Byomkesh Samagra

Byomkesh Bakshi (or Byomkesh Baksi) (Bengali: ব্যোমকেশ বক্সী) is a fictional detective in Bengali literature created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. He is one of the most successful detective characters in Bengali literature. Bandyopadhyay once said that these stories can be thought as and read as social novels only.

The advocate-turned-littérateur Bandyopadhyay was deeply influenced by Sherlock Holmes of Arthur Conan Doyle, Hercule Poirot of Agatha Christie and Father Brown of G.K.Chesterton as well as the "tales of ratiocination" involving C. Auguste Dupin produced by Edgar Allan Poe. He was, however, concerned with how the Indian and Bengali fictional detectives created between 1890 and 1930 had failed to exist as something other than mere copies of the Western (and particularly English) fictional detectives. The stories of Dinendra Kumar Ray's Robert Blake, Panchkari Dey's Debendra Bijoy Mitra or Swapan Kumar's Deepak Chatterjee were almost always set in London or inKolkata which was identifiably the British metropolis.

Initially serialized in the literary magazine Basumati, the stories and novels were all eventually published in hardcover editions, the first being Byomkesher Diary. In all, Sharadindu wrote 33 stories featuring Byomkesh, one of which remained incomplete due to his death. At first, he wrote in Sadhu Bhasha, but later he preferred Chalit Bhasha while writing Byomkesh. Byomkesh is one of the most popular characters in Bengali literature, along with Feluda of Satyajit Ray, Kakababu of Sunil Gangopadhyay, Parashor Barma andGhanada of Premendra Mitra and Tenida of Narayan Gangopadhyay.



Stories:

The following list is arranged chronologically of publishing.
  1. Satyanweshi (সত্যান্বেষী)
  2. Pother Kanta (পথের কাঁটা)
  3. Seemonto-Heera (সীমন্ত হীরা)
  4. Makorshar Ros (মাকড়সার রস)
  5. Arthonamortham (অর্থমনর্থম)
  6. Chorabali (চোরাবালি)
  7. Agniban (অগ্নিবাণ)
  8. Uposonghar (উপসংহার)
  9. Raktomukhi Neela (রক্তমুখী নীলা)
  10. Byomkesh O Boroda (ব্যোমকেস ও বরদা)
  11. Chitrochor (চিত্রচোর) (later translated as Picture Imperfect)
  12. Durgo Rahosyo (দুর্গরহস্য)
  13. Chiriyakhana (চিড়িয়াখানা)
  14. Adim Ripu (আদিম রিপু)
  15. Banhi-Patanga (বহ্নি-পতঙ্গ)
  16. Rokter Dag (রক্তের দাগ)
  17. Monimondon (মণিমণ্ডন)
  18. Amriter Mrityu (অমৃতের মৃত্যু)
  19. Shailo Rahosyo (শৈল রহস্য)
  20. Achin Pakhi (অচিন পাখি)
  21. Kohen Kobi Kalidas (কহেন কবি কালিদাস)
  22. Adrishyo Trikon (অদৃশ্য ত্রিকোণ)
  23. Khunji Khunji Nari (খুঁজি খুঁজি নারি)
  24. Adwitiya (অদ্বিতীয়া)
  25. Mognomoinak (মগ্নমৈনাক)
  26. Dushtochokro (দুষ্টচক্র)
  27. Hneyalir Chhondo (হেঁয়ালির ছন্দ)
  28. Room Nombor 2 (রুম নম্বর ২)
  29. Chholonar Chhondo (ছলনার ছন্দ)
  30. Shojarur Kanata (শজারুর কাঁটা)
  31. Benishonghar (বেণীসংহার)
  32. Lohar Biscuit (লোহার বিসকুট)
  33. Bishupal Bodh (বিশুপাল বধ)

The last one, i.e., Bishupal Bodh is incomplete. Narayan Sanyal once wrote Bishupal Bodh: Uposonghar [বিশুপাল বধ: উপসংহার], which is basically a completion of this novel. Sanyal fulfilled some terms given by Pratul Chandra Gupta, who edited Bandyopadhyay's collected works. Samaresh Basu, as the editor of Mahanagar, a magazine, published it in a Pujaissue.

