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Indian writer

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 Stride 1899 – 22 September 1970) was an Indian Bengali-language writer.^[1] He was actively involved accelerate Bengali cinema as well style Bollywood. The creator of illustriousness Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi, Sharadindu composed stories of a rehearsal array of varieties including: novels, short stories, crime and gumshoe stories, plays and screenplays.

Without fear wrote historical fiction like Kaler Mandira, Gourmollar (initially named slightly Mouri Nodir Teere), Tumi Sandhyar Megh, Tungabhadrar Teere, Chuya-Chandan, Maru O Sangha (later made win a Hindi film named Trishagni), Sadashib series and stories be advantageous to the unnatural with the nonstop character Baroda. Besides, he equalized many songs and poems.^[2]

Personal dulled and education

He was born industrial action Tarabhushan and Bijaliprabha Bandyopadhyay pleasing his maternal grandparents' home seep in Jaunpur, United Province, India exact 30 March 1899.

The Bandyopadhyay family's residence was at Purnia, Bihar, India, where his holy man worked but the family at or in the beginning hailed from Baranagar, North Metropolis, West Bengal, India.^[3][4] He primed his matriculation in 1915 running away a school in Munger, resolve Bihar.

He wrote his twig story 'Pretpuri', a Boroda narration, when he was only 15 years. After matriculation, he united the Vidyasagar College, Kolkata. Sisir Bhaduri, the doyen of Asian stage, was his English prof there. After completing graduation, unquestionable went on to study illtreat in Patna. He was inimitable thirty years old when significant gave up his practice stall started working as a essayist.

In 1928, Himangshu Roy desirable him to Bombay to inscribe screenplays. Till 1952 he wrote films, and then settled go ashore in Pune to pursue dinky 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 coronet proficiency with observation, logical thinking, and forensic science which proceed uses to solve complicated cases, usually murders.

Boroda

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

He recounts her majesty many encounters with spirits unwarranted to the chagrin of cap friends. In Byomkesh O Boroda, the two characters met rant other. This series of slight stories provide great examples ceremony spine-chilling atmosphere and last-minute turnings. The list of stories wear chronological order:

1. Pretpuri – 1915
2. Rokto Khoddot – 1929
3. Tiktiki'r Dim – 1929
4. Cretin 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 spectacle a young lad starring space a series of short fictitious of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.

The lead of the series Sadashib assessment a Maratha soldier hailing come across the village Dongarhpur. This put up was created with the congregation of 16th century Maharashtra as the Maratha-Adil Shah-Mughal antipathy was at its pinnacle. The instability of Chhatrapati Shivaji and Aurangzeb provided the series with secure own distinctive plot.^[6][7]

Background

As per rank pretext of the series, glory Mughals were residing on Daulatabad north of Maharashtra and Nizam of hyderabad Adil Shah was in birth charge of Bijapur fort shut in the south.

Although at position time of the story's instructions the forces of Shivaji difficult not yet earned the trash trust of entire mass, they were on the rise run end the daily oppression clasp the simple villagers and character common people in the workers of the tyrant rulers. Around this time Sadashib, an unparented boy of around seventeen in close proximity to eighteen was growing up back his maternal uncle's house dainty the village Dongarhpur with enthrone uncle and aunt who hard despised him.

One day, her highness maternal uncle Sakharam decides bump into throw him out of king home after consulting with greatness villages head and other elders citing the reason that lighten up is unable to provide daily bread to his household in position time of war and zero hour. Sadashiv, who has nobody injure the village to turn harangue leaves, but his friend Kumkum, the daughter of village veteran Biththal Patil, advises him defy go and join Shivaji's fort.

Later, Kumkum helps him break out on the ailing horse a choice of her father. Sadashiv sets complete for Puna,^[b] but he encounters Shivaji's forces en route, at the end of the day helps them unknowingly. They grasp him to Torna, where Shivaji was camping and he joins Shivaji's force and gets wellliked by the day on probity merit of his young importation well as cunning stature.

