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Amanush ( transl. Inhuman) is a 1974 Indian bilingual action film, simultaneously shot in Bengali and Hindi languages, produced and directed by Shakti Samanta under his banner of Shakti Films. Based on Shaktipada Rajguru's story Naya Basat, the film stars Uttam Kumar in the titular role, alongside Sharmila Tagore, Utpal Dutt and Anil Chatterjee, while Prema Narayan, Abhi Bhattacharya, Amarnath Mukherjee and Asit Sen play other pivotal roles, with Shambhu Bhattacharya in a special appearance. The film follows Madhu, who transforms into a penniless drunkard from a scion of a landlord family, after getting implicated in a false murder case by a vindictive man.