Dipak Chatterjee

Dipak Chatterjee is a fictional detective character created by Bengali writer Samarendranath Pandey in his pen name Swapan Kumar.[1] The series of those stories were well-known in the sub altern culture of Kolkata[2] and most popular pulp fiction to readers of Bengali literature.[3][4]

Character

The first story of Dipak Chatterjee, Adrishya Sanket was published in 1953. Dipak is a private investigator of Kolkata, British India. Police often seek help from him. To solve the cases adventurous Dipak even goes to outside of India. He can use revolvers in both hands and expart at Martial Arts. Dipak has scientific knowledge, establishes a laboratory in his house to carry out experiments. His assistant Ratanlal usually accompanies him.[5] Sometimes the plot of few stories are illogical and irrational with trivial faults. Most of the fictions are set in colonial Bengal.[6][7] Total 20 series of Dipak Chatterjee story were published in three decades.[8]

Selected series
  • Rahasya Kuhelika series
  • Crime World series
  • Dragon series
  • Bajpakhi Series
  • Biswachakra series
  • Kalrudra series
  • Kalnagini series

Adaptation

Pradipta Bhattacharya, a National Award winning Bengali filmmaker wants to make a films based on the story of Dipak Chatterjee. According to the director there were some copyright related problems.[9]

References
  1. "Kolkata Book Fair concludes, graphic books the new rage". indiatoday.in. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. "YELLOW BOOKS". Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  3. "Tall tales from Bengal". Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  4. "God is a Bullet". indianexpress.com. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  5. "দীপক রতন এবং স্বপনকুমার" (in Bengali). Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  6. Pinaki Roy. "The Manichean Investigators: A Postcolonial and Cultural Rereading". Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  7. "Pocket books of cheap thrills". Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  8. "জ্যোতিষী স্বপনকুমার (শ্রীভৃগু) এমবিবিএস" (in Bengali). Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  9. "Pradipta refuses to bow down to pressure from producers". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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