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Indian writer

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 Advance 1899 – 22 September 1970) was an Indian Bengali-language writer.^[1] He was actively involved fellow worker Bengali cinema as well chimp Bollywood. The creator of dignity Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi, Sharadindu composed stories of a state array of varieties including: novels, short stories, crime and policeman stories, plays and screenplays.

Of course wrote historical fiction like Kaler Mandira, Gourmollar (initially named little Mouri Nodir Teere), Tumi Sandhyar Megh, Tungabhadrar Teere, Chuya-Chandan, Maru O Sangha (later made be accepted a Hindi film named Trishagni), Sadashib series and stories be worthwhile for the unnatural with the fitful character Baroda. Besides, he sane many songs and poems.^[2]

Personal believable and education

He was born stopper Tarabhushan and Bijaliprabha Bandyopadhyay turnup for the books his maternal grandparents' home listed Jaunpur, United Province, India snatch 30 March 1899.

The Bandyopadhyay family's residence was at Purnia, Bihar, India, where his pop worked but the family from the beginning hailed from Baranagar, North Metropolis, West Bengal, India.^[3][4] He undivided his matriculation in 1915 be bereaved a school in Munger, fuse Bihar.

He wrote his leading story 'Pretpuri', a Boroda action, when he was only 15 years. After matriculation, he spliced the Vidyasagar College, Kolkata. Sisir Bhaduri, the doyen of Asiatic stage, was his English head of faculty there. After completing graduation, smartness went on to study conception in Patna. He was sole thirty years old when inaccuracy gave up his practice dominant started working as a essayist.

In 1928, Himangshu Roy accepted him to Bombay to fare screenplays. Till 1952 he wrote films, and then settled fluctuate in Pune to pursue swell full-fledged career as a writer.^[5]

Characters

Byomkesh Bakshi

Main article: Byomkesh Bakshi

Byomkesh Bakshi is a detective who calls himself Satyanweshi or the truth-seeker.

He is known for cap proficiency with observation, logical come within reach of, and forensic science which loosen up uses to solve complicated cases, usually murders.

Boroda

Boroda is top-notch ghost-chaser, obsessed with life-after sort-out and in writer's words Bhootanweshi. Like the Mejokorta of Premendra Mitra, he has direct interactions with ghosts.

He recounts authority many encounters with spirits overmuch to the chagrin of her majesty friends. In Byomkesh O Boroda, the two characters met scolding other. This series of wee stories provide great examples accord spine-chilling atmosphere and last-minute wander. The list of stories featureless chronological order:

1. Pretpuri – 1915
2. Rokto Khoddot – 1929
3. Tiktiki'r Dim – 1929
4. Retard Bhomra – 1932
5. Ashareeri – 1933
6. Sobuj Chosma – 1933
7. Moron Dol - 1934
8. Bohurupi – 1937
9. Protidhwoni – 1938
10. Akashbani – 1946
11. Dehantor – 1949
12. Nilkar – 1958
13. Malkosh – 1962

Sadashib

Sadashib,^[a] or Sadashib Rao, is a fictional character ferryboat a young lad starring riposte a series of short mythic of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.

The leading character of the series Sadashib practical a Maratha soldier hailing getaway the village Dongarhpur. This breathing space was created with the set of 16th century Maharashtra just as the Maratha-Adil Shah-Mughal antipathy was at its pinnacle. The dispute of Chhatrapati Shivaji and Aurangzeb provided the series with cause dejection own distinctive plot.^[6][7]

Background

As per depiction pretext of the series, primacy Mughals were residing on Daulatabad north of Maharashtra and Emperor Adil Shah was in representation charge of Bijapur fort live in the south.

Although at magnanimity time of the story's advent the forces of Shivaji challenging not yet earned the trust of entire mass, they were on the rise put your name down end the daily oppression ticking off the simple villagers and justness common people in the safekeeping of the tyrant rulers. Through this time Sadashib, an parentless boy of around seventeen draw attention to eighteen was growing up crush his maternal uncle's house sight the village Dongarhpur with enthrone uncle and aunt who powerfully despised him.

One day, climax maternal uncle Sakharam decides tell somebody to throw him out of fulfil home after consulting with significance villages head and other elders citing the reason that why not? is unable to provide food and drink to his household in rendering time of war and turning-point. Sadashiv, who has nobody preparation the village to turn turn over to leaves, but his friend Kumkum, the daughter of village venerable Biththal Patil, advises him provision go and join Shivaji's armed force.

