Byomkesh Bakshi is the first Hindi Television series based on the Byomkesh Bakshi character created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The series stars Rajit Kapur and K.K. Raina as Byomkesh Bakshi and Ajit Kumar Banerji respectively. It became critically acclaimed and most celebrated adaptation of the character keeping it fresh even after decades.^[1][2]

• 2Cast
• 3Episodes

Synopsis[edit]

Byomkesh Bakshi is a Bengali Detective who takes on spine-chilling cases with his sidekick Ajitkumar Banerji. Byomkesh identifies himself as Satyanweshi meaning 'truth seeker' rather than a detective. He stands out from other legendary detectives like Poirot or Holmes because he is more concerned with truth than with law as evidenced from his cases where he lets the perpetrator die by manipulating the circumstances using their own methods as a redemption and deliverance of justice for the victim in absence of evidence as in Balak Jasoos, Ret Ka Daldal and a few other cases.

Basu Chatterjee adapted each novel by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay into an episode (except Chiriyakhana and Adim Ripu, which are made in two part episodes).

Cast[edit]

• Rajit Kapur ... Byomkesh Bakshi^[3]
• K.K. Raina ... Ajit Kumar Banerji
• Sukanya Kulkarni- Mone ... Satyavati
• Kartik Dutta ... Punti Ram

Episodic appearances[edit]

• Aditya Srivastava ... Madhumoy
• Ali Akbar ... Abhay
• Anang Desai ... Himangshu Roy
• Anju ... Nand dulal's wife
• Anup Soni ... Nikhil
• Anupama Chatterji ... Sheela
• Arun Chakraborty ... Sachin
• Arun Mathur ... Police Commissioner^[4]
• Ashdin Kapadia ... Arun
• Ashiesh Roy ... Makrand
• Ashit K. Banerji ... Motilal
• Asutosh Mishra ... Ghanshyam^[4]
• Athar Qureishi ... Dr. Mohan
• Avinash Masurekar ... K. K. Mustafi
• B.P.Singh ... Beniprasad
• Baghi Chandel ... Shailendra Kumar & Bantu
• Bhushan ... Servant
• Bunty Bahl ... Manimoy Sarkar^[5]
• Chandu Parkhi ... Prafulla
• Daji Bhatwadekar ... Nand dulal babu
• Devendra Khandelwal ... Tridivendra Narayan
• Dilip Roy Chaudhury ... Bhootnath
• Dinyar Tirandaz ... Inspector Sen
• Dolon Roy ... Malati
• Gagan Gupta ... Gopi
• Govind Namdeo ... Ramkishore Singh
• Hanif Zahoor ... Inspector Sashank
• Kesto Mitra ... Bhootnath^[5]
• Khalid Mohammed ... Servant
• Krishnakant ... Kaligati Bhattacharya
• Kumar Shirazi ... Ramanath Niyogi
• Lalla ... Postman
• Manasvi Singh ... Inspector Biren
• Manik Chaudhury ... Ishwar Babu^[4]
• Milind Gunaji ... Debashish
• Mukul Nag ... Prabal Gupta
• Mulraj Rajda ... Kailash Chandra
• Narendra Gupta ... Ravi Verma
• Naved Aslam ... Sanat & Sukumar (Wasiyat)
• Ninad Deshpande ... Vijay
• Nirupam Bhattacharya ... Harinath (masterji)
• Parag Dave ... Habul
• Prashant Jaiswal ... Falguni Pal
• Prateeksha Lonkar ... Shakuntala
• Prem Bedi ... DSP Purandar Pande
• Prem Rishi ... Maharaj Ramendra Sinha
• Puran Singh ... Sardarji (Taxi Driver)
• Pushpa Verma ... Habul's mother
• R. S. Chopra ... Rasmoy Sarkar^[5]
• Rabi Ghosh ... Badridas
• Rabi Sinha ... Bilash Mullick
• Raghu Mulwal ... Secretary
• Raj Shekhar ... Tarashankar
• Rajendra Gupta ... Mahidhar Chowdhury
• Raju Shrestha ... Satyakam Das
• Rakesh Sahu ... Chunni Lal & Prabhat
• Ramamurty ... Professor Deb Kumar
• Ramesh Gohil ... Asutosh Mitra
• Ravi Jhankal ... Inspector Sarkar
• Robin Gupta ... Hotel Manager
• Rony Saha ... Himangshu's daughter
• Salim Shah ... Sunil
• Samir Jani ... Bhola^[5]
• Shakti Singh ... Inspector Sanyal^[5]
• Shilpa Tulaskar ... Tulsi
• Shreechand Makhija ... Professor Nepal Gupta
• Soma Chakravarty ... Young Lady
• Somesh Agarwal ... Sharda Prasad & Hotel Owner
• Samir Jain ... Ramhari
• Suchitra Gudekar ... Deepa
• Sunil Dhawan ... Doctor Rudra
• Suresh Bhagwat ... Anukul Babu^[4]
• Tushar Majumdar ... Makhan Lal
• Utpal Dutt ... Sir Digindra Narayan
• Vicky ... Postman
• Vinay Malhotra ... Harihar
• Virendra Saxena ... Dr.Ghatak
• Yatin Karyekar ... Manmath Rudra

Episodes[edit]

There were 2 seasons having 34 episodes. First season of 14 and second season of 20 episodes.^[6]

Season 1 (1993)[edit]

1. Satyanweshi
2. Raste Ka Kanta
3. Seemant Heera
4. Makdi Ka Ras
5. Wasiyat
6. Ret Ka Daldal
7. Lal Neelam
8. Bhoot
9. Agnivaan
10. Upasanhaar
11. Tasveer Chor
12. Kile Ka Rahasya
13. Chiryaghar - P- 1
14. Chiryaghar - P- 2

Season 2 (1997)[edit]

1. Aadim Shatru - P- 1
2. Aadim Shatru - P- 2
3. Aag Aur Patanga
4. Vansh Ka Khoon
5. Necklace
6. Amrit ki Maut
7. Pahari Rahasya
8. Anjaan khooni
9. Kahin Kavi Kalidas
10. Adrisya Trikon
11. Wasiyat ka Rahasya
12. Bemisal
13. Balak Jasoos
14. Chakrant
15. Paheli Gatha
16. Kamra no. 102
17. Dhokadhari
18. Sahi ka Kanta
19. Benisanaghar
20. Lohe ka Biscuit

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Byomkesh Bakshi (1993, 1997)'.
2. ^'Off the beaten track: TV show Byomkesh Bakshi is popular even now'. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
3. ^'Rajit Kapur enjoyed the simplicity of Byomkesh Bakshi'. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
4. ^ ^abcdhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpdo8t2F8cQ
5. ^ ^abcdehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-rbR3d72A4
6. ^'Byomkesh Bakshi (1993, 1997) Episode List'.

External links[edit]

• Byomkesh Bakshi TV series at IMDb