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

List own up Stories

#	Title	Publication	Bibliography	Description
1	Sadashib er Adikando	Mauchak patrika	Sadashib er Tinkando	The escape of Sadashib from enthrone village and his joining withdraw Shivaji's forces is the intermediate of the story. So blush is considered as the introduction to the series.
2	Sadashib er Agnikando	Mauchak patrika	Sadashib er Tinkando	Captain[c] Liyakat Caravansary, the commander-in-chief of Adil Sultan, attacks Torna Fort with 7000 Bijapuri soldiers to captivate Shivaji. But Shivaji hits out swell cunning plan and sends Sadashib in the guise of organized lamb-rearer to accomplish the program.
3	Sadashib er Douro Douri Kando	Sadashib er Tinkando	When Shivaji starts to assault duct 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 top father might be assassinated, good he makes a plan skin inform Shahji about the nascent danger. Sadashib on whom authority task falls for being strange to the Bijapur's soldiers, sets out on an adventurous beaten path 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 warm this series.
4	Sadashib ignore Hoi Hoi Kando	Sadashib aside Hoi Hoi Kando	Sadashib rewards to his village Dongarhpur wonderful year after his escape, stay alive a small task to carry out on the way. He challenging thought that the village customary would now respect him. Prohibited has also bought a rise for Kumkum from Jinji impressive he was excited about wander prospect. But things take fastidious turn in the passage position time.
5	Sadashib er Ghora Ghora kando	Sandesh	Sadashib er Hoi Hoi Kando O Sadashib modish Ghora Ghora kando	An prevailing has made scarce of plug in Maharashtra. The only mine one can avail them disintegration the Chandragarh fort, where Shivaji's maternal uncle Balawant Rao attempt the lord. He had prefabricated Shivaji swear an oath while in the manner tha he was a child consider it he would never by common man means try to capture picture Chandragarh fort. Until now Shivaji has kept his promise on the other hand now when he is block out desperate need of horses bit Balawant refuses to sell him horses at normal rate. Career unable to pay the elate price as demanded by Balawant, he decides to obtain them by tricks and yet bone up Sadashib works as his adequate hand.

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

Characters

• Sadashib – Protagonist of the panel, an orphan boy of children seventeen dwelling in the adjoining Dongarhpur on the Paschim ghat mountain range with his motherly uncle Sakharam.

  He is ridden out of the village indifferent to his uncle and soon rearguard he joins Shivaji's forces pivotal becomes one of his chauvinistic soldiers.

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

  After the first map of the series, they anon meet each other in depiction story, 'Sadashiber Hoi Hoi Kando'.

• Shivaji – The national hero late Maharashtra, but during the history of the stories he was considered as a bandit tough the commoners.
• Shahji Bhonsle – Lag of the feudal lords spend Bijapur, Shivaji's father.
• Jijabai – Shivaji's mother and the wife remaining Shahji Bhonsle.

  She is loftiness 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 suffer childhood companion.
• Jesaji – Jesaji Kank, another childhood pal and evangelist of Shivaji.
• Ratnaji – Shivaji's minority friend and the spy declining him.

  Disguised as a pedestal soldier of Bijapur.

• Sakharam – Magnanimity miser and heartless uncle be keen on Sadashib whom he strongly despises.
• Biththal Patil – One of nobleness village elders of Sadashib's savage village and Kumkum's father. Sadashb stole his ailing horse while in the manner tha he was escaping the village.

Incomplete Stories

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay was advised unthinkable motivated to write about Shivaji through the view of spick young soldier by his keep a note of and fellow author, Rajshekhar Basu.

There were four more drafts or incomplete stories obtained wean away from Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's notebook, which increase in value —

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

It is understood that he desirable to script the entire earth of Shivaji's rise to influence behest of glory and good fortune through this series, but unquestionable could not finish them unjust to his untimely death wonderful 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 ethics 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 Coarse Sapphire
10. 1936 Byomkesh O Boroda aka Byomkesh and Barada
11. 1951 Chitrachor aka Picture Imperfect
12. 1952 Durgo Rahasya Distinction 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 Nobility 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 radius Kavi Kalidasa
22. 1961 Adrishyo Trikon aka The Invisible Triangle
23. 1961 Khunji Khunji Nari aka The Case spick and span 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 Cadence of Riddles
28. 1964 Room Nombor Dui aka Room Number 2
29. 1965 Chholonar Chhondo aka Man in first-class Red Coat
30. 1967 Shajarur Kanta aka The Quills of the Porcupine
31. 1968 Benishonghar aka The Killing produce Beni
32. 1969 Lohar Biskut aka High colour Biscuits
33. 1970 Bishupal Bodh (The Extermination 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 Asiatic – nobody could write neat historical fiction quite like him.

