--- title: 'Chiriyakhana (1967)' type: 'film' director: 'Satyajit Ray' released: '1967-01-01' runtime_minutes: 121 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'India' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/chiriyakhana-1967' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061474/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Chiriyakhana (1967) 1967 · 121 min · Drama · India Original title: চিড়িয়াখানা ## Synopsis Chiriakhana or Chiriyakhana is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language crime thriller film, based on the story of the same name by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The film is directed and co-written by Satyajit Ray, starring Uttam Kumar as Byomkesh Bakshi. 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray) - **Screenplay:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray) - **Original Music Composer:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray) - **Director of Photography:** [Soumendu Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/soumendu-roy) - **Editor:** [Dulal Dutta](https://cinepixo.com/people/dulal-dutta) ## Cast - [Kanika Majumder](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanika-majumder) - [Chinmoy Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/chinmoy-roy) - [Arun Kumar Chatterjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/arun-kumar-chatterjee) as Byomkesh Bakshi - [Nripati Chattopadhyay](https://cinepixo.com/people/nripati-chattopadhyay) - [Subhendu Chatterjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/subhendu-chatterjee) - [Bankim Ghosh](https://cinepixo.com/people/bankim-ghosh) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.satyajitray.org/films/chiriakhana.htm Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/chiriyakhana-1967 Film facts: Wikidata (Q639420); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.