Byomkesh Bakshi in Other Media

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Byomkesh Bakshi
Created bySharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Original workSatyanweshi (1932)
Print publications
Book(s)List of stories
ComicsList of comics
Films and television
Film(s)
Television series
Games
Video game(s)
Miscellaneous
Portrayers

Byomkesh Bakshi is an Indian-Bengali detective charecter created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Referring himself as "truth-seeker" or Satyanweshi in the stories, Bakshi is known for his proficiency with observation, logical reasoning, and forensic science which he uses to solve complicated cases, usually murders. Initially appearing in the 1932 story Satyanweshi, the character's popularity immensely increased in Bengal and other parts of India.

Many film, television, radio, audio drama and other adaptations that have been made of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's series of detective novels featuring his character, Byomkesh.

Books[]

Saradindu Bandopadhyay penned 32 Byomkesh stories from 1932 to 1970 prior to his death. In his early stories, Ajit Kumar Banerjee is described as his companion, and chronicler of his stories. But in some cases Ajit also investigates in absence of Byomkesh (examples, Makorshar Rosh, Shoilo Rahasya). The stories are all written in traditional formal Bengali language. However, later the stories shift to more colloquial language. The later stories (Room Nombor Dui, Chhlonar Chhondo, Shajarur Kanta, Benisonghaar and Lohar Biskut) are not penned by Ajit, who was engaged in his publication business.

The stories are not very complicated but very engaging, with a long series of surprising events. The stories present a range of crimes from the first story, Satyanweshi, where Byomkesh destroys an international drug racket, to household mysteries and crimes like Arthamanartham and Makorshar Rosh.

Sharadindu did not want to continue the Byomkesh stories, due to which he stopped writing from 1938 to 1951. During that time he busied himself writing scripts for films in Bombay. After his return to West Bengal, Byomkesh stories were still in demand so he wrote Chitrachor (Picture Imperfect) in 1951 and other stories gradually on to 1970, when his last story "Bishupal Badh" (Killing of Bishupal) was left incomplete owing to his untimely death.

List[]

There are 32 published and 1 unpublished Byomkesh stories. The list is chronologically arranged.

Color key

  •   indicates "story".
  •   indicates "novel".
  •   indicates unfinished writings.
Novel/Story English title Year of publication Characters
Ajit Satyabati
Satyanweshi The Truth-Seeker 1932 Yes No
Pother Kanta The Gramaphone Pin Killer 1932 Yes No
Seemanto-heera The Hidden Heirloom 1932 Yes No
The Tarantula's Juice 1933 Yes No
The Worthless Fortune 1933 Yes Yes
Chorabali The Quicksand 1933 Yes No
Agnibaan The Calamity Aflame 1935 Yes No
Uposonghaar The Last Encounter 1935 Yes No
Roktomukhi Neela The Bloody Sapphire 1936 Yes No
Byomkesh O Boroda Byomkesh and Boroda 1936 Yes No
Chitrochor Picture Imperfect 1951 Yes Yes
Durgo Rahasya The Fortress Mystery 1952 Yes Yes
Chiriyakhana The Menagerie 1953 Yes No
The Pristine Enemy 1955 Yes No
Banhi-patanga The Moth and the Flame 1956 Yes Yes
The Fault in The Bloodline 1956 Yes Yes
Monimondon The Jewel Case 1958 Yes Yes
Amriter Mrityu The Death of Amrito 1959 Yes No
Shailo Rahasya The Phantom Client 1959 Yes
Achin Pakhi The Unknown Prey 1960 Yes No
Kohen Kobi Kalidas Thus Spoke the Poet Kalidasa 1961 Yes
Adrishyo Trikon The Invisible Triangle 1961 Yes No
The Missing Will 1961 Yes No
The Only One 1961 Yes Yes
The Magnificent 1963 Yes
Dushtochokro The Crooked Circle 1963 Yes
Henyalir Chhondo The Rhythm of the Riddles 1964 Yes Yes
Room Nombor Dui Room No. 2 1964 No Yes
Cholonar Chhondo The Vengeful Collision 1965 No Yes
Shajarur Kanta The Porcupine Quills 1967 No Yes
Benishonghar The Annihilation of Beni 1968 No Yes
The Iron Biscuits 1969 No Yes
Bishupal Bodh (unfinished) The Annihilation of Bishu Paal[1] 1970

