Arjun is a young

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character of

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. He lives at

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The character was created by

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in 1983. Arjun's mentor is retired official cop, Mr. ''Amal Shome''. Although Arjun himself solves the cases but he works most of the time as an assistant of Shome.

Books of Arjun series

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* Based on ''Sitaharan Rahasya'' and ''Khunkharapi'', a film was released in 2013 named '' Arjun: Kalimpong E Sitaharan.''. A Hindi tele-serial was released as ''Jungle Ki Gaherai Mey'', based on Arjun novel, ''Derdin''.

Kaushik Sen Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre based in Kolkata. He is the director of the well-acclaimed theatre group Swapnasandhani. He has won the BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his perfor ...

played the role of Arjun. * On 18 July, 2022,

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Kolkata (98.3 MHz) station aired the story ''"Der Din"'' on the ''Sunday Suspense'' show. The charecter of Arjun was voiced by Indrashish Roy.

Books of Arjun series

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