I might not have heard the
name of Shylock Holmes but I did hear the name Byomkesh Bakshi when I was a
boy. Thanks to the availability of Indian television at the CHPC colony in the
90’s. No choices were there as the only channel that was available was
doordarshan. That’s how I came to hear about Byomkesh Bakshi. Five months ago,
while surfing through some articles I came through Byomkesh Bakshi’s episodes
in one of the blog. And while going through it, I could find it linked to youtube.
If you are interested in detective stories, then you might find out this blog pretty
useful.
Byomkesh Bakshi is a
fictional detective of the Bengali
literature created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The
advocate-turned author Bandyopadhyay wrote 33 stories featuring Byomkesh one of
which was incomplete due to his death and most of the stories are centered in
Calcutta. The stories of Byomkesh Bakshi, the truth seeker was aired in the
national television doordarshan in the year 1993 and 1997 in two seasons. Actor
Rajit Kapur played the role of Byomkesh Bakshi and the series has 33 episodes.
Episode 1 Satyanveshi
Byomkesh Bakshi finds out
that the Police Commissioner is frustrated with the killings going on at the
china town in Calcutta and offers his help. He says that it’s his first case and
there is something called the beginners luck. He roams around the Calcutta town
and decides to stay in a lodge where he meets with Ajit, a writer. He
introduces himself as Manoj Kumar and is looking for lodging and job. Is source
of the crime in the lodge? Will Byomkesh solve the case? Or will he fail in his
first case? Find out in the first episode in the link given below:
The details of other
episodes will be in the next blogs. Ajit Kumar appears in all the episodes and assists
Byomkesh in his search for the truth.
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