Regular characters:
Recurring characters in the Byomkesh series include:
  1. Ajit Bandyopadhyay [অজিত বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়]: Byomkesh's close friend and narrator of most of his stories.
  2. Satyaboti [সত্যবতী]: Byomkesh's wife. The two first meet in Arthomanortham.
  3. Khoka [খোকা]: Nicknames of Byomkesh's son. His original name is nowhere mentioned.
  4. Sukumar [সুকুমার]: Satyaboti's elder brother. Byomkesh saves him from a murder charge in Arthomanortham.
  5. Puntiram [পুঁটিরাম]: Home servant. He is seen in every story which takes place in Calcutta.
  6. Rakhal [রাখাল]: Policeman.
  7. AnukulBabu [অনুকূলবাবু]: He is first seen as doctor as well as the landlord in Satyanweshi, later he is found in Uposonghar.
  8. Tridibendra Narayan Roy [ত্রিদিবেন্দ্র নারায়ণ রায়]: Jamindar of a certain territory of North Bengal, seen in Seemonto-Heera & then in Chorabali.
  9. Ashwini Ghatak [অশ্বিনী ঘটক]: This doctor is found in Chitrochor & Durgo Rohosyo
Film and TV adaptations:
  1. Chiriyakhana a.k.a. The Zoo (1967) directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by Harendranath Bhattacharjya of Star Productions was the first screen adaptation of the sleuth's cases. Uttam Kumar had played the role of Byomkesh Bakshi while Shailen Mukherjee played the character of Ajit. The film boasted an ensemble cast of contemporary actors. Uttam Kumar, playing Bakshi, and director Satyajit Ray won a National Award.
  2. Shajarur Kanta (1974) directed by actress-turned-director Manju Dey and produced by Star Productions was the second film of the Bakshi series. Satindra Bhattacharyareplaced Uttam Kumar as Bakshi while Shailen Mukherjee reprised his role as Ajit.
  3. In the early 80s Kolkata Doordarshan produced several episodes of Byomkesh Bakshi where Ajoy Ganguly acted as Byomkesh.
  4. Byomkesh Bakshi (1993) directed by Basu Chatterjee was the critically acclaimed television adaptation of the series. Actor Rajit Kapur played the role of Byomkesh Bakshi, for which he was highly praised. Ajit was played by K.K. Raina and Satyaboti was played by Sukanya Kulkarni who was the first actress to play the character. The series lasted for 33 episodes.
  5. Byomkesh Bakshi (2004) directed by Swapan Ghoshal was the second television adaptation of the series also aired on Doordarshan. This series was pathetic. Actor Sudip Mukherjee debuted with the role of Byomkesh Bakshi and made a mess of the character. Debdut Ghosh played the role of Ajit . Satyaboti was played by Maitreyi Mitra.
  6. Byomkesh (2007) directed by Swapan Ghosal who also directed the previous series for Doordarshan that time he collaborated with Tara Muzik (a private Bengali T. V. channel). Actor Saptarshi Roy has played Bakshi while Ajit and Satyaboti were played by two other lesser-known actors.
  7. Byomkesh Bakshi was the first installment of another Byomkesh-film-trilogy directed by singer-songwriter-actor-director Anjan Dutta and produced by R P Techvision Pvt Ltd. The film was released on 13 August 2010. This movie was scheduled be followed by the other two film-adaptations of Chitrochor and Kohen Kobi Kalidas. The second film adaption is titled "Abar Byomkesh". Like several films of Dutta, this trilogy is also expected to be enacted by some young and relatively lesser-known actors. In the first film,Abir Chatterjee plays Bakshi while Ushoshi Chakrabarty plays Satyboti. The character of Ajit is played by the veteran actor Saswata Chatterjee. The three of them are going to reprise their roles in the second film. Coincidentally, Chatterjee also played the role of Topse - the juvenile assistant of another Bengali private investigator, Feluda (played by Sabyasachi Chakraborty) in Baksho Rahashya (film) in 1996 and a T.V. miniseries Feluda 30 (1997–2001).




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