In the early 1990s, at a time when producers would receive feedback on a new show between five to seven weeks after going on air, this was rather unusual. “The audience was hooked to the show from the third episode,” Kapur recalls. His hair is greying and the actor’s appearance is not unlike the aging Byomkesh, whom he played till the end of the 33-episode series the tenor of his voice is reminiscent of the confidence that Byomkesh exuded onscreen. The first story was published in 1932 and in a trope made popular by Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series, Bandyopadhyay, too, introduced Ajit, writer and faithful chronicler of Byomkesh’s adventures, as the detective began to solve thrilling cases in pre-Independence Calcutta, a city on the cusp of momentous change.ĭressed in a floral shirt and linen trousers, Kapur, 50, sits in his quaint office. Instead, he preferred to be known as “satyanveshi” or a seeker of truth. The show, telecast on Doordarshan which had a wide reach, brought Byomkesh into popular consciousness,” says Kapur.Īs far as fictional detectives go, Byomkesh Bakshi did not consider himself one. “Byomkesh is a famous character in Bengali literature, but at the time, few outside Bengal were aware of him.
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