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'''''Kalo Chhaya''''' (Dark Shadows) is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] suspense [[thriller film]] directed by [[Premendra Mitra]] and produced by Gouranga Prasad Basu.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&q=Movie+Kalo+Chhaya+premendra+Mitra&pg=RA30-PA1993|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|last=Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen|date=10 July 2014|isbn=9781135943257|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jukrDwAAQBAJ&q=Movie+Kalo+Chhaya+premendra+Mitra&pg=PT243|title=Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous|last=Mithuraaj Dhusiya|date=13 September 2017|isbn=9781351386487|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref> This film was released on 17 December 1948 in the banner of Eastern Studio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/kalo-chhaya-movie/13210|title=Kalo Chhaya (1948 - Bengali)|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/FCY/info|title=Kalo Chhaya|website=indiancine.ma|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
A lady visited Mr. Surajit Roy, a detective, with a proposal to steal a will from a landlord's house. Surajit did not accept the assignment. Soon after, he received a telegram from one Rajib Lochan Choudhury, [[zamindar]] of a remote village in [[Murshidabad district]]. It appeared that Rajib Lochan's life was in danger. When Surajit visited his house the zaminder had already been murdered. Detective Surajit started an investigation while staying at the house. He saw a nurse, Anima, appointed for Rajib Lochan and recalled that this lady went to him with the proposal of theft . There were several relatives and servants in the house but most of them concealed a some or other facts from him. Finally Surajit was successful to track down the real culprit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://halfsamosa.in/ghanadas-creator-premendra-mitra-director/|title=When Ghanada's creator Premendra Mitra was the director|date=20 October 2016|publisher=Half Samosa|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Dhiraj Bhattacharya]] as Dinannath Chowdhury/Rajib lochan Chowdhury<br />
* Sisir Mitra as Detective Surajit Roy<br />
* [[Nabadwip Haldar]] as Surajit's assistant<br />
* [[Gurudas Banerjee]] as Doctor alias Pitambar Chowdhury<br />
* [[Shyam Laha]] as Chinese Cook<br />
* Sipra Mitra as Anima Devi, nurse<br />
* Nani Majumdar<br />
* Haridas Chatterjee<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian detective films]]<br />
[[Category:1948 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:1940s Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Premendra Mitra]]<br />
[[Category:1940s crime thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0243353}}<br />
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