Byomkesh (TV series)

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.

Byomkesh
Official poster
Genre	Detective, Thriller
Created by	Dag Creative Media
Based on	Byomkesh Bakshi by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Written by	Sourav Sengupta
Screenplay by	Joy Dasgupta
Directed by	Amit Sengupta Gopal Chakraborty Joydeep Mukherjee
Creative director	Mainak Bhaumik
Starring	Gaurav Chakrabarty Ridhima Ghosh Saugata Bandyopadhyay
Composer	Neel Dutt
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	155 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Rana Sarkar
Cinematography	Kiranmay Bhuiyan
Editors	Shibu Sarkar Toton Maiti
Running time	Approx. 43 minutes
Production company	Daag Creative Media
Original release
Network	Colors Bangla
Release	20 November 2014 (2014-11-20) – 14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

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

• Gaurav Chakrabarty as Byomkesh Bakshi^[2][3]
• Saugata Bandyopadhyay as Ajit Kumar Banerjee
• Ridhima Ghosh as Satyabati

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• 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	20 November 2014 (2014-11-20)
2		2		21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)
3		3		22 November 2014 (2014-11-22)
4	Pother Kanta (পথের কাঁটা)	1		27 November 2014 (2014-11-27)
5		2		28 November 2014 (2014-11-28)
6		3		29 November 2014 (2014-11-29)
7	Seemanto-Heera (সীমন্ত-হীরা)	1		4 December 2014 (2014-12-04)
8		2		5 December 2014 (2014-12-05)
9		3		6 December 2014 (2014-12-06)
10	Makorshar Rosh (মাকড়সার রস)	1		11 December 2014 (2014-12-11)
11		2		12 December 2014 (2014-12-12)
12		3		13 December 2014 (2014-12-13)
13	Arthamanartham (অর্থমনর্থম্‌)	1	Gopal Chakraborty	18 December 2014 (2014-12-18)
14		2		19 December 2014 (2014-12-19)
15		3		20 December 2014 (2014-12-20)
16		4		25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)
17		5		26 December 2014 (2014-12-26)
18		6		27 December 2014 (2014-12-27)
19	Chorabali (চোরাবালি)	1		1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)
20		2		2 January 2015 (2015-01-02)
21		3		3 January 2015 (2015-01-03)
22	Agnibaan (অগ্নিবাণ)	1		8 January 2015 (2015-01-08)
23		2		9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)
24		3		10 January 2015 (2015-01-10)
25	Roktomukhi Neela (রক্তমুখী নীলা)	1		15 January 2015 (2015-01-15)
26		2		16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)
27		3		17 January 2015 (2015-01-17)
28	Byomkesh O Boroda (ব্যোমকেশ ও বরদা)	1	Joydeep Mukherjee	22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)
29		2		23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
30		3		24 January 2015 (2015-01-24)
31	Uposonghaar (উপসংহার)	1		29 January 2015 (2015-01-29)
32		2		30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)
33		3		31 January 2015 (2015-01-31)
34		4		5 February 2015 (2015-02-05)
35		5		6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)
36		6		7 February 2015 (2015-02-07)
37		7		12 February 2015 (2015-02-12)
38	Adwitiyo (অদ্বিতীয়)	1	Gopal Chakraborty	13 February 2015 (2015-02-13)
39		2		14 February 2015 (2015-02-14)
40	Achin Pakhi (অচিন পাখি)	1		19 February 2015 (2015-02-19)
41		2		20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)
42		3		21 February 2015 (2015-02-21)
43	Chitrochor (চিত্রচোর)	1		26 February 2015 (2015-02-26)
44		2		27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)
45		3		28 February 2015 (2015-02-28)
46		4		5 March 2015 (2015-03-05)
47		5		6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)
48		6		7 March 2015 (2015-03-07)
49	Monimondon (মণিমন্ডন)	1		12 March 2015 (2015-03-12)
50		2		13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)
51		3		14 March 2015 (2015-03-14)
52	Banhi-Patanga (বহ্নি-পতঙ্গ)	1		19 March 2015 (2015-03-19)
53		2		20 March 2015 (2015-03-20)
54		3		21 March 2015 (2015-03-21)
55		4		26 March 2015 (2015-03-26)
56		5		27 March 2015 (2015-03-27)
57		6		28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)
58	Adrishyo Trikon (অদৃশ্য ত্রিকোণ)	1		2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)
59		2		3 April 2015 (2015-04-03)
60	Khunji Khunji Nari (খুঁজি খুঁজি নারি)	1		4 April 2015 (2015-04-04)
61		2		9 April 2015 (2015-04-09)
62	Dushtochokro (দুষ্টচক্র)	1		10 April 2015 (2015-04-10)
63		2		16 April 2015 (2015-04-16)
64	Durgo Rahasyo (দুর্গরহস্য)	1		17 April 2015 (2015-04-17)
65		2		18 April 2015 (2015-04-18)
66		3		23 April 2015 (2015-04-23)
67		4		24 April 2015 (2015-04-24)
68		5		25 April 2015 (2015-04-25)
69		6		30 April 2015 (2015-04-30)
70		7		1 May 2015 (2015-05-01)
71	Henyalir Chhondo (হেঁয়ালির ছন্দ)	1		2 May 2015 (2015-05-02)
72		2		7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)
73	Adim Ripu (আদিম রিপু)	1		8 May 2015 (2015-05-08)
74		2		9 May 2015 (2015-05-09)
75		3		14 May 2015 (2015-05-14)
76		4		15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)
77		5		16 May 2015 (2015-05-16)
