HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Misir Ali
OR:
Misir Ali on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Misir Ali () is a fictional character in a series of novels by
Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
i author
Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, īŋŊumajuːn aÉĻmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...
. He was described as one of the most famous characters in Bengali literature, TV and film over the last three decades. In the books, Ali plays the role of a part-time professor of Psychology at the
University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...
. Despite his not being a professional psychiatrist, people come to him for psychiatric treatment because of his special interest and knowledge in
parapsychology Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, teleportation, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry (paranormal), psychometry) and other paranormal cla ...
. Later he was expelled from the University. Misir Ali is intelligent and often seen solving mysteries, although never accepting money for them. He is a logical person and doesn't believe in any paranormal activities. He has a personal diary named 'UNSOLVED,' in which he writes about those mysteries not solved by him. He is dark, tall and thin but in another story it was mentioned that he is short. He always lives in a small flat with a servant. Most of the time those servants are seen to be running away by stealing his money. His age in 'Nishithini' was 41 and in 'Misir Ali's "Aumimaangsito Rauhosso" his age is 51. He has a nephew named Amita. His mother died when he was two years old. His father was a Hujur (Muslim priest), who died when he was in class five. He grew up in his relatives' house. He is a chain smoker, but in every story he tries to quit. Every times he gets a letter he reads it three times. He is attracted to a girl named Nilu who was his university student. He is unmarried but in the story 'Onnobhuvon' only it was mentioned that he married Nilu and had a child with her. The movie adaptation of the first book of the series ( Debi) directed by
Anam Biswas Anam Biswas is a Bangladeshi director, screenwriter, composer and writer. He is the director and screenwriter of Debi, released in 2018. In 2016, he won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Aynabaji. Personal life B ...
, starring
Chanchal Chowdhury Suchinta Chowdhury Chanchal (born June 1, 1974), better known as Chanchal Chowdhury (), , is a Bangladeshi actor. He gained recognition with television roles in late 2000s, and went on to become one of the most popular leading men of Cinema of B ...
as Misir Ali and
Jaya Ahsan Jaya Maswood (born 1 July), popularly known as Jaya Ahsan, is a Bangladeshi film actress, model, producer and playback singer. Starting her career as a model and, later, as a film actress, she works mostly in Bangladeshi and Indian Bengali fil ...
as Ranu was released in October, 2018. The movie received widely positive reviews from fans and critics alike.


Bibliography

Among these 21 books there are 19 novels and 2 short story collections containing 11 short stories and one semi-fictional short story. He has a minor appearance in Himu's (another popular character by Humayun Ahmed) story Himur Ditiyo Prohor. Bhoy is a collection of 3 short stories and Misir Ali Unsolved is a collection of 8 short stories. # āĻĻā§‡āĻŦā§€: Debi (Goddess) (June 1985) # āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§€āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€: Nishithini (The Late Night) (1986) # āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ­ā§āĻŦāĻ¨: Onnobhubon (
Otherworld In historical Indo-European religion, the concept of an otherworld, also known as an otherside, is reconstructed in comparative mythology. Its name is a calque of ''orbis alius'' (Latin for "other world/side"), a term used by Lucan in his desc ...
) (January 1987) # āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻĻ: Nishad (Hunter or
NiášŖāda Nishada ( ) is the seventh and last svara in Hindustani music and Carnatic music. Nishada is the long form of the syllable ā¤¨āĨ€ (Ni). Details The following is the information about Nishada and its importance in Indian classical music : * Ni ...
(1989) - the hunter-gatherer aborigines from
Hindu epics Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called ''Kavya'' (or ''Kāvya''; Sanskrit: ā¤•ā¤žā¤ĩāĨā¤¯, IAST: ''kāvyÃĄ''). The ''Ramayana'' and the '' Mahabharata'', which were originally composed i ...
, or alternatively the untouchable
caste A caste is a Essentialism, fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (en ...
of corpse disposers also known as
Chandala Chandala () is a Sanskrit word for someone who deals with the disposal of corpses, and is a Hindu lower caste, traditionally considered to be untouchable. History Varṇa was a hierarchical social order in ancient India, based primarily o ...
s) # āĻŦā§ƒāĻšāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻž: Brihonnola (Eunuch or Bṛhannalā (August 1989) - the eunuch guise of one of the protagonist characters in the Hindu epic
Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the ''Ramayana, Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kuru ...
) # āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧ: Bhoy (Fear) - A collection 3 stories: ## "āĻšā§‹āĻ–", ("The Eye",) ## "āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨-āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛" ("Kofil the
Jinn Jinn or djinn (), alternatively genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam. Their existence is generally defined as parallel to humans, as they have free will, are accountable for their deeds, and can be either ...
") ## "āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¨ā§€" ("The Lady Companion") (May 1991) # āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ: Bipod (Danger) (November 1991) # āĻ…āĻ¨ā§€āĻļ: Onish (Godless) (May 1992) # āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž: Ami Ebong Amra (I and We) (February 1993) # āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ…āĻŽā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯: Misir 'Alir Omimangshito Rohoshsho (Misir Ali's Unsolved Mystery) (February 1996) # āĻšāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ° : Himu's second watch (February 1997) - crossover with Himu series. # āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋ: Amiy Misir 'Ali (I'm Misir Ali) (February 2000) # āĻŦāĻžāĻ˜āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋ: Baghbondi Misir Ali (Misir Ali Mousetrapped) (February 2001) # āĻšāĻ°āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨: Horton Ishkapon (Hearts and Spades) (February 2008) # āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻšāĻļāĻŽāĻž: Misir Alir Choshma (Misir Ali's Glasses) (February 2008) # āĻ•āĻšā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻĻāĻžāĻ¸: Kohen Kabi Kalidash (So Says the Poet Kalidāsa) (February 2009) # āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸: Tondrabilash (Trance and Delirium) (February 2009) # āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋ! āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ?: Misir Ali! Apni Kothai? (Misir Ali! Where Are You?) (February 2009) # āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋ ''UNSOLVED'': Misir Ali Unsolved (July 2009) - a collection of 8 short stories: ## āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ• (The Safe) - about the childhood of Misir Ali ## Fruitfly ## āĻ¸ā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ›āĻŋ (The Golden Fly) ## āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ (The Portrait) ## āĻ°ā§‹āĻ—āĻ­āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ• āĻ°āĻ‰āĻĢ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž (The Disease-Eater, Rawuf Miyaan) ## āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĢāĻŸ āĻ°āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ (The Mystery of the Lift) ## āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻž-āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤ (The Crawling Ghost) ## āĻŽāĻžāĻ› (Fish) # āĻĒā§āĻĢāĻŋ: Poofy (February 2011) # āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻāĻ§āĻžāĻ°: Jokhon Namibe Adhar (When Darkness Will Fall) (February 2012) #āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ (Misir Ali & Others) - semi-fictional autobiographical short story


