Later, Byomkesh passed University with scholarship. When Byomkesh was seventeen years old, his parents died of tuberculosis. His father Mahadev Bakshi was a mathematics teacher at a school and practised Sankhya philosophy at home while his mother was the daughter of a Vaishnavite. In the story Adim Ripu, there is some information about Byomkesh's early childhood. When Sukumar is charged with murder in the story ‘Arthamanartham’, Byomkesh meets Satyabati, Sukumar's sister, whom he later marries. Unlike other lead characters in detective stories, Byomkesh Bakshi marries, ages, contemplates buying a car, etc. The plaque read "Byomkesh Bakshi Satyanweshi" (The Inquisitor). Thus he fashioned a new name for himself and had it inscribed on a brass plate in front of his house. It is also mentioned that Byomkesh did not like being called a detective, and the word 'investigator' was even worse. At the request of Byomkesh, Ajit starts living in the house with them. The only other person living with him, is his attendant, Putiram. Byomkesh Bakshi is described in Satyanweshi as "a man of twenty-three or twenty-four years of age who looked well educated." Later in the story it comes to be known that Byomkesh lives on a three-story rented house at Harrison Road. Most of the stories are written by Sharadindu under the pen name of Ajit Bandhopadhay who is said to have met Byomkesh in the mess at Chinabazar.
BYOMKESH BAKSHI SERIES
The story is set in 1931 in the Chinabazar area of Kolkata where a 'non-government detective' Byomkesh Bakshi, owing to the permission from the police commissioner, starts living in a mess in that area under the pseudonym of Atul Chandra Mitra to probe a series of murders. Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's most well known character Byomkesh Bakshi first appeared as a character in the story Satyanweshi ( The Inquisitor). It is also used sarcastically to mean someone who states the obvious. He fluently speaks Bengali, Hindi, and English.īoth of Byomkesh' names have since entered the Bengali language to describe someone who is both intelligent and observant. His habits include smoking, and drinking lots of cups of tea with milk. He travels frequently, and does not own a gun and does not consider himself to be an "expensive helper". He does not live in luxury but possess numerous books.
BYOMKESH BAKSHI TV
Rajit Kapur as Bakshi in the 1993-97 critically acclaimed TV seriesĪjit Bandopaddhyay (right hand and writer)īyomkesh is a Hindu and wears mostly a white shirt with a white dhoti.