
Writing
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Born — Died
1899-03-29 — 1970-09-22
Place of birth
Jaunpur, British India
Known for
Writing
Credits
8 titles
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was a Bengali writer. He was also actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. His most famous creation is the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi. He wrote different forms of prose: novels, short stories, plays and screenplays. However, his forte was short stories and novels. He wrote historical fiction like Kaler Mandira, GourMollar (initially named as Mouri Nodir Teere), Tumi Sandhyar Megh, Tungabhadrar Teere (all novels), Chuya-Chandan, Maru O Sangha (later made into a Hindi film named Trishangni) and stories of the supernatural with the recurring character Baroda, the Ghost Hunter. Besides, he wrote many songs …
Known for
10.0Rural melodrama about Durga, an adolescent child of nature, living with her aged mother Heera. Unable to get the medicine required to prevent her mother's death, one misfortune after another befalls the heroine in spite of the sympathies of the newly arrived village doctor, Jawahar.
Durga
1939
8.0A quarrel at a birthday party ends in a guest’s death, and the son takes the blame to protect his father. Fleeing to the city, he struggles until a street dancer helps him, and the two grow close. A chance encounter between the dancer and the man’s sister sets off events involving love, misunderstandings, and the eventual unveiling of the truth.
Punar Milan
1940
6.5When Byomkesh Bakshi's new client, Dr. Nishanath Sen, is murdered at Golap Colony, he decides to probe into the case with the help of his close aide, Ajit.
The Zoo
1967
6.3A detective is hired to find the arms left by the American soldiers after World War II. However, his search makes him discover a bigger conspiracy which he must anyhow solve.
Byomkesh Pawrbo
2016
6.8Famed detective Byomkesh Bakshi investigates the murder of a man who had just thrown a party to celebrate his recovery from a long illness.
Har Har Byomkesh
2015
7.8Convinced that his life is in jeopardy, Satyakam, the son of a business magnate hailing from Mussoorie, approaches Byomkesh with a plea for help. The legendary detective soon heads to Mussoorie, where he finds out that the youngsters worst fears have come true. Can Byomkesh unravel the mystery shrouding Satyakam's murder before it is too late?
Byomkesh Gotro
2018
Behind the camera
10.0Rural melodrama about Durga, an adolescent child of nature, living with her aged mother Heera. Unable to get the medicine required to prevent her mother's death, one misfortune after another befalls the heroine in spite of the sympathies of the newly arrived village doctor, Jawahar.
Durga
1939
8.0A quarrel at a birthday party ends in a guest’s death, and the son takes the blame to protect his father. Fleeing to the city, he struggles until a street dancer helps him, and the two grow close. A chance encounter between the dancer and the man’s sister sets off events involving love, misunderstandings, and the eventual unveiling of the truth.
Punar Milan
1940
6.5When Byomkesh Bakshi's new client, Dr. Nishanath Sen, is murdered at Golap Colony, he decides to probe into the case with the help of his close aide, Ajit.
The Zoo
1967
6.3A detective is hired to find the arms left by the American soldiers after World War II. However, his search makes him discover a bigger conspiracy which he must anyhow solve.
Byomkesh Pawrbo
2016
6.8Famed detective Byomkesh Bakshi investigates the murder of a man who had just thrown a party to celebrate his recovery from a long illness.
Har Har Byomkesh
2015
7.8Convinced that his life is in jeopardy, Satyakam, the son of a business magnate hailing from Mussoorie, approaches Byomkesh with a plea for help. The legendary detective soon heads to Mussoorie, where he finds out that the youngsters worst fears have come true. Can Byomkesh unravel the mystery shrouding Satyakam's murder before it is too late?
Byomkesh Gotro
2018
The love story between the beautiful village belle Radha and Kamal, the son of the village zamindar who wants to be a great poet. The zamindar sends his son to the city, where Kamal becomes a noted novelist and playwright, while Radha is persecuted by the zamindar and his henchman Banwari. She feigns suicide but in fact goes to join her beloved in the city (on the same train as the now repentant father). When she eventually reaches Kamal's house, she hears him declaring his love to a woman. Unaware that he is merely reading lines from his latest play.
Kangan
1939
8.0An allegory of contemporary political attitudes presented in terms of differing approaches to the institutionalisation of sexuality: marriage. There are three college friends: the liberal Vijay the conservative Loknath and Jagdish, a careerist. Vijay rescues a damsel in distress and marries her. Later, his son Anand repeats his father's history by rescuing Jagdish's daughter from a bandit and marrying her, resolving the differences between the three friends.
The Rebel
1940
