Shabor Dasgupta is a

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character created by novelist

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay ( bn, শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায়; born 2 November 1935) is a Bengali author from India. He has written stories for both adults and children. He is known for creating the relativel ...

in the Goenda Shabor series. This figure is popularly known as ''Goenda Shabor''.

Character

Shabor Dasgupta is an Assistant Commissioner, Detective Department of

Kolkata Police The Kolkata Police Force (KPF) is one of the two presidency police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata Police has the task of policing the metropolitan area (apart from Bidhannagar and New Town, which are served by the Bidhannag ...

. He is a cool and intelligent officer without having a super image like other fictional detectives. He investigates in a realistic way, cracking mysteries with psychology. Sometimes it appears that he is bereft of all passions and has no private life or affections. Shabor's assistant ''Nanda'' helps him. Like writer Mukhopadhyay, Shabor is a

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, non-smoker and bachelor.

Stories

* ''Rwin'' * ''Prajapatir Mrityu O Punarjanmo'' * ''Aloy Chhayay'' * ''Rup'' * ''Podokkhep'' * ''Marich'' * ''Eagoler Chokh'' * ''Shiri Bhenge Bhenge'' * ''Tirandaj'' * ''Amake Biye Korben?''

Film adaptation

Director

Arindam Sil Arindam Sil is an Indian actor, film director and line producer. Early life Sil was born on 12 March 1964 in North Calcutta to a traditional joint family. He was a student of St. Joseph's College, Calcutta, and St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, ...

made the

Goenda Shabor (film series) Goenda Shabor () is a Bengali fictional detective series of police officer Shabor Dasgupta, created by novelist Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. This is a series of Indian crime thriller films directed by Arindam Sil starring Saswata Chatterjee in t ...

based on the Shabor stories. Actor

Saswata Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor of television and films based in Kolkata. Born to actor Subhendu Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee began his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Majum ...

portrays the role of the protagonist Shabor. The first film, ''

Ebar Shabor ''Ebar Shabor'' (Bengali: এবার শবর; lit. ''Now It's the hunter'') is a 2015 Indian Bengali-language mystery-thriller film based on the detective story "''Rwin''" (ঋণ) by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. The film is directed by Tollyw ...

'', was released in 2015, the second film, ''

Eagoler Chokh ''Eagoler Chokh'' ( bn, ঈগলের চোখ, eng, Eyes of Eagle; alternatively known as ''Goenda Shabor: Eagoler Chokh'') is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language crime thriller film directed by Arindam Sil. It is the sequel to 2015 film ''Ebar ...

'', was released in 2016 and the third, '' Aschhe Abar Shabor'' was released in January 2018. On 27 May 2022, the fourth film of Shabor series ''

Tirandaj Shabor ''Tirandaj Shabor'' is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language crime thriller film directed by Arindam Sil based on Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s novel ''Tirandaj''. It is the sequel to 2018 film '' Aschhe Abar Shabor'' and the fourth installment of ''G ...

'' was released.

References

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Shabor Dasgupta Shabor Dasgupta is a Bengali fictional detective character created by novelist Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay in the Goenda Shabor series. This figure is popularly known as ''Goenda Shabor''. Character Shabor Dasgupta is an Assistant Commissioner, Det ...

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