Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series)

Byomkesh Bakshi
Rajit Kapur as Byomkesh Bakshi in the TV series
Genre	Detective, Thriller
Based on	Byomkesh Bakshi by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Written by	Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Basu Chatterjee Mriganka Sekhar Ray
Directed by	Basu Chatterjee
Starring	Rajit Kapur K. K. Raina Sukanya Kulkarni
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	34
Production
Running time	approximately 40 minutes
Release
Original network	DD National
Original release	1993 – 1997

Byomkesh Bakshi is the first Hindi Television series based on the Byomkesh Bakshi character created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The series stars Rajit Kapur and K.K. Raina as Byomkesh Bakshi and Ajit Kumar Banerji respectively. It became critically acclaimed and most celebrated adaptation of the character keeping it fresh even after decades.

Byomkesh Bakshi is a Bengali Detective who takes on spine-chilling case with his sidekick Ajit Bandyopadhyay. Byomkesh identifies himself as Satyanweshi meaning 'truth seeker' rather than a detective. Where he stands out from other legendary detectives like Poirot or Holmes is that he is more concerned with truth than with law as evidenced from his cases where he lets the perpetuator 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. It was shown that Byomkesh and his friend were heavy tea drinker and chain smoker.

Basu Chatterjee adapted each novel by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay into an episode (except Chiriyakhana and Adim Ripu, which are made in two part episodes).