Saradindu bandopadhyay biography of mahatma

Saradindu Bandyopadhyay was born in Purnea, Bihar on March 30, 1899 where his father was posted, although his ancestral home was in Baranagar, in north Kolkata.

He completed his matriculation in 1915 from a school in Mungher, after which he joined the Vidyasagar College in Kolkata. Sisir Bhaduri, the doyen of Bengali stage, was his English professor there. After graduation, he went on to study law in Patna.

He was thirty when he gave up his practice and started working as a writer.

Saradindu bandopadhyay biography of mahatma

In 1928, Himangshu Roy invited him to Bombay to write screenplays. Till 1952 he wrote for films, and then settled down in Pune to pursue a full-fledged career as a writer.

Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's repertoire was varied.

He was equally at ease with short and long stories. He is primarily known as the creator of Byomkesh Bakshi, the quintessential Bengali detective, whose exploits touched the hearts of not just Bengali readers, but through translations,