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television series based on the Bengali

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Byomkesh Bakshi Byomkesh Bakshi is an Indian-Bengali fictional detective created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Referring to himself as a "truth-seeker" or Satyanweshi in the stories, Bakshi is known for his proficiency with observation, logical reasoning, and ...

'' created by

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

. The series starred

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Saugata Bandyopadhyay ''Byomkesh'' was a 2014 Indian Bengali crime fiction television series based on the Bengali sleuth ''Byomkesh Bakshi'' created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The series starred Gaurav Chakrabarty, Saugata Bandyopadhyay and Ridhima Ghosh as Byomk ...

and

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, Ajit and Satyabati respectively. The series premiered on 20 November 2014 on

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channel and ended on 14 November 2015. The first episode was narrated by

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Summary

(

) is a young Bengali private detective who solves spine-chilling cases with his chronicler and associate Ajit Bandyopadhyay (

Cast

Main

Ajit Kumar Banerjee Dr. Ajit Kumar Banerjee ( bn, ড. অজিত কুমার ব্যানার্জী ) (1 September 1931 – 29 November 2014) was a noted environmentalist and expert in forest management and is known to be the father of the concept ...

as Satyabati

Episodic appearance

* Kaushik Bhattacharya as DSP Purandar Pandey * Krishnendu Dewanji as Inspector Rakhal Sarkar *

Arjun Chakrabarty Arjun Chakrabarty is an Indian television actor mainly working in the Bengali-language television industry based in Kolkata. He came to prominence playing the male protagonist "Gora" in the television serial '' Gaaner Oparey''. and is now known ...

as Debashish Bhatta *

Amrita Chattopadhyay Amrita Chattopadhayay is a Bengali film actress. Her debut film was Buddhadeb Dasgupta's ''Anwar ka Ajab Kissa'' After that, she acted in a number of Bengali, Hindi, and multilingual films. Early life and education Amrita did her schooling at ...

as Deepa Bhatta *

Paran Bandyopadhyay Paran BandopadhyaySpelling according tTimes of IndiaanTelegraph, Calcutta We'll follow this spelling. (alternate spelling Paran BandyopadhyaySpelling according t/ref> or Paran BanerjeeAlternative of surname ''Bandopadhyay'', see Banerjee) is an ...

as Anukul Babu *

Dwijen Bandyopadhyay Dwijen Bandyopadhyay (22 September 1949 – 27 September 2017) was a veteran Bengali actor and theater personality from West Bengal, India. He worked onstage from the 1970s. Bandyopadhyay has also been a professor in the department of Drama at Rab ...

as Ashwini Babu * Parthasarathi Deb as Ghanashyam Babu *

Vikram Chatterjee Vikram Chatterjee is an Indian actor of Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut with a small role in Mainak Bhowmik's 2012 movie ''Bedroom (film), Bedroom'' and was immediately noticed. In the same year he acted in B ...

as Bilash Mallick *

Ena Saha Ena Saha (born 28 May 1996), is an Indian film and television actress who predominantly appears in Bengali films and television shows. Career She has appeared in a number of Bengali TV serials, including ''Raat Bhor Bristi'', ''Bou Katha Kau'' ...

as Shoiloja/Hina Mullick *

Prasun Gain Prasun Gain (born 3 September 1977) is an Indian actor and dramatist who works in Bengali cinema and television. He is best known for his roles in ''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'' (2015), '' Alifa'' (2016), and ''Prem Amar'' (2009). He also played ...

as Prafulla Roy *

Arun Bannerjee Arun Bannerjee ( bn, অরুণ ব্যানার্জী, hi, अरुण बनर्जी) is an Indian Bengali film actor. Filmography Actor * ''Herogiri'' (2015) * ''Bhroon'' (2013) * ''Canvas'' (2013) * ''Jodi Hridoye Lekho N ...

as Sir Digindra Narayan * Arindol Bagchi as Bidhu Babu,Train Ticket collector * Neel Mukherjee as Nandadulal Babu *

June Malia June MaliaSpelling according tThe Times of India/ref> (or June Malliah) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bengali cinema and television. She is a philanthropist and also a member of West Bengal Women's Commission. In 2021, she wa ...