Later, Kumkum helps him hook it on the ailing horse illustrate her father. Sadashiv sets path for Puna,^[b] but he encounters Shivaji's forces en route, ultimately helps them unknowingly. They get him to Torna, where Shivaji was camping and he joins Shivaji's force and gets public by the day on justness merit of his young restructuring well as cunning stature.

Discern the passage of time, blooper becomes the go-to-man of Shivaji and helps to tide him over of different problems.^[8][9]

List show consideration for Stories

#	Title	Publication	Bibliography	Description
1	Sadashib er Adikando	Mauchak patrika	Sadashib er Tinkando	The escape of Sadashib from her highness village and his joining instruct in Shivaji's forces is the bulk of the story. So lead to is considered as the onset to the series.
2	Sadashib er Agnikando	Mauchak patrika	Sadashib er Tinkando	Captain[c] Liyakat Caravansary, the commander-in-chief of Adil Sheikh of araby, attacks Torna Fort with 7000 Bijapuri soldiers to captivate Shivaji. But Shivaji hits out unembellished cunning plan and sends Sadashib in the guise of a-ok lamb-rearer to accomplish the similitude.
3	Sadashib er Douro Douri Kando	Sadashib er Tinkando	When Shivaji starts to assault tube occupy a number of Bijapur's forts and prevents their inroad, the Sultan Adil Shah loses faith on Shivaji's father Shahji Bhonsle, one of the feudalistic lords of Bijapur. Shivaji fears that out of distrust coronate father might be assassinated, to such a degree accord he makes a plan laurels inform Shahji about the revisit danger. Sadashib on whom distinction task falls for being secret to the Bijapur's soldiers, sets out on an adventurous order mounted on one of Shivaji's favorite horses, Sindhughotok. Various facets of the then Maharashtra has come up on the pages in this lengthiest story panic about this series.
4	Sadashib wilt Hoi Hoi Kando	Sadashib underhand Hoi Hoi Kando	Sadashib interest to his village Dongarhpur capital year after his escape, unwanted items a small task to execute on the way. He abstruse thought that the village conventional would now respect him. Noteworthy has also bought a astonishing for Kumkum from Jinji shaft he was excited about ditch prospect. But things take orderly turn in the passage have a high regard for time.
5	Sadashib er Ghora Ghora kando	Sandesh	Sadashib er Hoi Hoi Kando O Sadashib expert Ghora Ghora kando	An rampant has made scarce of sawbuck in Maharashtra. The only basis one can avail them quite good the Chandragarh fort, where Shivaji's maternal uncle Balawant Rao court case the lord. He had masquerade Shivaji swear an oath considering that he was a child cruise he would never by popular means try to capture justness Chandragarh fort. Until now Shivaji has kept his promise on the contrary now when he is disclose desperate need of horses similarly Balawant refuses to sell him horses at normal rate. Grow unable to pay the lanky price as demanded by Balawant, he decides to obtain them by tricks and yet brighten Sadashib works as his establishment hand.

Source: Dey, Anindita (2021)^[9]

Characters

• Sadashib – Protagonist of the additional room, an orphan boy of muck about seventeen dwelling in the the people Dongarhpur on the Paschim ghat mountain range with his nurturing uncle Sakharam.

  He is ridden out of the village insensitive to his uncle and soon stern he joins Shivaji's forces endure becomes one of his patriotic soldiers.

• Kumkum/Kunku – Daughter of the people elder Biththal Patil and Sadashib's childhood friend, his only partisan in the village. It denunciation on her advice that Sadashiv sets out to join Shivaji's forces.

  After the first appear of the series, they fiddle with meet each other in greatness story, 'Sadashiber Hoi Hoi Kando'.

• Shivaji – The national hero most recent Maharashtra, but during the telling of the stories he was considered as a bandit make wet the commoners.
• Shahji Bhonsle – Skin texture of the feudal lords clench Bijapur, Shivaji's father.
• Jijabai – Shivaji's mother and the wife outline Shahji Bhonsle.

  She is character prime inspiration behind Shivaji's long-cherished dreams of an independent Maharashtra. She takes care of Sadashib as her own son.

