Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay ( bn, শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায়; born 2 November 1935) is a
Bengali
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author from
India
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. He has written stories for both adults and children. He is known for creating the relatively new fictional sleuths
Barodacharan,
Fatik, and
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 ...
.
Life
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay was born in
Mymensingh
Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is the capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north- ...
[ (now in ]Bangladesh
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) on 2 November 1935. The Mukhopadhyays were originally from Bainkhara, Bikrampur. During partition his family migrated to Kolkata. He spent his childhood in Bihar
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and many places in Bengal
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and Assam
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accompanying his father, who worked in the railways. He passed intermediate from the Victoria College, Koch Bihar before taking a Masters in Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
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from Calcutta University
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...
.
Mukhopadhyay started his career as a school teacher and is now on the staff of ''Anandabazar Patrika
'' Anandabazar Patrika'' (Bengali: আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা, ) is an Indian Bengali-language daily newspaper owned by the ABP Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1 million c ...
'' at Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
. He is associated with the Bengali magazine '' Desh''.
Comics from his stories
A comic based on his book ''Bipinbabur Bipad'' was released. With artwork by Swapn Debnath, the 48-page comic was published in monthly issues of ''Anandamela'' (September 2006 to December 2006). Another story ''Nababganjer Agantuk'', is now in the process of becoming an action comics by Visual Literature Entertainment, a group of new generation comics creators. Four more comics based on his novellas have been brought out by Parul Prakashani: ''Patalghar'', ''Bidhu Daroga'', ''Pagla Saheber Kabor'' and ''Patashgarer Jangale''. They are created by Sujog Bandyopadhyaya. His popular children's novel, Gosainbaganer Bhoot, was done into a graphic novel, The Ghost of Gosainbagan. Mukhopadhyaya wrote series of comic detective story of Goenda Baradacharan.
Film adaptions
Mukhopadhyay's novels were later adopted in movies.
* ''Hirer Angti'' was adapted into a movie ''Hirer Angti
''Hirer Angti'' ( bn, হীরের আংটি) is a 1992 Bengali film by Rituporno Ghosh based on a story of the same name by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay.
Plot
Gandharva Kumar's arrival disrupts the festive mood of Durga Puja at Ratanlal Babu' ...
'' by Rituporno Ghosh
Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his ...
in 1992.
* ''Nabiganjer Daitto'' was adapted into a movie ''Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha
''Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha'' () is a Bengali language fantasy comedy film directed by Tapan Sinha based on a novel ''Nabiganjer Daityo'' of Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay. This film was released in 1998 in the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. This was t ...
'' by Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both ...
in 1998.
* ''PatalGhor'' was adapted into a movie ''Patalghar
''Patalghar'' ( bn, পাতাল ঘর "The Underground Chamber" ) is a Bengali science fiction film based on the story of same name by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and directed by Abhijit Chaudhuri.
Plot
150 years in the past, Aghor Sen, a geniu ...
'' by Abhijit Choudhury in 2003.
* His short story ''"Dosar"'' was filmed by Rituparno Ghosh in B/W format into the film ''Dosar
''Dosar'' ( bn, দোসর; ) is a 2006 Bengali language Indian drama film. It was produced by Arindam Chaudhuri (Planman Motion Pictures) and directed by Rituparno Ghosh, the black-and-white film won the National Film Award – Special Jury A ...
'' in 2006.
* ''Sadhubabar Lathi'' was adapted into a movie ''Sadhu Babar Lathi
''Sadhu Babar Lathi'' ( bn, সাধু বাবার লাঠি "") is a Bengali drama film based on Sirshendu Mukherjee novel was released in 2008,directed by Sanghita Banerjee, the movie featured Ramaprasad Banik
Ramaprasad Banik ...
'' in 2008.
* In 2010, a film has been released named ''Banshiwala'', the script of which is adopted from the novel 'Banshiwala', written by him. 'Banshiwala' was also published in Desh Patrika.
* ''Kagojer Bou
''Kagojer Bou'' is a Bengali social drama film directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay based on a same name novel of Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. This film was released on 4 February 2011.
Plot
This is the story of love, lust, betrayal between relatio ...
'' was also adapted into a 2011 film by director Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay or Bappaditya Banerjee ( bn, বাপ্পাদিত্য ব্যানার্জী; 28 August 1970 – 7 November 2015) was an Indian film director and poet.
Career
Bandopadhyay was the recipient of the Mo ...
.
* ''Gosainbaganer Bhoot'', published in "Pujabarshiki Anandamela" adapted into a movie, ''Gosainbaganer Bhoot
''Gosaibaganer Bhoot'' ( en, The Phantom Of Gosaibagan Grove, bn, গোঁসাইবাগানের ভূত) is a Bengali comedy-fantasy film directed by art director, production designer, and costume designer Nitish Roy, based on a no ...