as Rebecca Lite * Sourav Das as a freedom fighter * Sourav Saha as Sukumar * Loknath Dey as Makhanlal * Debapratim Dasgupta as Motilal * Biplab Dasgupta as Chintamoni Kundu * Saptarshi Roy as Nilmoni Majumdar * Anirban Guha as DSP of Munger,Shashanka Babu *

Chandan Sen Chandan Sen (born 26 February 1963) is an Indian Bengali-language stage, television and film actor, playwright and director. Career He started acting in Bengali theatre in 1977. He joined ''Natya Anan'' theatre group as a creative director and ...

as Dr. Debkumar Sarkar * Sumanta Mukherjee as Dr. Rudra *

Subhasish Mukherjee Subhasish Mukherjee ( bn, শুভাশীষ মুখার্জি) is an Indian Bengali actor. He is a well-known actor in Bengali cinema. He generally appears in comedy and in supporting roles. Some of his well-known films where he acted ...

as Boroda * Anindya Banerjee as Shailendra Babu/Bhuban Das * Phalguni Chatterjee as Kaligati Bhattacharya/Suropoti * Tarun Chakraborty as Police Inspector * Debranjan Nag as Mamdo * Deepak Haldar as Ramanath Niyogi * Rupa Bhattacharya as Pramila Pal/Shanta Sen/Tapan Sen/Medini * Rajat Ganguly as Mahidar Choudhury *

Kanchana Moitra Kanchanaa MoitraSpelling according t''Times of India''an''Telegraph'' (Calcutta)/ref> is a Bengali film actress. She is a politician from Bharatiya Janata Party Acting career Moitra acted in 2008 Bengali film '' Sedin Dujone'' directed by Ata ...

as Malati * Ardhendu Bannerjee as Dr. Pannalal Palit *

Rajdeep Gupta Rajdeep Gupta is a Bengali film and television actor and was born in Kolkata. Career Rajdeep has made a name for himself in the industry with his spontaneous acting skills and guy next door roles. After a brief stint as a DJ at popular clubs ...

as Inspector Ratikanta Chowdhury * Basudeb Mukherjee as Deep Narayan Singh * Amitava Das as Ramapoti/Bijoy Madhab Mukherjee * Prantik Banerjee as Nitai *

Deepankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1 ...

as Ishan Chandra Majumder *

Tapas Paul Tapas Paul (29 September 1958 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actor and politician. One of the most celebrated actors of Bengali cinema, Paul is best known for his on-screen romantic collaboration with Mahua Roy Choudhury and Debashree Roy ...

as Sadhu/Ramkishore Babu *

Rudranil Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films. Education Rudranil Ghosh completed his early education at Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah under West Bengal State Board. He graduated from the Narasinha Dutt Co ...

as Bangshidhar *

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 ...

as Manilal *

Kanchan Mullick Kanchan Mullick is an Indian Bengali film and television actor and politician. In addition to the television show ''Janata Express'', Kanchan has also acted in movies like ''Mahakaal'' and ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona''. He is also a Bengali theatr ...

as Murlidhar *

Sudipta Chakraborty Sudipta Chakraborty is an Indian actor who mostly works in Bengali cinema. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''Bariwali''. She completed her school leaving examination from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort Willi ...

as Haripriya *

Parno Mittra Parno Mitra (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films. Mitra started her career on television. Her acting assignment was Ravi Ojha's Bengali TV series ''Khela'' (2007). She was catapulted to stardom after she ena ...

as Tulsi *

Kushal Chakraborty Kushal Chakraborty ( bn, কুশল চক্রবর্তী) (born 21 July 1968) is a Bengali actor and film director. At the age of six, he played the role of Mukul in Satyajit Ray's film ''Sonar Kella'' for which he won National Film Aw ...

as Nishanath Sen *

Sampurna Lahiri Sampurna Lahiri is a Bengali film and television actress. She made her big screen debut in the 2012 film '' Goray Gondogol''. In the same year she acted in the films ''Accident'' and ''Paanch Adhyay''. Works Films As Producer *Mini ...