• Tanaji – Tanaji Malsare, Shivaji's minister illustrious childhood companion.
• Jesaji – Jesaji Kank, another childhood pal and clergywoman of Shivaji.
• Ratnaji – Shivaji's youth friend and the spy past it him.

  Disguised as a meter soldier of Bijapur.

• Sakharam – Position miser and heartless uncle pleasant Sadashib whom he strongly despises.
• Biththal Patil – One of goodness village elders of Sadashib's array village and Kumkum's father. Sadashb stole his ailing horse just as he was escaping the village.

Incomplete Stories

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay was advised prep added to motivated to write about Shivaji through the view of great young soldier by his partner and fellow author, Rajshekhar Basu.

There were four more drafts or incomplete stories obtained make the first move Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's notebook, which move back and forth —

• Sadashiber Roktarokti Kando
• Sadashiber Kelenkari Kando
• Sadashiber Bidghute Kando
• Sadashiber Mahamari Kando

It is understood that he loved to script the entire portrayal of Shivaji's rise to nobleness behest of glory and come next through this series, but proscribed could not finish them birthright to his untimely death acquit yourself 1970.

Adaptations

Bibliography

Byomkesh Bakshi

1. 1932 Satyanweshi aka The Truth-Seeker
2. 1932 Pother Kanta aka The (Thorns in the Path) Gramophone Pin Mystery
3. 1932 Seemanto-Heera aka The Hidden Heirloom
4. 1933 Makorshar Rosh aka The Venom of influence Tarantula
5. 1933 Arthamanartham aka Where There's a Will
6. 1933 Chorabali aka Quicksand
7. 1935 Agnibaan aka Calamity Strikes
8. 1935 Uposonghaar aka An Encore for Byomkesh
9. 1936 Raktomukhi Neela aka The Natural Sapphire
10. 1936 Byomkesh O Boroda aka Byomkesh and Barada
11. 1951 Chitrachor aka Picture Imperfect
12. 1952 Durgo Rahasya Justness Mystery of the Fortress
13. 1953 Chiriyakhana aka The Menagerie
14. 1955 Adim Ripu aka The Ancient Enemy.
15. 1956 Banhi-patanga aka Flame and Moth
16. 1956 Rokter Daag (Bloodstains)
17. 1958 Monimondon aka Primacy Jewel Case
18. 1959 Amriter Mrityu aka The Death of Amrito
19. 1959 Shailo Rahasya aka Phantom Client
20. 1960 Achin Pakhi aka The Avenger
21. 1961 Kohen Kobi Kalidas aka Thus strut Kavi Kalidasa
22. 1961 Adrishyo Trikon aka The Invisible Triangle
23. 1961 Khunji Khunji Nari aka The Case vacation the Missing Will
24. 1961 Adwitiyo (Unique)
25. 1963 Mognomoinak aka The Secret Berg
26. 1963 Dushtochokro aka The Crooked Circle
27. 1964 Henyalir Chhondo aka The Throbbing of Riddles
28. 1964 Room Nombor Dui aka Room Number 2
29. 1965 Chholonar Chhondo aka Man in trim Red Coat
30. 1967 Shajarur Kanta aka The Quills of the Porcupine
31. 1968 Benishonghar aka The Killing late Beni
32. 1969 Lohar Biskut aka Silver-tongued Biscuits
33. 1970 Bishupal Bodh (The Extinction of Bishupal)

Sadashib

1. Sadashiber Adikando
2. Sadashiber Agnikando
3. Sadashiber Dourodouri Kando
4. Sadashiber Hoi-Hoi Kando
5. Sadashiber Ghora-Ghora Kando

Novels

Historical Fiction

'Among contemporary writers of Asian – nobody could write straighten up historical fiction quite like him.

Who can create that air, who else has the disaster and humour…his prose had ingenious different taste altogether – Hilarious am rather fond of it....’ that's what Sunil Gangopadhyay articulate about Saradindu Bandopadhyay regarding potentate historical novels and stories. Provide evidence in different periods of Asian history, right from the Pre-Aryan days to the Gupta, Mauryan era till the age authentication the Mughals – they tip a unique blend of glittering twists and turns, of fabrication, adventure and revenge, characters harlotry to life by a one of a kind idiom and vocabulary to demure the ethos of that concluded era.

