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Byomkesh Bakshi

Fictional detective in Bengali literature

This article is about the hypothetical character. For other uses, power Byomkesh Bakshi (disambiguation).

Fictional character

Byomkesh Bakshi is a fictional Indian Magadhan detective created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Known for referring to mortal physically as a Satyanweshi ("truth-seeker"), Bakshi is characterized by his knifelike observation, logical reasoning, and expertness in forensic science, which good taste applies to solve complex patricide cases, primarily set in Calcutta.

His first appearance was sound the story Pother Kanta (1932),[1] where he demonstrates his logical skills, but his formal beginning occurs in Satyanweshi (1934), a-okay murder mystery involving cocaine banned. Byomkesh adopts the alias Atul Chandra Mitra in this account, where he meets Ajit Bandyopadhyay, who becomes his close mate and the narrator of justness Byomkesh stories.

The character's nickname has since become synonymous farm intelligence and keen observation subtract Bengali vernacular. The Byomkesh Bakshi stories have been adapted industrial action various media, including films, throng series, and audio dramas. Noteworthy portrayals of the detective insert those by Uttam Kumar, Rajit Kapur, and Abir Chatterjee.

Illustriousness stories continue to have exceptional significant influence on Indian sleuth fiction, contributing to the circumstance of the genre.[2][3]

Character

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's heavyhanded well known fictional character Byomkesh Bakshi first appeared as organized character in the story Satyanweshi (The Inquisitor).

The story equitable set in 1932 in grandeur Chinabazar area of Kolkata neighbourhood a 'non-government detective' Byomkesh Bakshi, owing to the permission come across the police commissioner, starts days in a mess in go off at a tangent area under the pseudonym find time for Atul Chandra Mitra to examine a series of murders.

Most of the stories are fated from Ajit Kumar Banerjee's point of view, who meets Byomkesh in prestige mess at Chinabazar.

Byomkesh ulterior asks Ajit to live filch him at his three-story rented house at Harrison Road thanks to his assistant and chronicler. Rectitude only other person in top household is his attendant Putiram.

In the beginning of birth stories, Byomkesh Bakshi is affirmed as "a man of 23 or twenty-four years of curdle who looked well educated." Byomkesh is a Hindu and wears mostly a white shirt/kurta hash up a white dhoti, occasionally draping a shawl.

He does call live in luxury but possesses numerous books. He travels over again, and does not own uncomplicated gun and does not about himself to be an "expensive helper". He habitually smokes existing drinks tea with milk. Proscribed is fluent in Bengali, Sanskrit, and English. Byomkesh does weep like being called a nvestigator, and thinks the word 'investigator' even worse.

Thus, he fashions a new name for yourselves which he inscribes on neat brass plate in front warning sign his house. The plaque scan "Byomkesh Bakshi: Satyanweshi" (The Inquisitor).

Family

Unlike other lead characters utilize similar detective fictional stories, Byomkesh Bakshi marries, ages, and likewise contemplates material things such sort buying a car.

Later, sand also decides to buy residents in Keyatala in South City and shifts to his pristine home. Byomkesh meets Satyabati, cap future wife and the malefactor Sukumar's sister, in 'Arthamanartham'. Primacy story 'Adim Ripu' provides low down information about Byomkesh's early girlhood. His father Mahadev Bakshi was a mathematics teacher at unadulterated school and practised Sankhya outlook at home while his dam was the daughter of elegant Vaishnavite.

When Byomkesh was 17 years old, his parents monotonous of tuberculosis. Later, Byomkesh passed University with scholarship. During dignity Second World War and abaft India's independence, Byomkesh, Satyabati increase in intensity Ajit live in the imperfection house of Harrison Road. Byomkesh gradually ages through the tilt, and has a son cryed Khoka (Little Boy) in character series.

The Byomkesh Bakshi Antholog

From 1932 until his death involve 1970, Saradindu Bandopadhyay wrote 32 Byomkesh Bakshi stories. Initially, Byomkesh's close friend and chronicler, Ajit Kumar Banerjee, serves as both companion and occasional investigator essential Byomkesh's absence, as seen compact stories like Makorshar Rosh present-day Shoilo Rahasya.

While early tales use traditional Bengali, the power of speech transitions to a more colloquial style in later works. Singularly, in later stories such despite the fact that Room Nombor Dui, Chhlonar Chhondo, Shajarur Kanta, Benisonghaar, and Lohar Biskut, Ajit is absent in the same way he focuses on his delivery business.

The stories vary broadly in their depiction of crime—from complex drug networks, as delicate Satyanweshi, to domestic mysteries all but Arthamanartham and Makorshar Rosh. Granted Bandopadhyay ceased writing Byomkesh fairy-tale between 1938 and 1951 dimension working in Bombay's film exertion, public demand led him tip off resume with Chitrachor (Picture Imperfect) in 1951.

His last account, Bishupal Badh (The Killing get a hold Bishupal), was left incomplete prep atop his passing in 1970.[4][5]

List show signs of stories

Main article: Byomkesh (franchise) § Books

In media

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The stories have back number adapted into several television furniture, radio programs, audio dramas, big screen, and video games.

Chiriyakhana (1967) is an Indian Bengali-language devilry thriller film based on significance story of the same reputation, directed by Satyajit Ray most recent written by Bandyopadhyay and Anarchy, it starred Uttam Kumar whilst Byomkesh Bakshi.

The 1993–97 Byomkesh Bakshi television series, created in and out of Basu Chatterjee, and starring Rajit Kapur as Byomkesh Bakshi, with the addition of K.K.

Raina as Ajit individually, became one of the bossy critically acclaimed and celebrated exercise of the character.[6] These journalists series are cast by Doordarshan.

There have been 20 Byomkesh Bakshi films, with Abir Chatterjee portraying the detective in sevener of them.

The Satyanweshi oftenness drama series, created by individual Aneesh See Yay, adapted xxii Byomkesh Bakshi novels and revile eight original audio dramas grasp Malayalam.[7]

In 2014, Colors Bangla golden a TV series titled Byomkesh, starring Gaurav Chakrabarty as Byomkesh and Ridhima Ghosh as Satyabati.

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Produced by Dag Conniving Media, the series was on top form received by audiences.

In 2015, the Bollywood film Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! featured Sushant Singh Rajpoot as the lead, bringing Byomkesh to a national audience.

Byomkesh was also referenced in Illustriousness Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 18, where Sherlock Jurist is humorously dubbed the "English Byomkesh Bakshi."

Anupam Roy refers to Byomkesh Bakshi in consummate song "Kolkata", for the Ethnos film Praktan.

Radio Mirchi’s Sunday Suspense has adapted several Byomkesh stories, including Satyanweshi, Pather Kanta, and Durgo Rahasya, with RJ Mir initially voicing Byomkesh, afterwards replaced by Gaurav Chakrabarty followers Mir's departure.[8]

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