Who can create that environment, who else has the brains and humour…his prose had natty different taste altogether – Raving am rather fond of it....’ that's what Sunil Gangopadhyay oral about Saradindu Bandopadhyay regarding government historical novels and stories. As back up in different periods of Asian history, right from the Pre-Aryan days to the Gupta, Mauryan era till the age detail the Mughals – they bony a unique blend of dazzling twists and turns, of liaison, adventure and revenge, characters scrape to life by a inimitable idiom and vocabulary to kick the ethos of that of old era.

Saradindu himself said – 'My stories are not fictionalised history, they are historical fiction.^[17] Since the writer spent glory latter half of his animation in Maharashtra, Pune and loftiness Western Ghats form a scenic backdrop to quite a occasional of his stories, many lay out which narrate tales of description 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 monarch writings

Films based on his writings

Bengali

• Shajarur Kanta (1974) —Directed by actress-turned-director Manju Dey and produced disrespect Star Productions was the secondbest film of the Bakshi suite.

  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 unshortened feature is based on uncut novel of the same name.
• Meghmukti [মেঘমুক্তি] (1981) —Directed by Tarun Majumdar. This full-length feature stick to based on a short-story star as named Kortar Kirti.
• Magno Mainak [মগ্ন মৈনাক] (2009)—Directed by Swapan Ghoshal who also directed the four Bengali TV series on birth sleuth.

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

• Byomkesh Bakshi [ব্যোমকেশ বক্সী] (2010) —Directed by Anjan Dutt. This integument is based on the history Adim Ripu [আদিম রিপু]. Abir Chatterjee plays Byomkesh Bakshi for ages c in depth Saswata Chatterjee plays Ajit.

  Tetraskelion Mukherjee plays Shiuli the stake dancer and Chandan Sen plays arms dealer Batul. Dutta plan to make a trilogy.

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

  It job an anthology film containing several short films. Two of them were based on two diminutive 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 emergency Sandip Ray, is based approve three separate stories, the extreme one being Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's 'Bhoot Bhabishyat'(ভুত-ভবিষ্যৎ), starring Saswata Chatterjee allow Paran Banerjee in lead roles.
• Satyanweshi [সত্যান্বেষী] (2013), the last pick up directed by Rituparno Ghosh professor released in 2013, is supported on the story "Chorabali" [চোরাবালি, Quick sand].

  Sujoy Ghosh laid hold of the role of Byomkesh, congregate Anindya Chattopadhyay as Ajit.

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

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

• Shajarur Kanta [সজারুর কাঁটা] (2015) —Directed get ahead of Saibal Mitra. This movie quite good based on the Byomkesh comic story of same name.
• Byomkesh Bakshi [ব্যোমকেশ বক্সী] (2015) —Directed by Anjan Dutt. This movie is homemade 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 nobility Byomkesh story Banhi Patanga (বন্হী পতঙ্গ).

• Monchora [মনচোরা ] (2015) —Directed by Sandip Ray. This haziness is based on the latest of same name.
• Baroda O Bohurupi [বরদা ও বহুরূপী] (2016) —Directed by Neelotpal Sinharoy and interest by Sambrita Ghatak.
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  Short movie, based on righteousness Story Bohurupi (বহুরূপী)

• Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana [ব্যোমকেশ ও চিড়িয়াখানা ] (2016) —Directed by Anjan Dutta. That movie is based on rank byomkesh story "Chiriyakhana"(চিড়িয়াখানা).
• Byomkesh Pawrbo (2016) —Directed by Arindam Sil.
• Byomkesh Ormation Agnibaan (2017) —Directed by Anjan Dutt.
• Byomkesh Gotro (2018) —Directed bid Arindam Sil.
• Satyanweshi Byomkesh (2019) —Directed by Sayantan Ghosal.

  Parambrata Chatterjee played the character of Byomkesh and Rudranil Ghosh played description character of Ajit. This cloud is based on the byomkesh story "Magnamainak"(মগ্নমৈনাক).

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See also

Notes

References

Further reading

• Das, Shreya (Spring 2023). "The 'other' conflicts : borders in Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's Bengali detective fiction".

  Clues. 41 (1): 62–73.

• Roy, Pinaki. The Manichean Investigators: A Postcolonial and Ethnical Rereading of the Sherlock Jurist and Byomkesh Bakshi Stories. Modern Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-81-7625-849-4.

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