Ajit Bandyopadhyay (character)

Byomkesh Bakshi
Rajit Kapur as Byomkesh Bakshi in the TV series
First appearance	Satyanweshi
Last appearance	Bishupal Bodh
Created by	Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
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Nickname(s)	Satyanweshi
Gender	Male
Occupation	Private investigator
Title	Satyanweshi
Family	Bakshi
Spouse(s)	Satyabati
Children	Khoka
Nationality	Indian

Byomkesh Bakshi (or Byomkesh Baksi or Byomkesh Bakshy) (Bengali: ব্যোমকেশ বক্সী) is a fictional detective in Bengali literature created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.

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Byomkesh hated being called a detective. He preferred the term satyanweshi, meaning seeker of truth. Unlike many other fictional detectives, Byomkesh ages, marries, has a son, starts a publishing firm with his assistant-come-chronicler Ajit (he makes a more stable income from this than from his seeking of the truth), buys a house in South Calcutta, and ponders buying a car for his wife Satyabati (note that "satya" occurs here again). Where he stands out from other legendary detectives like Poirot or Sherlock Holmes is that he is more concerned with truth than with law as evidenced from his cases where he lets the perpetrator die by manipulating the circumstances using their own methods as a redemption and deliverance of justice for victim in absence of evidence as in Balak Jasoos, Ret Ka Daldal and few other cases.

Byomkesh's only addictions are smoking and tea. He has no musical ear to speak of but, like many modern young Bengalis of the time, a passion for football. He is a sympathizer of the bengali refugees during the partition of India. He also has a solid grasp over Bengali literature and a working knowledge of the Sanskrit classics from which both he and Ajit quote freely.

He is mostly portrayed as lean, lanky and a tall gentleman who minds his manners. He is shown with bushy eyebrows which end up almost as unibrow, a vast forehead and a gutting jaw.