Byomkesh (TV series) explained
| Genre: | Detective, Thriller |
| Creator: | Dag Creative Media |
| Screenplay: | Joy Dasgupta |
| Director: | Amit Sengupta
Gopal Chakraborty
Joydeep Mukherjee |
| Creative Director: | Mainak Bhaumik |
| Starring: | Gaurav Chakrabarty
Ridhima Ghosh
Saugata Bandyopadhyay |
| Composer: | Neel Dutt |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Bengali |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 155 |
| List Episodes: | - Episodes
|
| Producer: | Rana Sarkar |
| Editor: | Shibu Sarkar
Toton Maiti |
| Cinematography: | Kiranmay Bhuiyan |
| Runtime: | Approx. 43 minutes |
| Network: | Colors Bangla |
| Company: | Daag Creative Media |
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 Byomkesh Bakshi, Ajit and Satyabati respectively.[1] The series premiered on 20 November 2014 on Colors Bangla channel and ended on 14 November 2015. This series is re-runned on 4 March 2024. The first episode was narrated by Sabyasachi Chakrabarty.
Summary
Byomkesh Bakshi (Gaurav Chakrabarty) is a young Bengali private detective who solves spine-chilling cases with his chronicler and associate Ajit Bandyopadhyay (Saugata Bandyopadhyay).
Cast
Main
Episodic appearance
- Kaushik Bhattacharya as DSP Purandar Pandey
- Krishnendu Dewanji as Inspector Rakhal Sarkar
- Arjun Chakrabarty as Debashish Bhatta
- Amrita Chattopadhyay as Deepa Bhatta
- Paran Bandyopadhyay as Anukul Babu
- Dwijen Bandyopadhyay as Ashwini Babu
- Parthasarathi Deb as Ghanashyam Babu
- Vikram Chatterjee as Bilash Mallick
- Ena Saha as Shoiloja/Hina Mullick
- Prasun Gain as Prafulla Roy
- Arun Bannerjee as Sir Digindra Narayan
- Arindol Bagchi as Bidhu Babu, Train Ticket collector
- Neel Mukherjee as Nandadulal Babu
- June Malia 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 as Dr. Debkumar Sarkar
- Sumanta Mukherjee as Dr. Rudra
- Subhasish Mukherjee 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 as Malati
- Ardhendu Bannerjee as Dr. Pannalal Palit
- Rajdeep Gupta as Inspector Ratikanta Chowdhury
- Basudeb Mukherjee as Deep Narayan Singh
- Amitava Das as Ramapoti/Bijoy Madhab Mukherjee
- Prantik Banerjee as Nitai
- Deepankar De as Ishan Chandra Majumder
- Tapas Paul as Sadhu/Ramkishore Babu
- Rudranil Ghosh as Bangshidhar
- Kaushik Sen as Manilal
- Kanchan Mullick as Murlidhar
- Sudipta Chakraborty as Haripriya
- Parno Mittra as Tulsi
- Kushal Chakraborty as Nishanath Sen
- Sampurna Lahiri as Sunaina
- Bidipta Chakraborty as Mrs. Roy
- Joyjit Banerjee as Sharup Kumar/Rajkumar Basu
- Shantilal Mukherjee as Santosh Samaddar
- Anindya Bose 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 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
- Rii Sen as Mohini Dutta
- Rajesh kr Chattopadhyay as Sanat
- Nibedita Chakraborty as Chameli(Santosh Samaddar's Wife)
- Ditipriya Roy as Chingri
- Arijit Bhusan Bagchi as Assistant Film Director
- Tamal Roy Chowdhury as Uday Madhab Mukherjee(Deepa's and Bijoy's Grandfather)
- Sayak Chakraborty 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 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
- Anindyo Sengupta as Manmotho (Agnibaan)
- Dipanjan Bhattacharya Jack as Amaresh Raha
- Arijit Chowdhury
- Indrasish Roy
- 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.
