Byomkesh Series

The Byomkesh Series make up the popular crime novel and short story series based on the character Byomkesh Bakshi, written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The series consists of 32 complete and 1 incomplete canonical individuals that were written between a span of 40 years. They were first published in magazines like Desh, and later on in collection books. The complete Byomkesh Stories were published in the Sharadindu Omnibus Volumes I and II; later collected in one book single named Byomkesh Samagra.

Development
Saradindu Bandopadhyay penned 32 Byomkesh stories from 1932 to 1970 prior to his death. In his early stories Ajit Bandhopadhyay is described as his companion cum chronicler of his stories with exceptions where Ajit  investigates in absence of Byomkesh (Makorshar Rosh, Shoilo Rahasya). These stories are all written in traditional Bengali language but later stories shift to colloquial language. It is also found that the later stories are not penned by Ajit, as he is much more engaged in his publication business.

From the first one Satyanweshi, where Byomkesh destroys an international drug racket, to house hold mysteries and crimes like Arthamanartham, Makorshar Rosh etc, all are equally enjoyable. Byomkesh gradually ages through the series, marries and has a son. Sharadindu didn't want to continue the Byomkesh stories, which is why he stopped writing Byomkesh stories from 1938 to 1951. During that time he was busy writing scripts for films in Bombay. After his return to West Bengal, there was still a demand for Byomkesh stories and so he wrote Chitrachor in 1951 and gradually so on to 1970, when his last story Bishupal Badh was not completed owing to his untimely death.

Characters

 * অজিত বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়: Byomkesh's close friend and narrator of most of his stories
 * সত্যবতী: Byomkesh's wife, the two first meet in Arthomanortham
 * খোকা: Nickname of Byomkesh's son, his original name is nowhere mentioned
 * পুঁটিরাম: Home servant. He is seen in every story which takes place in Calcutta
 * রাখাল: Policeman
 * অনুকূলবাবু: He is first seen as doctor as well as the landlord in Satyanweshi, later he is found in Uposonghar
 * ত্রিদিবেন্দ্র নারায়ণ রায়: Jamindar of a certain territory of North Bengal, seen in Seemonto-Heera & then in Chorabali
 * অশ্বিনী ঘটক: This doctor is found in Chitrochor & Durgo Rohosyo.
 * Inspectorপুরন্দর পাণ্ডে: Appears in Chitrachor, Durgarahasya and Banhi-Patanga
 * Sukumar সুকুমার: Satyaboti's elder brother, Byomkesh saves him from a murder charge in Arthomanortham

Films
Film series:
 * 1) Anjan Dutta's Byomkesh Films with Abir Chatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta
 * 2) SVF's Byomkesh Films with Abir Chatterjee
 * 3) Dibakar Banerjee's Byomkesh Films with Sushant Singh Rajput
 * 4) Neelotpal Sinharoy's Series