Television and web[]

Year Series Actor Director Aired on
1980s Byomkesh Bakshi DD Bangla
1993, 1997 Byomkesh Bakshi Rajit Kapur Basu Chatterjee DD National
2004 Byomkesh Bakshi Sudip Mukherjee DD Bangla
2007 Byomkesh Tara Muzik
2014[2] Byomkesh Gaurav Chakrabarty Amit Sengupta, Gopal Chakraborty, Joydeep Mukherjee Colors Bangla
2017[3] Byomkesh Anirban Bhattacharya Sayantan Ghoshal,Soumik Chattopadhay,Soumik Halder Hoichoi

Radio[]

The Sunday Suspense series of 98.3 Radio Mirchi (Kolkata) adapted several novels of Byomkesh Bakshi for audio stories which include Satyanweshi, Pother Kanta, Makorshar Rosh, Agnibaan, Roktomukhi Neela, Khunji Khunji Nari, Arthamanartham, Adwitiyo, Monimondon, Cholonar Chondo, Lohar Biscuit, Achin Pakhi, Sajarur Kanta, Durgo Rohosyo and Chitrachor, performed by Mir Afsar Ali as Byomkesh and Deep as Ajit.

Audio Drama[]

The Satyanweshi audio drama series created by Aneesh See Yay adapted nineteen novels and four original audio drama of Byomkesh Bakshi in Malayalam for audio drama which include Satyanweshi, Pother Kanta, Agnibaan, Khunji Khunji Nari, Uposonghaar, Dushtochokro, Byomkesh O Boroda, Rokter Daag, Chorabali, Makorshar Rosh, Cholonar Chhondo, Seemanto-Heera, Achin Pakhi, Roktomukhi Neela, Chitrochor, Room Nombor Dui, Henyalir Chhondo, Bomkesh AD 7909, Durgo Rahasya, Thalam Thettiya Manassu, Jailpulli, Soothradharan and Adrishyo Trikon [6]

Films[]

  Indicates they are part of Star Productions film series
  Indicates they are part of Anjan Dutt film series
  Indicates they are part of Shree Venkatesh Films film series
  Indicates they are part of Yash Raj Films film series
Year Title Byomkesh Bakshi Ajit Director Book Producer Ref.
1967 Chiriyakhana Uttam Kumar Shailen Mukherjee Satyajit Ray Chiriyakhana Star Productions [7][8]
1974 Shajarur Kanta Shailen Mukherjee Manju Dey Shajarur Kanta Manju Dey [9][10]
2009 Magno Mainak Subhrajit Dutta Rajarshi Mukherjee Swapan Ghosal Magno Mainak New Wave Communications [11][12]
2010 Byomkesh Bakshi Abir Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee Anjan Dutt Adim Ripu Kaustuv Roy [10]
2012 Abar Byomkesh Abir Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee Anjan Dutt Chitra Chor Rana Sarkar [13]
2013 Satyanweshi Sujoy Ghosh Anindya Chatterjee Rituporno Ghosh Chorabali Shree Venkatesh Films [14][15]
2014 Byomkesh Phire Elo Abir Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee Anjan Dutt Beni Sanghar Kaustuv Roy [16]
2014 Doorbeen Soumitra Chatterjee Rajat Ganguly Feluda-Byomkesh combination (Original Story) Saikat Mitra [17]
2015 Shajarur Kanta Dhritiman Chatterjee Pradip Mukherjee Saibal Mitra Shajarur Kanta Pradip Churiwal, Saikat Mitra [18][19][20]
2015 Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! Sushant Singh Rajput Anand Tiwari Dibakar Banerjee Loosely based on Satyanweshi Aditya Chopra, Dibakar Banerjee [21][22][23]
2015 Byomkesh Bakshi Jisshu Sengupta Saswata Chatterjee Anjan Dutt Kohen Kobi Kaalidas Kaustuv Roy [24][25]
2015 Har Har Byomkesh Abir Chatterjee Ritwick Chakraborty Arindam Sil Banhi Patanga Shree Venkatesh Films [26][27]
2016 Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana Jisshu Sengupta Saswata Chatterjee Anjan Dutt Chiriyakhana Kaustuv Roy [28]
2016 Byomkesh Pawrbo Abir Chatterjee Ritwick Chakraborty Arindam Sil Amriter Mrityu Shree Venkatesh Films [29]
2016 Baroda O Bohurupi Subrata Roy (cameo appearance) Neelotpal Sinharoy Bohurupi Bijoli Prosad Sinharoy
Haraprosad Sinharoy
Amiya Sinharoy 		[30]
2017 Byomkesh O Agnibaan Jisshu Sengupta Saswata Chatterjee Anjan Dutt Satyanweshi,Agnibaan and Upasanghar Kaustuv Roy [31]
2018 Biday Byomkesh Abir Chatterjee Rahul Banerjee Original story Shree Venkatesh Films
2018 Byomkesh Gotro Abir Chatterjee Rahul Banerjee Arindam Sil Rakter Daag Shree Venkatesh Films [32]
2019 Satyanweshi Byomkesh Parambrata Chatterjee Rudranil Ghosh Sayantan Ghosal Magno Mainak Greentouch Entertainment