78		6		21 May 2015 (2015-05-21)
79	Chholonar Chhondo (ছলনার ছন্দ)	1		22 May 2015 (2015-05-22)
80		2		23 May 2015 (2015-05-23)
81	Lohar Biscuit (লোহার বিস্কুট)	1		28 May 2015 (2015-05-28)
82		2		29 May 2015 (2015-05-29)
83		3		30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)
84	Chiriyakhana (চিড়িয়াখানা)	1		4 June 2015 (2015-06-04)
85		2		5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)
86		3		6 June 2015 (2015-06-06)
87		4		11 June 2015 (2015-06-11)
88		5		12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)
89		6		13 June 2015 (2015-06-13)
90		7		18 June 2015 (2015-06-18)
91	Rokter Daag (রক্তের দাগ)	1		19 June 2015 (2015-06-19)
92		2		20 June 2015 (2015-06-20)
93		3		25 June 2015 (2015-06-25)
94		4		26 June 2015 (2015-06-26)
95	Benishonghaar (বেনীসংহার)	1		27 June 2015 (2015-06-27)
96		2		2 July 2015 (2015-07-02)
97		3		3 July 2015 (2015-07-03)
98		4		4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
99		5		9 July 2015 (2015-07-09)
100		6		10 July 2015 (2015-07-10)
101		7		11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)
102		8	16 July 2015 (2015-07-16)
103	Room No 2 (রুম নম্বর দুই)	1	17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)
104		2	18 July 2015 (2015-07-18)
105		3	23 July 2015 (2015-07-23)
106		4	24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
107	Magno Mainak (মগ্নমৈনাক)	1	25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)
108		2	30 July 2015 (2015-07-30)
109		3	31 July 2015 (2015-07-31)
110		4	1 August 2015 (2015-08-01)
111		5	6 August 2015 (2015-08-06)
112		6	7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)
113		7	8 August 2015 (2015-08-08)
114		8	13 August 2015 (2015-08-13)
115		9	14 August 2015 (2015-08-14)
116		10	15 August 2015 (2015-08-15)
117		11	20 August 2015 (2015-08-20)
118		12	21 August 2015 (2015-08-21)
119	Amriter Mrityu (অমৃতের মৃত্যু)	1	22 August 2015 (2015-08-22)
120		2	27 August 2015 (2015-08-27)
121		3	28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)
122		4	29 August 2015 (2015-08-29)
123		5	3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)
124		6	4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
125	Shojarur Kanta (শজারুর কাঁটা)	1	5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)
126		2	10 September 2015 (2015-09-10)
127		3	11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)
128		4	12 September 2015 (2015-09-12)
129		5	17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)
130		6	18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)
131		7	19 September 2015 (2015-09-19)
132		8	24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)
133		9	25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
134		10	26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)
135	Kohen Kobi Kalidas (কহেন কবি কালিদাস)	1	1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)
136		2	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)
137		3	3 October 2015 (2015-10-03)
138		4	8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)
139		5	9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)
140		6	10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
141		7	15 October 2015 (2015-10-15)
142		8	16 October 2015 (2015-10-16)
143		9	17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
144		10	22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)
145	Bishupal Bodh (বিশুপাল বধ)	1	23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)
146		2	24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
147		3	29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)
148		4	30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)
149		5	31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)
150	Shailo Rahasya (শৈল রহস্য)	1	5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)
151		2	6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
152		3	7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)
153		4	12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
154		5	13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)
155		6	14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

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

• Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
• Byomkesh Bakshi
• Byomkesh Bakshi in other media
• Byomkesh Bakshi (1993 TV series), a Hindi language TV series based on the same character.
• Chiriyakhana
• Shajarur Kanta
• Uttam Kumar
• Rajit Kapur
• Gaurav Chakrabarty

Notes

1. Ena Saha appeared in two different stories;first as Shoiloja and next as Hina Mullick

References

1. Gaurav wows as youngest ever Byomkesh
2. "Sabyasachi thinks, his son copies him!". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
3. "6 actors who played Byomkesh Bakshi with elan". The Times of India.
4. "Actors Unpaid, Stop-Work Order on TV's Byomkesh". The Times of India. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Byomkesh at IMDb
• Byomkesh at Voot