Omnibus

There are 3 omnibus editions of books that are available for the Misir Ali series. * āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ…āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ ā§§ (Misir Ali Omnibus 1): (February 1996) * āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ…āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ ā§¨ (Misir Ali Omnibus 2): (February 2006) * āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ…āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ ā§Š (Misir Ali Omnibus 3): (2013)


Filmography

* āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ­ā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ›ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡āĻŸāĻŋ: Onno Bhuboner Cheleti (The Boy From Another World) * āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŖāĻž: Trishna (Thirst) * āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻĻ: Nishad (Hunter or
NiášŖāda Nishada ( ) is the seventh and last svara in Hindustani music and Carnatic music. Nishada is the long form of the syllable ā¤¨āĨ€ (Ni). Details The following is the information about Nishada and its importance in Indian classical music : * Ni ...
) * āĻŦā§ƒāĻšāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻž: Brihonnola (Eunuch) * āĻĻā§‡āĻŦā§€: Debi (Goddess) * āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¨ā§€: Swapno Sangini (Companion in Dream) Other dramas * āĻšāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ—āĻ° (Lunar Craftsman) hort appearance


See also

* Debi, a Bengali film based on the novel by Humayun Ahmed with the same name, directed by
Anam Biswas Anam Biswas is a Bangladeshi director, screenwriter, composer and writer. He is the director and screenwriter of Debi, released in 2018. In 2016, he won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Aynabaji. Personal life B ...
. * Himu, Bengali character created by
Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, īŋŊumajuːn aÉĻmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...
*
Shuvro Shuvro (), sometimes transliterated as Shubhro or Śubhra, is a fictional character created by Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed. Shuvro is one of Ahmed's recurring characters, who first appeared in the short story "Ekti Shada Gari" ("A White Car") ...
, Bengali character created by
Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, īŋŊumajuːn aÉĻmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...
* Baker Bhai, Bengali character created by
Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, īŋŊumajuːn aÉĻmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...
*
Tuni Tuni is a City in Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a second biggest City in Kakinada district. Freedom fighter Alluri Sitaramaraju studied here. It is a major commercial marketing centre for more than 200+ sur ...
, Bengali character created by
Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, īŋŊumajuːn aÉĻmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...
. *
Tara Tin Jon ''Tara Tin Jon'' () is a Bangladeshi television drama comedy series written and directed by author Humayun Ahmed. It began as a one-off telefilm in 2003 and centers on three bumbling, unemployed men and their misadventures as they try one scheme ...
, Bengali characters created by
Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, īŋŊumajuːn aÉĻmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...
appearing in a series of dramas, portrayed by Dr.Ejajul Islam, Faruque Ahmed and
Shadhin Khosru ''Chandrokotha'' is a 2003 Bengali drama film written and directed by Humayun Ahmed. It was produced and distributed by Nuhash Chalachitra. The film starred Ferdous Ahmed, Meher Afroz Shaon, Asaduzzaman Noor, Champa, Ahmed Rubel, Shadhin Khosru ...
. * Alauddiner Cherager Doitto, Bengali character created by
Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, īŋŊumajuːn aÉĻmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...
appearing in a series of dramas, portrayed by
Jayanta Chattopadhyay Jayanto Chattopadhyay (born 28 July 1946) is a Bangladeshi actor and reciter. He studied English literature from Calcutta University. He portrayed the famous character Misir Ali in a television drama named ''Trishna''. Works Films * '' Adam ...
. *
List of fictional psychiatrists Notes References Related lists * List of psychiatrists * List of psychologists * List of psychiatric drugs ** by condition treated {{DEFAULTSORT:Psychiatrists Fictional Psychi Psychiatrists A psychiatrist is a physician who ...


References


External links


Library of Congress Entry on Humayun Ahmed

Resource for most of the books by Humayun Ahmed
{{Humayun Ahmed Characters created by Humayun Ahmed Fictional psychiatrists Bengali-language literature Bangladeshi fiction Fictional Bengali people Fictional Bangladeshi people Male characters in literature Male characters in film