The Menagerie and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries Book Description :Īn Irresistible Volume For Crime Fiction Enthusiasts When, In 1932, Saradindu Bandyopadhyay Decided To Try His Hand At Detective Fiction Looked Down Upon In Bengali Literary Circles Of That Time As Frivolous Ventures He Scarcely Expected Byomkesh Bakshi To Become One Of The Most Popular And Enduring Creations In Bengali Literature. The Menagerie and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries Translated from the Bengali by Sreejata Guha Available in English for the first time in a superb translation, these stories will captivate every lover of crime fiction, young and old alike. And in Picture Imperfect, Byomkesh unravels a complex mystery involving a stolen group photograph, an amorous couple, and an apparently unnecessary murder. In the next story, he has to lock horns with an old enemy who has vowed to kill him with an innocuous but deadly weapon. In Calamity Strikes, the ace detective is called upon to investigate the strange and sudden death of a girl in a neighbours kitchen.
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In The Gramophone Pin Mystery, he must put his razor-sharp intellect to good use to unearth the pattern behind a series of bizarre roadside murders. In the first story, Byomkesh works undercover to expose an organized crime ring trafficking in drugs. Byomkeshs world, peopled with wonderfully delineated characters and framed by a brilliantly captured pre-Independence urban milieu, is fascinating because of its contemporary flavour. Set in the old-world Calcutta of the Raj, these stories featuring the astute investigator and his chronicler friend Ajit are still as gripping and delightful as when they first appeared. Written long before Satyaji Rays Feluda series, Saradindu Bandyopadhyays Byomkesh Bakshi mysteries heralded a new era in Bengali popular fiction. Picture Imperfect and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries Book Description :Ĭlassic tales of crime detection featuring Byomkesh Bakshi, the master inquisitor.
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The simplicity, the core always remained," he added.Ĭhatterjee also has shows such as Priya Tendulkar-starrer 'Rajani', political satire 'Kakaji Kahin', based on well-known author Manohar Shyam Joshi novel 'Netaji Kahin' and starring Om Puri, and TV film 'Ek Ruka Hua Faisla', a courtroom drama which was a remake of the Henry Fonda-starrer '12 Angry Men'.Picture Imperfect and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries Many filmmakers today ignore that and talk about the periphery, the frills. "Simplicity as an approach was part of his creative work. Kapur said what always remained true for the film-maker was his ability to "go beyond" in chronicling stories. In those, we shot all Byomkesh's scene of his house in Versova, then we went to another important location. "We met and within 10 minutes he told me 'I want you to play this.' We shot the series as a film, we went location wise and focused on the first 20 episodes. When a meeting was fixed with Chatterjee, the 'Raazi' actor recalled that the film-maker offered him the part instantly. The actor said his colleagues from the series 'Yugantar' suggested his name to the filmmaker for the titular role.
"That simplicity is seen in his work, be it 'Rajnigandha', 'Chhoti Si Baat' or even a detective series like 'Byomkesh.'" He'd straight get to the point, which was reflective to the kind of person he was: honest. "He had an extremely simple, basic approach with no frills attached.
The reason behind the popularity of the series, Kapur explained, was that even though the show was about a detective, it had the trademark simplicity one would associate with a Chatterjee film. Though 'Byomkesh Bakshi', based on the character created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, saw many versions, including a Bollywood film by Dibakar Banerjee, the TV series is often credited as one of the best adaptations of the character on screen. That's the approach he applied to his work." He'd look for solutions and I've learnt that kind of practical approach from him.
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