Byomkesh Bakshi in other media
Byomkesh Bakshi is an Indian-Bengali detective character created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Referring himself as "truth-seeker" or Satyanweshi in the stories, Bakshi is known for his proficiency with observation, logical reasoning, and forensic science which he uses to solve complicated cases, usually murders occurred. Bakshi, initially appearing in the 1932 story Satyanweshi, the character's popularity immensely increased in Bengal and other parts of India.
Many film, television, radio, audio drama and other adaptations that have been made of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's series of detective novels featuring his character, Byomkesh.
Books
Saradindu Bandopadhyay penned 32 Byomkesh stories from 1932 to 1970 prior to his death. In his early stories, Ajit Kumar Banerjee is described as his companion, and chronicler of his stories. But in some cases Ajit also investigates in absence of Byomkesh. The stories are all written in traditional formal Bengali language. However, later the stories shift to more colloquial language. The later stories are not penned by Ajit, who was engaged in his publication business.The stories are not very complicated but very engaging, with a long series of surprising events. The stories present a range of crimes from the first story, Satyanweshi, where Byomkesh destroys an international drug racket, to household mysteries and crimes like Arthamanartham and Makorshar Rosh.
Sharadindu did not want to continue the Byomkesh stories, due to which he stopped writing from 1938 to 1951. During that time he busied himself writing scripts for films in Bombay. After his return to West Bengal, Byomkesh stories were still in demand so he wrote Chitrachor in 1951 and other stories gradually on to 1970, when his last story "Bishupal Badh" was left incomplete owing to his untimely death.
List
There are 32 published and 1 unpublished Byomkesh stories. The list is chronologically arranged.Color key
- indicates "story".
- indicates "novel".
- indicates unfinished writings.
Television and streaming
Actor Gaurav Chakrabarty won a Tele Academy Award in 2014 for his role as Byomkesh Bakshi for Byomkesh.| Year | Series | Actor | Director | Aired on |
| 1980s | Byomkesh Bakshi | Ajoy Ganguli | DD Bangla | |
| 1993, 1997 | Byomkesh Bakshi | Rajit Kapur | Basu Chatterjee | DD National |
| 2004 | Byomkesh Bakshi | Sudip Mukherjee | Swapan Ghoshal | DD Bangla |
| 2007 | Byomkesh | Saptarshi Roy | Swapan Ghoshal | Tara Muzik |
| 2014 | Byomkesh | Gaurav Chakrabarty | Amit Sengupta, Gopal Chakraborty, Joydeep Mukherjee | Colors Bangla |
| 2017 | Byomkesh | Anirban Bhattacharya | Sayantan Ghoshal, Soumik Chattopadhay, Soumik Halder | Hoichoi |
| 2023 | Durgo Rawhoshyo | Anirban Bhattacharya | Srijit Mukherji | Hoichoi |
- Sushant Singh Rajput and Anand Tiwari reprised their roles from Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! in a 2015 episode of the long running Indian TV Series C.I.D. to promote the films.
- Actor Abir Chatterjee and Ritwick Chakraborty promoted the film Byomkesh Pawrbo in a daily soap Goyenda Ginni in Zee Bangla, as themselves respectively.
Radio
The Sunday Suspense series of 98.3 Radio Mirchi adapted several novels of Byomkesh Bakshi for audio stories which include Satyanweshi, Pother Kanta, Simanta Heera, Makorshar Rosh, Agnibaan, Roktomukhi Neela, Khunji Khunji Nari, Arthamanartham, Chorabali, Adwitiyo, Monimondon, Cholonar Chondo, Lohar Biscuit, Achin Pakhi, Sajarur Kanta, Durgo Rohosyo and Chitrachor, performed by Mir Afsar Ali as Byomkesh and Deep as Ajit. However, Mir left radio and Gaurav Chakrabarty replaced him. Gaurav has played Byomkesh in Banhi Patanga, Rakter Daag, Magnomoinak, Benisonghar, Chiriyakhana and Adim Ripu.Audio drama
The Satyanweshi audio drama series created by actor Aneesh See Yay adapted twenty two novels and eight original audio dramas of Byomkesh Bakshi in Malayalam Language| Year | Original title | English title | Based On | Ref. |
| 2019 | Satyanweshi | The Truth Seeker | Satyanweshi (novel) | |
| 2019 | Pathayile Mullu | The Thorn of The Path | Pother Kanta | |
| 2019 | Agni Asthram | The Fire Weapon | Agnibaan | |
| 2019 | Upasamharam | The Epilogue | Uposonghaar | |
| 2019 | Vilpathrathinte Rahasyam | The Secret of Bequeath | Khunji Khunji Nari | |
| 2019 | Bhootham | The Ghost | Byomkesh O Boroda | |
| 2019 | Vamshathinte Kolapathakam | The Successor's Murder | Rokter Daag | |
| 2019 | Chathuppile Chathi | The Deception With a Swamp | Chorabali | |
| 2019 | Chakravyooham | The Labyrinth | Dushtochokro | |
| 2020 | Chilanthiyude Visham | The Venom of Spider | Makorshar Rosh | |
| 2020 | Maranathinte Chathikkuzhi | The Death Trap | Cholonar Chhondo | |
| 2020 | Amoolya Vajram | The Precious Diamond | Seemanto-Heera | |
| 2020 | Akjatha Kolapathaki | The Unknown Murderer | Achin Pakhi | |
| 2020 | Raktham Puranda Indraneelam | The Bloody Sapphire | Roktomukhi Neela | |
| 2020 | Chithram Katta Kallan | The Picture Thief | Chitrochor | |
| 2020 | Randaamathe Muri | The Second Room | Room Nombor Dui | |
| 2020 | Prahelika | The Riddle | Henyalir Chhondo | |
| 2020 | Bomkesh AD 7907 | An Epic Voyage To The Future | Original Story by Aneesh See Yay | |
| 2020 | Rahasyangalude Kotta | The Fortress of Secrets | Durgo Rahasya | |
| 2020 | Adhirshya Thrikonam | The Invisible Triangle | Adrishyo Trikon | |
| 2020 | Thalam Thettiya Manassu | The Rhythm Less Mind | Original Story by Aneesh See Yay | |
| 2020 | Jailpulli | The Incarcerated | Original Story by Aneesh See Yay | |
| 2022 | Soothradharan | The Mastermind | Original Story by Aneesh See Yay | |
| 2022 | Pracheena Shathru | The Ancient Enemy | Original Story by Aneesh See Yay | |
| 2022 | Uttama Kallan | The Perfect Thief | Original Story by Aneesh See Yay | |
| 2022 | RasaThanthram | The Chemistry Trick | Original Story by Aneesh See Yay | |
| 2022 | AthulyaN | The Matchless | Adwitiyo | |
| 2023 | Vajramala | The Necklace | Monimondon | |
| 2023 | Amrithinte Maranam | The Death of Amrit | Amriter Mrityu | |
| 2023 | Velluvili | The Challenge | Original Story by Aneesh See Yay |
Video games
A hidden objects game for mobile devices called Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!: The Game was released by Games2win in 2015.Legacy
- A popular fictional detective named "Vyomkesh", has been referenced by Sita in Amish Tripathi's book Sita: Warrior of Mithila.
- He was referred in The Big Bang Theory episode named "The Mommy Observation".