Video games[]

A hidden objects game for mobile devices called Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!: The Game was released by Games2win in 2015.[33]

Legacy[]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Gaurav wows as youngest ever Byomkesh - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "Anirban to play Byomkesh in web series - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. ^ "21st Century Byomkesh? Sushant Singh Rajput, Dibakar Banerjee on the Possibilities of Time Travel - NDTV Movies". NDTVMovies.com.
  5. ^ "Byomkesh Bakshi to meet Goenda Ginni tomorrow". filmywar.com.
  6. ^ "Satyanweshi : Audio Drama Series - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. ^ Bhattacharya Supriya (1 September 2009). Impressions 8, 2/E. Pearson Education India. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-81-317-2777-5. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  8. ^ Andrew Robinson (1989). Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. University of California Press. pp. 231–. ISBN 978-0-520-06946-6. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Sajaraur Kanta". Complete index to world film. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  10. ^ a b Chatterjee, Shoma (24 May 2014). "Mystery Trail". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Magno Mainak". induna.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Magna Mainak 2009 Bengali Movie Watch Online". onlinewatchmovies. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Abar Byomkesh". Telegraph, Calcutta. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Sujoy Ghosh to not act in any film after Rituparno's 'Satyanweshi'". IBNLIve. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Rituparno Ghosh's cinematographer, not Sujoy Ghosh to complete Satyanweshi". Hindustan Times. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  16. ^ "Abir's Feluda to compete against Abir's Byomkesh?". The times of India. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  17. ^ "Doorbeen (2014)". Gomolo. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  18. ^ "Another Byomkesh Bakshi mystery". 6 June 2014.
  19. ^ "Konkona Sen Sharma-Indraneil Sengupta to star in new Byomkesh Bakshi film". 26 April 2014.
  20. ^ "Press meet of 'Sajarur Kanta' held". Gomolo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  21. ^ "Sushant Singh Rajput to play Detective Byomkesh Bakshi". June 28, 2013. NDTV. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  22. ^ "Sushant Singh Rajput in Yash Raj Film's Detective Byomkesh Bakshi". June 27, 2013. Indian Express. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  23. ^ Ankita R Kanabar (24 April 2014). "The date shuffle". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  24. ^ "Next, Jisshu as Byomkesh? - Times of India". The Times of India.
  25. ^ "FIRST LOOK: Jisshu Sengupta as Byomkesh Bakshi - Times of India". The Times of India.
  26. ^ "Har Har Byomkesh actors share their experiences". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  27. ^ "Har Har Byomkesh: Complete cast revealed!". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  28. ^ "Jisshu as Byomkesh is far, far better than Uttam Kumar". www.telegraphindia.com.
  29. ^ "Arindam Sil back with the next Byomkesh project - Times of India". The Times of India.
  30. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "বরদা ও বহুরূপী (Baroda O Bohurupi) - The Skinchanger - Bengali Short Film". YouTube.
  31. ^ "The mystery of the Byomkesh rights - Times of India". The Times of India.
  32. ^ "I have never interacted with Didi with a desireto become a politician: Arindam Sil - Times of India". The Times of India.
  33. ^ "For tech-savvy's: Mobile game for Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! launched". India Today. 21 March 2015.
  34. ^ Amish Tripathi, Sita: Warrior of Mithila, page#135
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