Satyanweshi

Satyanweshi
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Directed by	Rituparno Ghosh
Produced by	Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni
Based on	Chorabali  by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Music by	Debajyoti Mishra
Cinematography	Aveek Mukhopadhyay
Editing by	Arghakamal Mitra
Studio	Shree Venkatesh Films
Release dates	September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Satyanweshi is a 2013 Bengali mystery-thriller film directed by Rituparno Ghosh and produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni. This was Ghosh's last full length film as a director. Indian film director Sujoy Ghosh portrayed the character Bymomkesh Bakshi in this film.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Maharaja Arunangshu, the ruler of a princely state named Balabantpur, had made a wish list on his death bed in the presence of Dewan Chandrashekhar, the family physician Kaligati and the High Priest. It laid down certain conditions for his heir, his son Himangshu. The first of which forbade Himangshu from marrying a non Hindu girl, and the second demanded a legitimate heir within three years of his marriage. Bound by his father's conditions of succession, Himangshu is compelled to marry Alaka, an aspiring actress. A year and half into the marriage, Harinath, the young palace librarian disappears without any trace. This mystery occasions the arrival of the sleuth Byomkesh and his author friend Ajit to Balwantpur. The visit though is under the pretext of an invitation for a hunting expedition. In course of their stay, they unfold many secrets involving the residents of the palace and about the topography of Balwantpur. Byomkesh is particularly intrigued by the character of Kaligati, the royal physician. Byomkesh uncovers several clues which connect Kaligati with the disappearance of Harinath. It is discovered that Alaka is sexually frigid. But she was anxious to continue the bloodline of Himangshu. Not getting any sexual pleasure from his wife, Himangshu was attracted towards Leela, the daughter of Kaligati. On a previous hunting expedition Alaka had sent Leela with Himanghshu instead of herself accompanying him. Thus Leela became pregnant with his child. But Harinath loved Leela and wanted to marry her despite knowing she was carrying Himangshu's child. Kaligati found this inconvenient as Leela's son would be officially known as Harinath's son and not Himangshu's. Kaligati wanted to be the grandfather of the royal offspring. Thus he orchestrated Harinath's drowning in quicksand on the night when Kaligati discovered Harinath had married Leela.The ensuing story revolves around his unveiling of Kaligati as a culprit behind the mystery of Balwantpur.

Filming

Satyanweshi was Rituparno Ghosh's last full length film as a director. Before his death on 30 May 2013, he completed shooting of most of the film. The remaining work of the film was done by Ghosh's core team, though Sujoy Ghosh, the lead actor of the film, who is a director himself proposed the same.^[2]

Cast

• Sujoy Ghosh as Byomkesh Bakshi
• Anindya Chatterjee as Ajit
• Arpita Chatterjee as Aloka
• Sibaji Bandyopadhyay as Kaligati
• Indraneil Sengupta as Himangshu
• Anindya Bandyopadhyay as Arunangsho
• Anandi Ghosh as Leela

See also

• Abar Byomkesh

References

External links

• Satyanweshi at the Internet Movie Database