Shajarur Kanta
| Author | Ananda Publishers) |
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Publication date | 1967 in hardcover Byomkesher diary and in the Sharadindu Omnibus in 1972 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 182 pp |
| Preceded by | Chholonar Chhondo |
| Followed by | Benishanghar |
Shajarur Kanta (
romanized: Śajārur Kā̃ṭā, lit. 'The Quills of the Porcupine') is a Bengali mystery novel written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay in 1967. The murderer kills people using porcupine quills thrust from behind into the heart.[1]
Characters
- Byomkesh Bakshi
- Ajit Bandyopadhyay
- Satyabati
- Debasish Bhatto
- Deepa Bhatto, wife of Debashish
- Udaymadhab Mukherjee, grandfather of Deepa and Bijoy
- Neelmadhab Mukherjee, father of Deepa and Bijoy
- Prabal Gupta, lover of Deepa
- Sujan Mitra, an actor
- Nripati Laha
- Bijoy Madhab Mukherjee, brother of Deepa
- Kharag Bahadur, footballer
- Kapil Bose
- Mother of Deepa and Bijoy
- Dr. Sen
- Dr. Gupta
Adaptations
Television
- This was one of the stories in the 1993 TV series Byomkesh Bakshi titled "Sahi Ka Kanta",[2] that were recreated for broadcasting on Doordarshan, the Indian National Network, by Basu Chatterjee, and immediately went on to become one of the most memorable episodes.
- The story adapted into another TV series in 2014 named ETV Bangla.
Film
- A film of the same name was made in 1974.
- Another version of the film is made in 2015 with the same name.[3]
Web series
- This story was adapted for season 3 of the web series, Bomkyesh, by Anirban Bhattacharya. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byomkesh_(web_series)
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