Byomkesh Samagra

Description

Byomkesh Bakshi is an Indian-Bengali fictional detective created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Referring to himself as a “truth-seeker” 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. The character has often been called the Indian version of Sherlock Holmes. Initially appearing in the 1932 story Satyanweshi, the character’s popularity immensely increased in Bengal and other parts of India.

Though it gained huge popularity in the Indian Sub-Continent with the film Chiriyakhana directed by Satyajit Ray, screenplay by Sharadindu himself, with Uttam Kumar portraying Byomkesh.