Summary
Calcutta, 1953. A retired judge Nishanath (Vijayan V. Nair) calls Byomkesh to solve the mystery of someone throwing car parts into his house through his window. Byomkesh finds that 12 years ago the judge had sentenced Lal Singh to death for a crime. Lal Singh had a motor garage. He appealed in high court & got 14 years in jail. He might have gotten out early due to good behavior.
The judge lives with his wife Damayanti (Sangeetha Balachandran) and nephew Vijay (Ninad Deshpande) (who has a flower shop in town). In his locality are Panu Gopal (R.D. Shome) (a mute, who cares for livestock & hears loud), Prof Nepal Gupta (Shreechand Makhija) & daughter Mukul (Prabha Mathur). Professor had a chemistry lab that was destroyed in an explosion. He was suspected of making a bomb which led to his firing & subsequent police investigations. Prof Nepal still runs a mini lab in his house & claims to be making fertilizers (that don't work).
Brajadas (Govind Dharmadhikari) is a priest and an animal doctor. He was a court clerk but was dismissed for corruption. Nishanath was the one who sentenced Brij for 6 years in jail.
Dr. Bhujangdhar Das (Yusuf Khurram) also stays in the vicinity & plays Sitar and has been staying for over 4 years. Laxmi (Prateeksha Lonkar) is the tailor for the colony, Laxmi was lured by a fraud from her village and abandoned in Calcutta, she joined the colony 2 years ago.
Prof Nepal is not happy that animals are left in the care of a novice such as Brajadas. He wants the judge to put them in his care, as he is also a biochemist. This hurts Braja's feelings. Judge stops Nepal & asks him to leave Braja alone, or he will have to leave the colony. Nepal is very upset and threatens to reveal "everything".
Bhujangdhar was married to a white girl, who left him and Bhujangdhar had to come back to India. His doctor's license was suspended when he conducted an illegal abortion to save a young woman from society's shame and insults.
Bhujangdhar also says that Nepal wants to become the head of the colony and hence if trying to scare Nishanath away with the motor parts stunt. He also alleges that Damayanti has feelings for Prof Nepal.
Byomkesh talks to Vijay, who gets all flustered when he asks about Mukul. In the whole story only Mukul's past is unknown yet.
Byomkesh receives a letter from Nishanath, that tells him to stop investigating further. But simultaneously receives a call from police that Nishanath has died. Dr Nagendra Pal (Ajay Wadhavkar) is called to conduct the preliminary investigation into Nishanath's cause of death. His dead body still had warm socks on it, while Nishanath supposedly died in bed in hot summer season. He was a long-term BP patient as well. Death occurred between 10 and 11 PM & no signs of external injuries. Probable cause of death is brain hemorrhage.
The doctor does say that BP will rise if wearing warm socks in summer. Also, when socks are removed, body marks indicate that Nishanath had been restrained with ropes in the legs. A broken bird's nest is found under the bed, with the remainder on top of the ceiling fan.
Byomkesh theorizes that Nishanath was hung upside down with ropes tied to legs from the room ceiling. He died when his brain nerves burst due to the extra pressure. Then while moving him down, the bird nest on the fan broke & the killer forgot to remove the socks. Nishanath was knocked unconscious before being subjected to this torture.
Byomkesh wonders why Damayanti didn't hear anything as she was in the room right next to Nishanath. Vijay and Damayanti are equal beneficiaries of Nishakanth's wealth.
Vijay had come home from Calcutta on the day of the death but had left again for Calcutta and returned at 12:30 am & gone to sleep. Mukul heard Damayanti scream in the morning & that's how the colony knew about the death.
Byomkesh talks to Nepal, who says that Mukul wanted to marry Vijay, who initially agreed, but then got mixed with some lose character girl (he meant Laxmi) and forgot Mukul.
Byomkesh also inquires that Lal Singh died in prison. He had a wife, who is untraceable.
