Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

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Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (Bangla: শরিদন্দু বন্দোপাধ্যায়) (30 March 1899 - 22 September 1970)is a well known literary figure of Bengal. He was also actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. One of his immortal creations is the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi. Later he shifted to Pune.

Sharadindu Bandopadhyay wrote different forms of prose: novels, short stories, plays and screenplays. However, his forte was short stories and novels. To aficionados of his writings, his historical fictions like kaaler mandiraa, tumi sandhyara megh, tungabhadraar teere (all novels), chua-chandan, maru o sangha (later made into a Hindi film named Trishangni) and stories of unnatural with a recurring character Barada score high points.

Shradindu's writing was well researched, mellifluous, humorous and full of insights into human characters and contemporary urban Bengali society.

1 Life
2 List of Books
3 Filmography
4 Films based on Sharadindu's writings
- 4.1 Bengali
- 4.2 Hindi
5 Awards
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Life

Bandyopadhyay was born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. While studying in Vidyasagar College, Calcutta, he published his first work, a collection of poems, at the age of 20. He studied law, and then devoted his time to writing. The first Byomkesh Bakshi work appeared in 1932. One of his earliest stories, Raktasandhya, appeared in Bengali in 1939. It was later included in "The Scarlet Dusk" (2003), a collection of 5 of his stories translated into English.

He moved to Bombay in 1938 to write screenplays for Bombay Talkies and other film banners. He gave up ties with the film industry in 1952, and moved to Pune, to concentrate on writing. He wrote several ghost stories, historical romances and children's stories in Bengali over the next 18 years. He passed away in 1970.

[edit] List of Books

Collected Works called Sharadindu Omnibus in 12 Volumes.

(See also Byomkesh Bakshi for individual stories featuring this detective)

[edit] Filmography

As screenplay writer :

Durga (1939)
Kangan (1939)
Navjeevan (1939)
Azad (1940)

[edit] Films based on Sharadindu's writings

[edit] Bengali

Chiriyakhana directed by Satyajit Ray is based on one of the most intricate detective novels ever written in Bengali. It features supersleuth Byomkesh Bakshi
Jhinder Bondi is based on a recreation of Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope. This novel is categorized as one of Sharadindu's romantic novels.
Dadar Kirti directed by Tarun Mazumdar. This full-length feature is based on a short-story of the same name.

[edit] Hindi

Trishagni is an award-winning film directed by Nabendu Ghosh based on Sharadindu's historical short-story Moru o shongho.

[edit] Awards

Bandyopadhyay was awarded the Rabindra Purashkar in 1967 for the novel Tungabhadrar Tirey. The Calcutta University honoured him with the Sarat Smriti Purashkar in 1967 too.