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'''''Kankal''''' ({{Trans|The Skeleton}}) was a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[Horror film|horror]] [[Drama Film|drama film]] directed by [[Naresh Mitra]] and produced by Shishir Mallik. This film was released on 14 April 1950 under the banner of Madhuchakra Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/FWQ/info|title=Kankal|access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref> Kankal was the first horror film released in the Bengali language.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/10-bengali-horror-movies-you-should-not-miss/monihara/photostory/63527515.cms|title=10 Bengali horror movies you should not miss|date=29 March 2018|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jukrDwAAQBAJ&q=Kankaal+Bengali+movie&pg=PT35|title=Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous|last=Mithuraaj Dhusiya|date=13 September 2017|isbn=9781351386487|access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
This is a revenge story of a young woman, Tarala. Tarala likes to enjoy life, she meets and marries a wealthy man Ratan. But her ex lover Abhay comes back and ruins the conjugal relationship of Tarala and Ratan. One day drunken Abhay tries to rape Tarala in a farmhouse and accidentally kills her. Tarala's vengeful spirit revives to take revenge.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Dhiraj Bhattacharya]] as Abhay<br />
* [[Jiben Bose]] as Agarwala<br />
* [[Naresh Mitra]] as Professor<br />
* [[Ketaki Dutta]] as Anima<br />
* Sisir Batabyal as Dr Sanyal<br />
* Paresh Bandyopadhyay as Ratan<br />
* Malaya Sarkar as Tarala<br />
* Prabha Debi as Katyayni<br />
* Kali Sarkar<br />
* Gita Som as Anuradha<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0242573}}<br />
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[[Category:1950 films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian horror drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1950 horror films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Naresh Mitra]]<br />
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