as Sunaina *

Bidipta Chakraborty Bidipta Chakraborty is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bengali films. She had appeared in Debesh Chattopadhyay's play ''Brain''. Personal life Bidipta was born to eminent theatre actor Biplab Ketan Chakraborty and dancer Dipali C ...

as Mrs. Roy * Joyjit Banerjee as Sharup Kumar/Rajkumar Basu *

Shantilal Mukherjee Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films. Biography Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He lost his father in an early age. He was admitted in Sarsuna High School from where he passed Madhyamik e ...

as Santosh Samaddar *

Anindya Bose Anindya Bose is a Bengali people, Bengali singer composer lyricist. He is one of the popular Bengali singer based out of Kolkata. He is also famous as a music composer and a scriptwriter of Bengali films. Anindya Bose is also an activist who to ...

as Prabal Mallick * Hritojeet Chottopadhyay as Kumar Tridibendra Narayan Rai Bahadur * Aditi Chatterjee as Damayanti Sen * Jayanta Dutta Burman as Kamal Krishna Das *

Badshah Maitra Badshah Moitra ( bn, বাদশা মৈত্র; also known as Badshah Maitra) is an Indian actor, who primarily works in Bengali TV soap operas and films. Career Badshah started his career in Bengali theatre and stage. He made his debut in ...

as Dr. Bhujangadhar Das * Vivaan Ghosh as Satyakam Das * Rohit Mukherjee as Ushapati Das * Partha Pratim Dutta as Sunil Sarkar * Tribikram Ghosh as Ramani Mohan Babu * Sandip Dey as Nepal Gupta * Indrajit Deb as Dr Sen * Rana Mitra as Gangadhar(Benimadhab's Son in Law) * Shreyasree Samanta as Laboni * Saurav Palodhi as Amritya *

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as Mohini Dutta * Rajesh kr Chattopadhyay as Sanat * Nibedita Chakraborty as Chameli(Santosh Samaddar's Wife) *

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as Chingri * Tamal Roy Chowdhury as Uday Madhab Mukherjee(Deepa's and Bijoy's Grandfather) *

Sayak Chakraborty Sayak Chakraborty (born 27 September 1994) is a Bengali actor who works in Bengali cinema. He is known for his portrayal as Krishna in the TV serial ''Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya'', a mythological show, and ''Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni'' a historic ...

as Rathin * Indrajit Mazumder as Phanish Chakraborty * Ashok Mukherjee as Manish Chakraborty * Sourav Chakraborty as Madhumoy Ghosh * Judhajit Banerjee as Inspector Pramod Barat * Kanyakumari Mukherjee /

Soumili Biswas Soumili Biswas is a Bengali film and television actress, model, TV anchor, and a classical danseuse. Her first feature film, '' Alo'', was released in 2003, where she plays a supporting role. She started as the anchor of non-fiction, student-ba ...

as Sulochana * Samir Biswas as Pranhori Poddar * Rishav Basu as Bijoy Sen/Amar Pal * Arindam Chatterjee as Himanshu Ray(Zamindar of Chorabali)/Pratul Gupta * Soma Chakraborty * * Dipanjan Bhattacharya Jack as Amaresh Raha * Arijit Chowdhury *

Indrasish Roy Indrasish Roy is an Indian film and television actor. He played the role of Tintin in serial ''Gaaner Opare''. Later he played the lead role of Chandrakiran Chowdhury, the male protagonist of serial ''Adwitiya''. He debuted in films with Kaushik ...

* Ratan Sarkhel as manager of old mess of Byomkesh and Ajit * Ritoja Majumder * Anindita Sarker

Episodes

The episodes are listed as per they are aired.

Controversies

It has been reported that the shooting has been halted by a notification issued by the Artist Forum when they received several complaints against the production house Dag Creative Media. Complaints had been made by several artistes about non payment of dues for multiple months. The Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India has come out in support of the artists.

Awards

* Actor

won a Tele Academy Award (Best actor in a leading role) in 2014 for his role as Byomkesh Bakshi.

Notes

References

External links

* * {{Byomkesh Bakshi Bengali-language television programming in India Indian crime television series Byomkesh Bakshi 2014 Indian television series debuts 2015 Indian television series endings Television shows based on Indian novels Television shows set in Kolkata Indian mystery television series Detective television series Colors Bangla original programming