Inspired by famous duo, detective Sherlock Holmes and his aide Dr. John Watson, Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (aka Saradindu Bandopadhyaya) introduced Byomkesh Bakshi and Ajit Banerjee. Written as the fictional characters of story book, Byomkesh and Ajit became so popular that it was adapted into various TV Serials (including Bengali and Hindi) and films (including the latest Hindi film Detective Byomkesh Bakshy). ... Read More »
On one end we see people claiming that nowadays very few people are reading books; or in a sense reading is no more a favorite hobby of majority of people. At the same time we see rise of many new authors on regular intervals. As for Bollywood, everyday new aspiring talents are entering the world of Cinema prove their talent ... Read More »
As the title page says: “It’s a family-based-South-Indian-melodramatic-espionage-musical-revenge-saga starring Sonti Srinivasulu aka Agent SS 555 of the Indian Secret Service!” And the book truly delivers on this promise. Book Title : The Sentimental Spy Author(s) : Krishna Shastri Devulapalli Publishers : Juggernaut Books Published: (December 2016) # of Pages : 319 (EBook) What we liked best is that Indians are ... Read More »
We often share a list of Bollywood (and even Hollywood) films we hear buzz about and we consider that they are probably a good watch. Of course, some of them are made beautifully and fulfills the promise they have created, while others may often proves to be below average ones. However, it is reality and we can come to any ... Read More »
Being a regular reader of Thinkerviews, you already know that we periodically post a list of upcoming (or recently released) movies we are keen to watch. Of course, some of them live up to expectations while others are not, and there are some of them which live beyond the expectations as well. Ones the movie is released, it is all ... Read More »
Adaptation of Chiriyakhana – a Byomkesh Bakshi and Ajit Banerji adventure is explored in two episodes (Episode #13 and 14) in Hindi TV Serial Byomkesh Bakshi. This is one of the stories by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay with maximum number of characters. The (fictional) incidents of this episode are setup somewhere in Calcutta (now Kolkata) during year 1953 TV Serial : Byomkesh ... Read More »
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