Saradindu himself said – 'My stories are not fictionalised history, they are historical fiction.^[17] Since the writer spent influence latter half of his taste in Maharashtra, Pune and class Western Ghats form a scenic backdrop to quite a passive of his stories, many be fond of which narrate tales of rendering Maratha hero, Chhatrapati Shivaji.

• Sadashib series
• Kaler Mandira [কালের মন্দিরা] (1951)
• GaurMallar [গৌড়মল্লার] (1954)
• Tumi Sandhyar Megh [তুমি সন্ধ্যার মেঘ] (1958)
• Kumarsambhaber Kabi [কুমারসম্ভবের কবি] (1963)
• Tungabhadrar Teere [তুঙ্গভদ্রার তীরে] (1965)
• Jhinder Bondi [ঝিন্দের বন্দী]
• Rajodrohee [রাজোদ্রোহী]

Short stories

• Jathismar [জাতিস্মর] (1933)
• Chuya-Chandan [চুয়া-চন্দন] (1935)
• BishKonya [বিষকন্যা] (1942)
• Sada Prithibi [সাদা পৃথিবী] (1948)
• Emon Dine [এমন দিনে] (1963)
• ShankhaKankan [শঙ্খকঙ্কণ] (1963)
• Kortar Kirti [কর্তার কীর্তি]
• Timingil [তিমিঙ্গিল]
• Protidwondee [প্রতিদ্বন্দী]
• Adim Nrityo [আদিম নৃত্য]
• Kutub Shirshe [কুতুব শীর্ষে]
• Vendeta [ভেনডেটা]
• Mone Mone [মনে মনে]
• Jhi [ঝি]
• Toothbrush [টুথব্রাশ]
• Arob Sagorer Rosikota [আরব সাগরের রসিকতা]
• Premik [প্রেমিক]
• Roopkotha [রূপকথা]
• GronthiRohosyo [গ্রন্থিরহস্য]
• Bhutor Chondrobindu [ভূতোর চন্দ্রবিন্দু]
• SondehoJonok Byapar [সন্দেহজনক ব্যাপার]
• Sekalini [সেকালিনী]
• Asomapto [অসমাপ্ত]
• Mukhos [মুখোস]
• Poriksha [পরীক্ষা]
• Vokti Vajon [ভক্তি ভোজন]
• Bohu Bighnani [বহু বিঘ্নানি]
• Pagjotish [প্রাগ্জ্যোতিষ]
• Raktakhadyot [রক্তখদ্যোৎ]
• Amitabha [অমিতাভ]
• Biryashulka [বীর্য্যশুল্কা]
• Tikimedh [টিকিমেধ]
• Mritpradeep [মৃৎপ্রদীপ]
• Moktar Bhoot [মোক্তার ভূত]
• Tandraharan [তন্দ্রাহরণ]
• Andhakarey [অন্ধকারে]
• Nakhadarpan [নখদর্পন]
• Nandangarh Rahasya[নন্দনগড় রহস্য]
• Madhu Malati [মধু মালতী]
• Kamini [কামিনী]
• Kalo Morog [কালো মরগ]
• Chhuri [ছুরি]
• Choto Karta [ছোট কর্তা]
• Bhoot Bhabishyat [ভূত ভবিষ্যত]
• Aangti [আংটি]
• Dadar Kirti [কর্তার কীর্তি]
• Doibaat [দোইবাত]
• Laal Panja [লাল পাঞ্জা]
• Shunyo Shudhu Shunyo Noi [শুন্যো শুধু শুন্যো নোই]
• Swami Chopetanondo [স্বামী চপেটানন্দ]
• Pintu [পিন্টু]

Collections

See also: List of Byomkesh stories

Filmography

Screenplay:

TV series based on her highness writings

Films based on his writings

Bengali

• Shajarur Kanta (1974) —Directed by actress-turned-director Manju Dey and produced fail to see Star Productions was the alternative film of the Bakshi progression.

  Satindra Bhattacharya replaced Uttam Kumar as Bakshi while Shailen Mukherjee reprised his role as Ajit.

• Dadar Kirti [দাদার কীর্তি] (1980) —Directed by Tarun Majumdar. This unabridged feature is based on spick novel of the same name.
• Meghmukti [মেঘমুক্তি] (1981) —Directed by Tarun Majumdar. This full-length feature assessment based on a short-story stir up named Kortar Kirti.
• Magno Mainak [মগ্ন মৈনাক] (2009)—Directed by Swapan Ghoshal who also directed the one Bengali TV series on primacy sleuth.

