Shabor Dasgupta Explained


Shabor Dasgupta
Series:Goenda Shabor
First:Rwin
Last:Tirandaj Shabor (2022)
Creator:Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Portrayer:Saswata Chatterjee
Gender:Male
Occupation:Detective
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Religion:Hinduism
Nationality:Indian

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.[1]

Character

Shabor Dasgupta is an Assistant Commissioner, Detective Department of Kolkata Police. 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.[2] Sometimes it appears that he is bereft of all passions and has no private life or affections.[3] [4] Shabor's assistant Nanda helps him. Like writer Mukhopadhyay, Shabor is a teetotaller, non-smoker and bachelor.[5]

Stories

Film adaptation

Director Arindam Sil made the Goenda Shabor (film series) in Bengali based on the Shabor stories. Actor Saswata Chatterjee portrays the role of the protagonist Shabor. The first film, Ebar Shabor, was released in 2015,[6] the second film, Eagoler Chokh, was released in 2016[7] and the third, Aschhe Abar Shabor was released in January 2018.[8] On 27 May 2022, the fourth film of Shabor series Tirandaj Shabor was released.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roshen Dalal. India at 70: snapshots since Independence. 23 August 2017. Penguin Random House India Private Limited . 9789386815378. 1 March 2018. 7 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230507200625/https://books.google.com/books?id=JYswDwAAQBAJ&q=Shabar+Dasgupta+Shirshendu&pg=PT353. live.
  2. News: Shabar back on public demand. Ganguly. Ruman. 12 January 2017. The Times of India. 30 September 2018. 16 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716154129/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Shabar-back-on-public-demand/articleshow/53671506.cms. live.
  3. News: Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay doesn't watch films made on his stories. Bhattacharyya. Deepshikha. 22 August 2016. Hindustan Times. 30 September 2018. 18 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180618075744/https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/shirshendu-mukhopadhyay-doesn-t-watch-films-made-on-his-stories/story-LybV5Kej07rxMtcijpyKiL.html. live.
  4. Web site: Shabor & the girls. https://web.archive.org/web/20180301225114/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/shabor-the-girls-201237. dead. 1 March 2018. 16 January 2018. 1 March 2018.
  5. Book: Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. Rahasya Samagra (Bengali). Ananda Publishers. 2015. 978-93-5040-542-0. Kolkata.
  6. Web site: Ebar Shabor, Arindam Sil's second directorial venture all set for release. www.washingtonbanglaradio.com. 1 March 2018. 25 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170825143607/http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/124957014-ebar-shabor-arindam-sil-s-second-directorial-venture-all-set-release. dead.
  7. Web site: Eagoler Chokh Review: Saswata Chatterjee Shines Throughout. Shomini Sen. 30 August 2016 . 1 March 2018. 1 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180301230101/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/eagoler-chokh-review-saswata-chatterjee-shines-throughout-1287173.html. live.
  8. News: Asche Abar Shabor. The Times of India . 1 March 2018. 1 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180301113522/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/asche-abar-shabor/movie-review/62603866.cms. live.

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