Jadi Jantem

1974 Indian film

1 March 1974 (1974-03-01)

Running time

141 MinutesCountryIndiaLanguageBengali

Jadi Jantem (English: If I Knew) is a 1974 Indian Bengali-language drama thriller film directed by Tarun Majumdar as Yatrik.^[1] This movie was released under the banner of Chitrajug.^[2]^[3] Uttam Kumar played the role of main protagonist of the movie, Mr. P. K. Basu, Bar-at-law. This movie was based on the thriller novel Nagchampa of Narayan Sanyal.^[4]

Plot

Koushik Mitra, an engineer took a job of taxi driver because he was unable to find an appropriate service. One day he meets Sujata, a scientist's daughter and they fall in love. Sujata is trapped in a conspiracy where she is accused of a murder. Barrister P. K. Basu defends on behalf of Sujata and starts an investigation to find out the real culprit. What follows is a game full of twists and turns.

Cast

Uttam Kumar as Barrister P. K. Basu
Soumitra Chatterjee as Koushik Mitra
Supriya Devi as Sujata
Kamal Mitra
Basanta Choudhury
Haradhan Bandopadhyay as Government Lawyer
Ruma Guha Thakurta as Ranu Basu
Tarun Kumar Chatterjee
Asit Baran as Sujata's father^[2]
Shailen Mukherjee as Nakul Hui

References

^ "Jadi Jantem (1974) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Jadi Jantem (1974)". banglamovienews.com. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
^ "Jadi Jantem (1974 - Bengali)". gomolo.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
^ Vol - 1, Narayan Sanyal (1991). Kantay Kantay (Bengali). Kolkata: Dey's Publishing. p. 8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)