Ekenbabu () is a

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detective fictional character created by author Sujan Dasgupta. The first story of Ekenbabu, "Manhatane Moonstone" was published in ''

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'' in 1991.

Character

Ekenbabu is a police detective who looks like a very common Bengali man. He studied

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in the

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. His real name is Ekendra Sen. He is eccentric, a little comical and takes snuffs. He is a man with a sweet smile, a bald head and a round face. Although he is a government employee, he likes to solve cases in his own style unlike a typical investigator. As per the writer, Eken's friend, Professor Bapi writes the stories of Ekenbabu.

Books

* ''Manhattane Moonstone'' * ''Manhattane Manhunt'' * ''Dhaka Rahasyo Unmochito'' * ''Ekenbabu O Keyadidi'' * ''Sankhayar Sanket'' * ''Shanti Niketon E Ashanti'' * ''Harappar Shilalipi'' * ''Spoken English Murder mystery'' * ''Melaben Tini Melaben'' * Karmaphal * Besuro Behalar Porer Kahini * Manhattan e Madman * Houseboat Nikhoj * Asol Khunir Sondhane * Ideal Jewelry * Woodbridge Shohore * Bhoyonkor Chithi * Khuner Aage Khuni Khoja * Columbus-ey Ekenbabu * Priceless Buddha * Manhattane Mystery Murder * Nrityoshilpir Mrityu Tadonte Ekenbabu * Eken Babu O Barman Barir Rahsya * Puroshkar Panch Hazar Dollar * Anguler Chhaap * New Hope Diamonds * Bouncy Ball * Shosommane Biday * Soundorya Boud * Diamond For Ever * Chadma Beshi Somoy * Parswo Choritre Eken Babu * Harano Prapti

Film adaptation

A drama film, ''

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'' released on 8 April 2022, directed by

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Anirban Chakrabarti Anirban Chakrabarti is an Indian Bengalis, Bengali film actor best known for portrayal of the character of ''Ekenbabu'' in a film franchise and separate web series under the same name. He has acted in several other thriller films including ''Kak ...

played the title role. Suhotra Mukhopadhyay had played the role of narrator, Bapi and Somak Ghosh had played the role of Promotho. A new film, '' The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan'', the previous film's cast reprising their roles which had premiered on 14 April 2023. ''Tungkulung-E Eken'', a web series was released on the streaming platform "Hoichoi" in December 2023, in the direction of Joydeep Mukherjee.

Television

Eken Babu web series ''Eken Babu'' is a Bengali-language web series streaming on Hoichoi. The web series is based on Ekenbabu detective story, which is written by Sujan Dasgupta Anirban Chakraborti plays the title role, with Shoumyo Banerjee and Debapriyo Bagchi ...

is a comedy-detective series that was first released on 3 March 2018 with 6 episodes directed by Anirban Mallik. Later on 10 November 2018, Hoichoi released the second season of the web series but the second series was directed by Anupam Hari. The third series was directed by Abhijit Chowdhury. Actor

played the role of Ekenbabu.

Radio adaptation

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Kolkata station aired Manhattan-ey Moonstone for Mirchi's Sunday Suspense Programme. Eken Babu was voiced by RJ Deep, Bapi by RJ Somak, Abinash by Sayak Aman, Sailen Sapui by RJ

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, Pramotho by Agni and the story was narrated by RJ Deep. Even Manhattan ey Manhunt was adapted and released by the same program on YouTube on 31 July 2022.

References

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