratan Chakraborty under the banner of United Cine Producers, it was based on a play of the same name by Ajit Gangopadhyay, which itself was an adaptation of the English play An Inspector Calls (1945) by J. B. Priestley. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Madhabi Mukherjee and Anjana Bhowmick in the lead, while Kamal Mitra, Chhaya Debi, Dilip Mukherjee, Prashanta Kumar and Jahor Roy play another pivotal roles. It revolves around a suicide mystery of a stranger woman, to look into which Tinkari Halder, an inspector from Padmapukur police station, makes his arrival at the house of Chandra Madhab Sen, an eminent industrialist and later it gets revealed that every members of Sen's family is however connected to the victim's commitment of the suicide, including Sen himself.

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Release date:
January 29, 1965
Director:
Hiren Nag
Cast:
Arun Kumar Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee
Country:
India
Language:
Bangla

Book vs Film

Cover of An Inspector Calls
The Book · 1946

An Inspector Calls

J. B. Priestley

Poster for Thana Theke Aschi
The Film · 1965

Thana Theke Aschi

Hiren Nag

★ 8.1 / 10 168 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 19 years after publication.

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