| Episode No. | Title | Part | Directed By | Original Air Date |
|---|
| 1 | Satyanweshi
(সত্যান্বেষী) | 1 | Amit Sengupta | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Pother Kanta
(পথের কাঁটা) | 1 | |
| 5 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | |
| 7 | Seemanto-Heera
(সীমন্ত-হীরা) | 1 | |
| 8 | 2 | |
| 9 | 3 | |
| 10 | Makorshar Rosh
(মাকড়সার রস) | 1 | |
| 11 | 2 | |
| 12 | 3 | |
| 13 | Arthamanartham
(অর্থমনর্থম্) | 1 | Gopal Chakraborty | |
| 14 | 2 | |
| 15 | 3 | |
| 16 | 4 | |
| 17 | 5 | |
| 18 | 6 | |
| 19 | Chorabali
(চোরাবালি) | 1 | |
| 20 | 2 | |
| 21 | 3 | |
| 22 | Agnibaan
(অগ্নিবাণ) | 1 | |
| 23 | 2 | |
| 24 | 3 | |
| 25 | Roktomukhi Neela
(রক্তমুখী নীলা) | 1 | |
| 26 | 2 | |
| 27 | 3 | |
| 28 | Byomkesh O Boroda
(ব্যোমকেশ ও বরদা) | 1 | Joydeep Mukherjee | |
| 29 | 2 | |
| 30 | 3 | |
| 31 | Uposonghaar
(উপসংহার) | 1 | |
| 32 | 2 | |
| 33 | 3 | |
| 34 | 4 | |
| 35 | 5 | |
| 36 | 6 | |
| 37 | 7 | |
| 38 | Adwitiyo
(অদ্বিতীয়) | 1 | Gopal Chakraborty | |
| 39 | 2 | |
| 40 | Achin Pakhi
(অচিন পাখি) | 1 | |
| 41 | 2 | |
| 42 | 3 | |
| 43 | Chitrochor
(চিত্রচোর) | 1 | |
| 44 | 2 | |
| 45 | 3 | |
| 46 | 4 | |
| 47 | 5 | |
| 48 | 6 | |
| 49 | Monimondon
(মণিমন্ডন) | 1 | |
| 50 | 2 | |
| 51 | 3 | |
| 52 | Banhi-Patanga
(বহ্নি-পতঙ্গ) | 1 | |
| 53 | 2 | |
| 54 | 3 | |
| 55 | 4 | |
| 56 | 5 | |
| 57 | 6 | |
| 58 | Adrishyo Trikon
(অদৃশ্য ত্রিকোণ) | 1 | |
| 59 | 2 | |
| 60 | Khunji Khunji Nari
(খুঁজি খুঁজি নারি) | 1 | |
| 61 | 2 | |
| 62 | Dushtochokro
(দুষ্টচক্র) | 1 | |
| 63 | 2 | |
| 64 | Durgo Rahasyo
(দুর্গরহস্য) | 1 | |
| 65 | 2 | |
| 66 | 3 | |
| 67 | 4 | |
| 68 | 5 | |
| 69 | 6 | |
| 70 | 7 | |
| 71 | Henyalir Chhondo
(হেঁয়ালির ছন্দ) | 1 | |
| 72 | 2 | |
| 73 | Adim Ripu
(আদিম রিপু) | 1 | |
| 74 | 2 | |
| 75 | 3 | |
| 76 | 4 | |
| 77 | 5 | |
| 78 | 6 | |
| 79 | Chholonar Chhondo
(ছলনার ছন্দ) | 1 | |
| 80 | 2 | |
| 81 | Lohar Biscuit
(লোহার বিস্কুট) | 1 | |
| 82 | 2 | |
| 83 | 3 | |
| 84 | Chiriyakhana
(চিড়িয়াখানা) | 1 | |
| 85 | 2 | |
| 86 | 3 | |
| 87 | 4 | |
| 88 | 5 | |
| 89 | 6 | |
| 90 | 7 | |
| 91 | Rokter Daag
(রক্তের দাগ) | 1 | |
| 92 | 2 | |
| 93 | 3 | |
| 94 | 4 | |
| 95 | Benishonghaar
(বেনীসংহার) | 1 | |
| 96 | 2 | |
| 97 | 3 | |
| 98 | 4 | |
| 99 | 5 | |
| 100 | 6 | |
| 101 | 7 | |
| 102 | 8 | |
| 103 | Room No 2
(রুম নম্বর দুই) | 1 | |
| 104 | 2 | |
| 105 | 3 | |
| 106 | 4 | |
| 107 | Magno Mainak
(মগ্নমৈনাক) | 1 | |
| 108 | 2 | |
| 109 | 3 | |
| 110 | 4 | |
| 111 | 5 | |
| 112 | 6 | |
| 113 | 7 | |
| 114 | 8 | |
| 115 | 9 | |
| 116 | 10 | |
| 117 | 11 | |
| 118 | 12 | |
| 119 | Amriter Mrityu
(অমৃতের মৃত্যু) | 1 | |
| 120 | 2 | |
| 121 | 3 | |
| 122 | 4 | |
| 123 | 5 | |
| 124 | 6 | |
| 125 | Shojarur Kanta
(শজারুর কাঁটা) | 1 | |
| 126 | 2 | |
| 127 | 3 | |
| 128 | 4 | |
| 129 | 5 | |
| 130 | 6 | |
| 131 | 7 | |
| 132 | 8 | |
| 133 | 9 | |
| 134 | 10 | |
| 135 | Kohen Kobi Kalidas
(কহেন কবি কালিদাস) | 1 | |
| 136 | 2 | |
| 137 | 3 | |
| 138 | 4 | |
| 139 | 5 | |
| 140 | 6 | |
| 141 | 7 | |
| 142 | 8 | |
| 143 | 9 | |
| 144 | 10 | |
| 145 | Bishupal Bodh
(বিশুপাল বধ) | 1 | |
| 146 | 2 | |
| 147 | 3 | |
| 148 | 4 | |
| 149 | 5 | |
| 150 | Shailo Rahasya
(শৈল রহস্য) | 1 | |
| 151 | 2 | |
| 152 | 3 | |
| 153 | 4 | |
| 154 | 5 | |
| 155 | 6 | | |
Controversies
It has been reported[4] 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 Gaurav Chakrabarty won a Tele Academy Award (Best actor in a leading role) in 2014 for his role as Byomkesh Bakshi.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/tv/Gaurav-wows-as-youngest-ever-Byomkesh/articleshow/45240218.cms Gaurav wows as youngest ever Byomkesh
- News: Sabyasachi thinks, his son copies him!. The Times of India. 19 Dec 2014.
- News: 6 actors who played Byomkesh Bakshi with elan. The Times of India.
- News: Actors Unpaid, Stop-Work Order on TV's Byomkesh. https://web.archive.org/web/20151227005110/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=ACTORS-UNPAID-STOP-WORK-ORDER-ON-TVS-BYOMKESH-06112015101014. dead. 27 December 2015. 7 November 2015. The Times of India. 6 November 2015.