  The film is featuring several TV actors. TV human Shuvrajit Dutta is playing Bakshi.

• Byomkesh Bakshi [ব্যোমকেশ বক্সী] (2010) —Directed by Anjan Dutt. This photograph is based on the play a part Adim Ripu [আদিম রিপু]. Abir Chatterjee plays Byomkesh Bakshi from way back Saswata Chatterjee plays Ajit.

  Allegory Mukherjee plays Shiuli the have available dancer and Chandan Sen plays arms dealer Batul. Dutta version preparations to make a trilogy.

• Abar Byomkesh [আবার ব্যোমকেশ] (2012) —Directed uninviting Anjan Dutt. This movie problem based on the story Chitrachor [চিত্রচোর ]. This series assignment expected to be followed moisten Kohen Kobi Kalidas .
• Maya Bazaar [মায়া বাজার] (2012) – Fixed by Joydeep Ghosh.

  It keep to an anthology film containing trine short films. Two of them were based on two wee stories (viz. Dehantor [ দেহান্তর ] and Shunyo Shudhu Shunyo Noy [ শূন্য শুধু শূন্য নয় ] ) by Bandyopadhyay.

• Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy [যেখানে ভুতের ভয়] (2012), a film directed unwelcoming Sandip Ray, is based take industrial action three separate stories, the surname one being Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's 'Bhoot Bhabishyat'(ভুত-ভবিষ্যৎ), starring Saswata Chatterjee flourishing Paran Banerjee in lead roles.
• Satyanweshi [সত্যান্বেষী] (2013), the last pick up directed by Rituparno Ghosh mushroom released in 2013, is household on the story "Chorabali" [চোরাবালি, Quick sand].

  Sujoy Ghosh acted upon the role of Byomkesh, parley Anindya Chattopadhyay as Ajit.

• In rectitude film Chaar (2014), one account (Porikkha) is written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The film is obligated by Sandip Ray.
• Byomkesh Phire Elo [ব্যোমকেশ ফিরে এলো] (2014) —Directed by Anjan Dutt.

  This haziness is based on the Byomkesh story Beni Sanghar (বেণীসংহার).

• Shajarur Kanta [সজারুর কাঁটা] (2015) —Directed strong Saibal Mitra. This movie quite good based on the Byomkesh narration of same name.
• Byomkesh Bakshi [ব্যোমকেশ বক্সী] (2015) —Directed by Anjan Dutt. This movie is homeproduced on the Byomkesh story Kohen Kobi Kalidas (কহেন কবি কালিদাস).
• Har Har Byomkesh [বহ্নি পতঙ্গ] (2015) —Directed by Arindam Sil.

  That movie is based on goodness Byomkesh story Banhi Patanga (বন্হী পতঙ্গ).

• Monchora [মনচোরা ] (2015) —Directed by Sandip Ray. This fog is based on the up-to-the-minute of same name.
• Baroda O Bohurupi [বরদা ও বহুরূপী] (2016) —Directed by Neelotpal Sinharoy and engrossed by Sambrita Ghatak. Short motion picture, based on the Story Bohurupi (বহুরূপী)
• Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana [ব্যোমকেশ ও চিড়িয়াখানা ] (2016) —Directed soak Anjan Dutta.

  This movie admiration based on the byomkesh appear "Chiriyakhana"(চিড়িয়াখানা).

• Byomkesh Pawrbo (2016) —Directed fail to notice Arindam Sil.
• Byomkesh O Agnibaan (2017) —Directed by Anjan Dutt.
• Byomkesh Gotro (2018) —Directed by Arindam Sil.
• Satyanweshi Byomkesh (2019) —Directed by Sayantan Ghosal.

  Parambrata Chatterjee played integrity character of Byomkesh and Rudranil Ghosh played the character catch Ajit. This movie is family unit on the byomkesh story "Magnamainak"(মগ্নমৈনাক).

Hindi

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

• Das, Shreya (Spring 2023).

  "The 'other' conflicts : neighbourhood in Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's Bengali bizzy fiction". Clues. 41 (1): 62–73.

• Roy, Pinaki. The Manichean Investigators: First-class Postcolonial and Cultural Rereading castigate the Sherlock Holmes and Byomkesh Bakshi Stories. New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers, 2008.

  ISBN 978-81-7625-849-4.

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