Summary
1958. Amrit is a young boy in a village who likes to exaggerate and prove his bravado. He claims to his friends that he saw a horse ghost one day and didn't fear it. His friends dare him to go inside the jungle & write his name on a tree (near his friend Sadanand's house) to prove that he is brave. As soon as he does, his friends hear a gun shot and find Amrit's body a few moments later.
The boys beg Byomkesh to investigate, who finds horse hoofs near the dead body. Boy thinks that it's the horse ghost that Amrit mentioned. During the investigation, another boy Sadanand (Pramode Kumar), returns to the village and as soon as he enters his house, he is killed by a booby-trapped hand grenade.
Byomkesh believes that someone had entered the house in Sadanand's absence to set the grenade with an intention to kill Sadanand. He also feels that Amrit was only collateral damage, with the real target of both deaths was Sadanand only.
Byomkesh also finds that Amrit was killed by a 38 mm bullet, which is used in American guns being sold on the black market. Sadanand had borrowed Rs 1000 from a local businessman Vishwanath (Arun Desai), just before Sadanand left for Calcutta (he had returned from Calcutta, when the bomb went off in his house). Sadanand was a small-time trader and has a sister, who is married. Sadanand also had some business dealings with Vishwanath. Vishwanath says that Sadanand borrowed Rs 1000 as he wanted to set up a shop for Ayurvedic medicines.
Vishwanath also owns 7 horses, which is why Byomkesh is keen to investigate him further. Vishwanath used to be a jockey & left the income as he was having a tough life to maintain his fitness for the profession. So, he opened a rice mill instead. Byomkesh inquiries about who used to fraternize with the US soldiers when they had set up base near the village during WW II.
Byomkesh suggests that maybe whoever is dealing in these illegal arms (procured from the US soldiers), had hidden them in the jungle. Byomkesh meets another mill owner Badridas (Rabi Ghosh), who supposedly has a black horse. Badridas is most uncooperative and refuses to answer any questions from Byomkesh. A stranger named Rakhal Das (Kalyan Chatterjee) meets Byomkesh and says that he works in Badri's factory. He says that Badri knew Amrit and Sadanand and has a black horse as well.
That night Byomkesh waits in the jungle near the tree where Amrit was killed. He sees Vishwanath come to the tree on a black horse and retrieve weapons hidden on the tree. The next morning Byomkesh gets Vishwanath arrested and recovers weapons from his rice mill. He was dealing in illegal arms bought from American soldiers.
Basically, Sadanand (who was 45 years old) found that Vishwanath was trading in illegal arms and was hiding them in a tree near Sadanand's house. He took Rs 1000 from Vishwanath to keep his mouth shut. Vishwanath decided to remove Sadanand so that he can't blackmail him anymore. He sets the hand grenade in Sadanand's house, but is seen by Amrit, exiting Sadanand's house. So, Vishwanath shoots Amrit as well.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Rajit Kapoor K.K. Raina Kartik Dutta Sukanya Kulkarni
Genres : Thriller Adventure Mystery Crime
Countries of origin : India
Language : Hindi
Summary
1958. Amrit is a young boy in a village who likes to exaggerate and prove his bravado. He claims to his friends that he saw a horse ghost one day and didn't fear it. His friends dare him to go inside the jungle & write his name on a tree (near his friend Sadanand's house) to prove that he is brave. As soon as he does, his friends hear a gun shot and find Amrit's body a few moments later.
The boys beg Byomkesh to investigate, who finds horse hoofs near the dead body. Boy thinks that it's the horse ghost that Amrit mentioned. During the investigation, another boy Sadanand (Pramode Kumar), returns to the village and as soon as he enters his house, he is killed by a booby-trapped hand grenade.
Byomkesh believes that someone had entered the house in Sadanand's absence to set the grenade with an intention to kill Sadanand. He also feels that Amrit was only collateral damage, with the real target of both deaths was Sadanand only.
Byomkesh also finds that Amrit was killed by a 38 mm bullet, which is used in American guns being sold on the black market. Sadanand had borrowed Rs 1000 from a local businessman Vishwanath (Arun Desai), just before Sadanand left for Calcutta (he had returned from Calcutta, when the bomb went off in his house). Sadanand was a small-time trader and has a sister, who is married. Sadanand also had some business dealings with Vishwanath. Vishwanath says that Sadanand borrowed Rs 1000 as he wanted to set up a shop for Ayurvedic medicines.
Vishwanath also owns 7 horses, which is why Byomkesh is keen to investigate him further. Vishwanath used to be a jockey & left the income as he was having a tough life to maintain his fitness for the profession. So, he opened a rice mill instead. Byomkesh inquiries about who used to fraternize with the US soldiers when they had set up base near the village during WW II.
Byomkesh suggests that maybe whoever is dealing in these illegal arms (procured from the US soldiers), had hidden them in the jungle. Byomkesh meets another mill owner Badridas (Rabi Ghosh), who supposedly has a black horse. Badridas is most uncooperative and refuses to answer any questions from Byomkesh. A stranger named Rakhal Das (Kalyan Chatterjee) meets Byomkesh and says that he works in Badri's factory. He says that Badri knew Amrit and Sadanand and has a black horse as well.
That night Byomkesh waits in the jungle near the tree where Amrit was killed. He sees Vishwanath come to the tree on a black horse and retrieve weapons hidden on the tree. The next morning Byomkesh gets Vishwanath arrested and recovers weapons from his rice mill. He was dealing in illegal arms bought from American soldiers.
Basically, Sadanand (who was 45 years old) found that Vishwanath was trading in illegal arms and was hiding them in a tree near Sadanand's house. He took Rs 1000 from Vishwanath to keep his mouth shut. Vishwanath decided to remove Sadanand so that he can't blackmail him anymore. He sets the hand grenade in Sadanand's house, but is seen by Amrit, exiting Sadanand's house. So, Vishwanath shoots Amrit as well.
Genres : Thriller Adventure Mystery Crime
Countries of origin : India
Language : Hindi