'' in 2011.
* '' Chayamoy'', published in "Pujabarshiki Anandamela" has been adapted into a movie by director Haranath Chakraborty and is scheduled to release in 2013. It stars Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu.
Personal life
His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabar ...
(in the title role), Dipankar 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'', ...
and Gaurav Chakrabarty
Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical TV series ''Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Chak ...
.
* '' Goynar Baksho'' has been adapted into a movie by director Aparna Sen
Aparna Sen (, ''Ôporna Shen'') is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, five F ...
in 2013.
* ''Ashchorjyo Prodeep
''Aschorjyo Prodeep'' () is a 2013 Indian Bengali-language film directed by Anik Dutta. The film is based on a short story by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. It is Dutta's second feature film as a director. The film's theatrical trailer was released on ...
'' has been adapted into a movie by director Anik Dutta
Anik DuttaSpelling according to The Times of India' is a Bengali language, Bengali film director who made his directorial debut in 2012 Bengali film Bhooter Bhabishyat. In 2012 he started working on a film on Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's novel ''Asch ...
in 2013.
* ''Wrin'' has been adapted into a movie named ''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 ...
'' by 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 ...
in 2015.
* ''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 ...
'' has been adapted into a movie by 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 ...
in 2016.
* ''Aschhe Abar Shabor
''Aschhe Abar Shabor'' () is a 2018 Indian Bengali-language crime thriller film directed by Arindam Sil. It is the sequel to 2016 film '' Eagoler Chokh'' and the third installment in the ''Goenda Shabor'' film series. The film released on 19 J ...
'' is a 2018 film and third installment of Goenda Shabor film series, is based on his story ''Prajapatir Mrityu O Punarjanmo''.
* ''Manojder Adbhut Bari
''Manojder Adbhut Bari'' is a 2018 Indian Bengali-language comedy drama film directed by Anindya Chatterjee based on the novel of the same name by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy and Abir Chatterjee play the lead roles ...
'' is a 2018 film of Anindya Chatterjee
Anindya Chatterjee is an Indian bengali film director, music director, singer, lyricist, actor and producer based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the singer-lyricist of prominent Bengali band Chandrabindoo. In recent times he has compos ...
is based on the novel in the same name.
* '' Bony'' is a 2021 film based on the novel of the same name.
* Tirandaj Shabor is a 2022 film and fourth installment of Goenda Shabor film series, based on his novel Tirandaj.
Works
"Jal Taranga" was his first story published in the magazine " Desh" in 1959. After 7/8 years of writing story "Ghunpoka" was his first novel published in the annual Puja edition of the magazine ''Desh''. His first children's novel was called ''Manojder Adbhut Bari''.
Adult fiction
Young adult fiction
* ''Nilu Hajrar Hatyaarahasya''
* ''Pidimer Aalo''
* ''Phajal Ali Esechhe''
* ''Phulchor''
* ''Bikeler Mrityu'' - Tells the story of Bobby Roy, an executive and Leena, his P.S.
* ''Jao Pakhi''
* ''Laal Nil Manush''
* ''Shyaola''
* ''Shiulir Gandha''
* ''Shada Beral, Kalo Beral''
* ''Dhonnobad Mastarmoshai''
* ''Baghumannar Borat''
Children's fiction (Odvuture Series)
Awards
* Vidyasagar Award (1985) – for his contributions to children's literature.
* Ananda Purashkar
The Ananda Puraskar () is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India.
History
The award can be traced to a comment by Annada Shankar Ray ruing the absence of liter ...
(1973 and 1990).
* Sahitya Akademi
The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its of ...
award (1989) for his novel ''Manabjamin''.
* Banga Bibhushan
Banga Bibhushan Samman ( bn, বঙ্গবিভূষণ) is a title instituted by the West Bengal government to honour the services of personalities in various fields. The Banga Ratna Samman and the Banga Bhushan Samman ("Bengal ornament" ব� ...
award (2012).
* Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is a literary honour in India bestowed by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.Quote: "In his acceptance speech when India's National Academy of Letters (Sahitya Akademi) in 1997 conferred its h ...
(2021).
* ABP Ananda
ABP Ananda (formerly Star Ananda) is a free to air Bengali news channel based in Kolkata, West Bengal owned by ABP Group. Founded on 1 June 2005 as Star Ananda, a joint venture between Star India and the ABP Group, the channel was renamed as ...
Sera Bangali Award (Sera'r sera)
References
External links
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Bengali writers
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Bengali detective fiction writers
1935 births
Living people
Indian children's writers
University of Calcutta alumni
Recipients of the Ananda Purashkar
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali
People from Mymensingh District
20th-century Indian novelists
21st-century Indian novelists
Writers from Kolkata