Chiriyakhana

Chiriyakhana
Chiriyakhana
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Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Written by	Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay; Satyajit Ray
Produced by	Harendranath Bhattacharya
Starring	Uttam Kumar
Narrated by	Ajit
Cinematography	Soumendu Roy
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Music by	Satyajit Ray
Production; company	Star Productions
Distributed by	Balaka Pictures
Release date	29 September 1967;
Running time	125 min.
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Chiriakhana or Chiriyakhana (English: The Menagerie)^[1] is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language crime thriller film, based on the story of the same name by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.^[2] The film is directed and co-written by Satyajit Ray, starring Uttam Kumar as Byomkesh Bakshi.^[3] The screenplay is written by Satyajit Ray. The film was once considered Ray's worst film because of its complex plot and unfaithfulness to its source material, however the flexible acting of Uttam Kumar was praised by many critics at that time. The film was remade in Hindi as a television series Byomkesh Bakshi with Rajit Kapoor aired in Doordarshan.

^ Bhattacharya Supriya (2009). Impressions 8, 2/E. Pearson Education India. p. 1. ISBN 978-81-317-2777-5.
^ Mohit Gandhi (January 2021). Byomkesh Bakshi. Prabhat Prakashan. pp. 4–.
^ Andrew Robinson (1989). Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. University of California Press. pp. 231–. ISBN 978-0-520-06946-6. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

[Supriya2009-1] Bhattacharya Supriya (2009). Impressions 8, 2/E. Pearson Education India. p. 1. ISBN 978-81-317-2777-5.

[Gandhi-2] Mohit Gandhi (January 2021). Byomkesh Bakshi. Prabhat Prakashan. pp. 4–.

[Robinson1989-3] Andrew Robinson (1989). Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. University of California Press. pp. 231–. ISBN 978-0-520-06946-6. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

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