Brajadas is missing since Nishanath's death.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Rajit Kapoor K.K. Raina Kartik Dutta Sukanya Kulkarni
Genres : Thriller Adventure Mystery Crime
Release date : May 8, 1993
Countries of origin : India
Language : Hindi
Summary
Calcutta, 1953. A retired judge Nishanath (Vijayan V. Nair) calls Byomkesh to solve the mystery of someone throwing car parts into his house through his window. Byomkesh finds that 12 years ago the judge had sentenced Lal Singh to death for a crime. Lal Singh had a motor garage. He appealed in high court & got 14 years in jail. He might have gotten out early due to good behavior.
The judge lives with his wife Damayanti (Sangeetha Balachandran) and nephew Vijay (Ninad Deshpande) (who has a flower shop in town). In his locality are Panu Gopal (R.D. Shome) (a mute, who cares for livestock & hears loud), Prof Nepal Gupta (Shreechand Makhija) & daughter Mukul (Prabha Mathur). Professor had a chemistry lab that was destroyed in an explosion. He was suspected of making a bomb which led to his firing & subsequent police investigations. Prof Nepal still runs a mini lab in his house & claims to be making fertilizers (that don't work).
Brajadas (Govind Dharmadhikari) is a priest and an animal doctor. He was a court clerk but was dismissed for corruption. Nishanath was the one who sentenced Brij for 6 years in jail.
Dr. Bhujangdhar Das (Yusuf Khurram) also stays in the vicinity & plays Sitar and has been staying for over 4 years. Laxmi (Prateeksha Lonkar) is the tailor for the colony, Laxmi was lured by a fraud from her village and abandoned in Calcutta, she joined the colony 2 years ago.
Prof Nepal is not happy that animals are left in the care of a novice such as Brajadas. He wants the judge to put them in his care, as he is also a biochemist. This hurts Braja's feelings. Judge stops Nepal & asks him to leave Braja alone, or he will have to leave the colony. Nepal is very upset and threatens to reveal "everything".
Bhujangdhar was married to a white girl, who left him and Bhujangdhar had to come back to India. His doctor's license was suspended when he conducted an illegal abortion to save a young woman from society's shame and insults.
Bhujangdhar also says that Nepal wants to become the head of the colony and hence if trying to scare Nishanath away with the motor parts stunt. He also alleges that Damayanti has feelings for Prof Nepal.
Byomkesh talks to Vijay, who gets all flustered when he asks about Mukul. In the whole story only Mukul's past is unknown yet.
Byomkesh receives a letter from Nishanath, that tells him to stop investigating further. But simultaneously receives a call from police that Nishanath has died. Dr Nagendra Pal (Ajay Wadhavkar) is called to conduct the preliminary investigation into Nishanath's cause of death. His dead body still had warm socks on it, while Nishanath supposedly died in bed in hot summer season. He was a long-term BP patient as well. Death occurred between 10 and 11 PM & no signs of external injuries. Probable cause of death is brain hemorrhage.
The doctor does say that BP will rise if wearing warm socks in summer. Also, when socks are removed, body marks indicate that Nishanath had been restrained with ropes in the legs. A broken bird's nest is found under the bed, with the remainder on top of the ceiling fan.
Byomkesh theorizes that Nishanath was hung upside down with ropes tied to legs from the room ceiling. He died when his brain nerves burst due to the extra pressure. Then while moving him down, the bird nest on the fan broke & the killer forgot to remove the socks. Nishanath was knocked unconscious before being subjected to this torture.
Byomkesh wonders why Damayanti didn't hear anything as she was in the room right next to Nishanath. Vijay and Damayanti are equal beneficiaries of Nishakanth's wealth.
Vijay had come home from Calcutta on the day of the death but had left again for Calcutta and returned at 12:30 am & gone to sleep. Mukul heard Damayanti scream in the morning & that's how the colony knew about the death.
Byomkesh talks to Nepal, who says that Mukul wanted to marry Vijay, who initially agreed, but then got mixed with some lose character girl (he meant Laxmi) and forgot Mukul.
Byomkesh also inquires that Lal Singh died in prison. He had a wife, who is untraceable.
Brajadas is missing since Nishanath's death.
Genres : Thriller Adventure Mystery Crime
Release date : May 8, 1993
Countries of origin : India
Language : Hindi
