Durgo Rahasya

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The Mystery of the Fortress
AuthorSharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Original title(দুর্গরহস্য) Durgo Rahasya'
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
SeriesByomkesh Bakshi
GenreDetective, Crime, Mystery
PublisherP.C. Sorkar and Sons also anthologized by Ananda Publishers
Publication date
1952 in hardcover Byomkesher diary and in the Sharadindu Omnibus in 1972
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages182 pp
Preceded byChitrochor 
Followed byChiriyakhana 

Durgo Rahasya (Bengali: দুর্গরহস্য) (Lit: The Mystery of the Fortress) is an adventure detective novel written in 1952 by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.[1]

Characters[edit]

  • Byomkesh Bakshi
  • Ajit Bandyopadhyay
  • Satyabati
  • Dr.Ashwini Ghatak
  • Professor Ishan Chandra Majumder
  • Sadhu Rambinod Singh
  • Ramkishore Singh
  • Bangshidhar Singh
  • Manilal
  • Murlidhar Singh
  • Haripriya
  • Ramapati
  • Tulsi
  • Ganapat (servant)
  • Sitaram
  • Ataullah
  • Bulaki Lal (coachman)
  • Himanghu (lawyer)

Adaptations[edit]

Television[edit]

  • This was one of the stories of 1993 TV series Byomkesh Bakshi titled "Kile Ka Rahasya".,[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 Byomkesh, which aired on Bengali channel ETV Bangla.

Film[edit]

  • Sayantan Ghosal (director) announced that his next Byomkesh film will be based on this story.

References[edit]

  1. The Mystery of the Fortress and Other Stories: A Byomkesh Quintet. New Age Publications. 2009. ISBN 9788178190655.
  2. "Byomkesh Bakshi: Season 1, Episode 12 Kile Ka Rahasya (1993)".


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