Satyanweshi () also spelled Satyanveshi, is a

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story written by

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was an Indian Bengali language, Bengali-language writer. He was actively involved with Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. The creator of the Bengali dete ...

featuring the

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detective

Byomkesh Bakshi Byomkesh Bakshi is a fictional detective created by Bengali author Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. A self-proclaimed "satyanweshi" (literally seeker of truth), Bakshi is known for his keen observation, logical thinking, and knowledge of forensic sc ...

and his friend, assistant, and narrator Ajit Bandyopadhyay. It is the first Byomkesh adventure written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.

Plot

Ajit Bandyopadhyay lives in a

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, along with some other people. Ashwini Babu and Ghanshyam Babu are two of the hostel inmates; they live next to Ajit. The hostel is run by a philanthropic

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doctor, Anukul Babu. Ajit has recently become aware of some murders that have happened in their locality. They seemed to have been done by the same person, possibly a serial killer. One morning a young man named Atul Chandra Mitra comes to Anukul Babu, looking for a vacant room in the hostel. Anukul Babu informs him that there is no vacant room currently available in the hostel. Ajit was sitting nearby and offered to share his room with Atul. Atul is gratified. He even offers to pay the entire rent which Ajit accepts. One night Ashwini Babu is murdered and Atul gets arrested. But after sometime he is released, without any explanation. That night the murderer of Ashwini Babu tries to kill Atul and Ajit, but he fails. The real killer gets arrested, who is Anukul Babu. He has been doing the business of

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behind

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. Ashwini Babu came upon the secret and thus had to be killed. After that, it is revealed to Ajit that Atul Chandra Mitra is really

who has assumed an alias to know the truth behind the chain of . Byomkesh takes Ajit to his home and they begin living together in the former's house with a servant, Punti Ram.

Characters

(Atul Chandra Mitra) *

Ajit Kumar Bandopadhyay Ajit, Ajith or Ajeet may refer to: * Ajit (given name), an Indian masculine given name (including a list of persons with the name) ** Ajit Bandyopadhyay (disambiguation) ** Ajit Khan or Ajit (born 1922), an Indian Hindi film actor ** Ajit Kumar (d ...

* Punti Ram * Dr. Anukul Babu * Ashwini Kumar Chodhury * Ghanshyam Babu * Police Commissioner *Servant *Inspector

Adaptations

Radio

* The ''Sunday Suspense'' series of 98.3

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(Kolkata) adapted this novel as aradio drama, voiced by

Mir Afsar Ali Mir Afsar Ali or Mir (born 13 February 1975) is an Indian radio jockey, television anchor, singer, comedian, actor and media personality. He was the host of Mirakkel, a Comedy show on Zee Bangla and Hi Kolkata on Radio Mirchi. He read on the sh ...

, RJ Deep and Richard.

Television

* This was one of the stories of the 1993 TV series ''

'' which were recreated for broadcasting on

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, the Indian national network, by

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, and became one of the most memorable episodes. * The story was adapted into another TV series in 2014, '' Byomkesh'', which aired on Bengali channel

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Film

* The 2015

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film ''

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! ''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language period mystery thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee, who co-produced with Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films and Dibakar Banerjee Productions. The film, which is based on th ...

'' is mainly based on this story.Dibakar Banerjee said he wanted a villain who can give competition to Byomkesh.
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References

External links

Byomkesh Quiz 1 – Satyanveshi (সত্যান্বেষী)
{{Byomkesh Bakshi 1934 short stories Detective fiction short stories Indian Bengali-language novels Indian mystery novels Culture of Kolkata Byomkesh Bakshi