Kiriti Roy
Kiriti Roy is a fictional detective of Bengali literature created by Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta. The first story introduces him as follows: "Kiriti Roy is six and a half feet tall, fair and stout. His curled hair is mostly combed back, and the black celluloid spectacles make his clean-shaven face highly attractive." In his own words, "In this universe, virtue and sin reside in parallel. Reward for virtue and scorn for sin is the thumb rule of the universe."
Kiriti's personal life
After saving her from a difficult situation in the tale "Kalo Bhromor", Kiriti falls in love with Krishna Mehta, a Parsi lady. The courtship ends in marriage. Krishna is intelligent, happens to be a good singer, can speak Bengali, has a mind of her own and takes keen interest in her husband's work.Other characters
Subrata
Subrata Roy is the assistant cum friend of Kiriti. He is also the narrator of some stories.Kiriti series
Kiriti Roy's mysteries are available in collected editions and are still popular. As part of the Kiriti series, there are around 80 novels and stories.- Kalo Bhramar - Kalo Bhramar is a Robin-hood like character. A highly intelligent adversary, he begins a feud with Subrata and Kiriti. All four parts of the story are included in this archive.
- Rotibilap - This is a novel where the events are explosive.
- Rat Nijhum
- Ghum Nei
- KolonkoKhotha
- Hira Chuni Panna
- Mrityubaan
- Tri-Rahasya
- Teen Kiriti
- Char Kiriti - This book contains four expeditions of Kiriti, namely - "Marich Songhar", "Samne Somudro Nil", "Golaper Rong Lal", "Rokto Gerua". All are full of suspense and thrill.
- Dui Dojonn Kiriti
- Kiriti Omnibus - This is a collection of the stories of Kiriti Roy, in 15 volumes.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Kiriti Tatya, 2. Kiritir Abirbhab, 3. Rahasyabhedi, 4. Chokri, 5. Bouranir Bill and 6. Harer Asha.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Duti kotha, 3. Holud Shoitan, 4. Dainir Banshi, 5. Dragon, 6. Momer Alo, 7. Basanta Rajani and Kalo Pakhi.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Bishkumbha, 3. Mrityubaan, 4. Ratri Jokhon gabhir hoy and 5. Aloklota.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Atal Soikote, 3. Banamorali, 4. Subhadra Haran and 5. Bidyut Bahni.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Mon Paban, 3. Adrishya Shatru, 4. Projapoti Rong, 5. Charer Angka and 6. Adim Ripu.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Mrigatrishna, 3. Mithun lagna and 4. Monikundola.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Krishna kaberi, 3. Ratibilap and 4. Madan bhashma.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Ripu sanghar, 3. Nagpal, 4.Setarer sur and 5. Ora tinjon chhora.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Kalohaath, 3. Chhaya kuheli, 4. Mrityubish and 5. Padmini.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Ghum nei, 3. Kolonka kotha and 4. Heera chunni panna.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Aholya ghum, 2. Heerkangurio, 3. Ghum bhangar raat and 4. Neelkuthi.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Sarpil, 3. Raktolobhi nishachor, 4. Batrishh singhashon, 5. Nirala prohor and 6. Ratna monjil.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Aloke andhar, 3. Nagar noti, 4. Rokter daag, 5. Blue-print, 6. Reshmi fansh, 7. Padyadoher pishach and 8. Panchamukhi heera.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Urbashi Sandhya, 3. Basanter Din Shiter Ratri and 4. Marich Sanghar.
- Kiriti Omnibus - contents: - 1. Role, 2. Jugal Bandi, 3. Samne Samudra Neel, 4. Manashi Tumi and 5. Abagunithota.
Kiriti in other media
Films
Though the sleuth's celluloid debut happened late, the timeless appeal of Kiriti has already procreated number of movies. So far, the character of Kiriti has been essayed by Chiranjeet Chakraborty in Kiriti Roy, Indraneil Sengupta in Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor and Nilacholey Kiriti, Priyanshu Chatterjee in Ebong Kiriti.| Year | Title | Actor | Director | Book | Producer | Ref. |
| 2016 | Kiriti Roy | Chiranjeet Chakraborty | Aniket Chattopadhyay | Setarer Sur | Eskay Movies | |
| 2016 | Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor | Indraneil Sengupta | Anindya Bikas Datta | Kalo Bhramar | Camellia Films Private Ltd | |
| 2017 | Ebong Kiriti | Priyanshu Chatterjee | Anirban Paria | Ratibilaap | Dream Light Movie | |
| 2018 | Nilacholey Kiriti | Indraneil Sengupta | Anindya Bikas Datta | Basanta Rajani | Camellia Films Private Ltd |
Radio
The radio adaptations of Kiriti are mainly in the form of Sunday Suspense, an audio story series by Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, & also by Radio Milan 90.4 FM stories over the last few years.Now another Youtube Channel named New Suspense Stories creates many audio stories in a series with stories like -
1.Padmini,
2.Mrityu Bish,
3.Blue Print,
4.Kalo Pakhi,
5.Harer Pasha,
6.Holud Shaitan,
7.Aadim Ripu,
8.Sonar Bigraha,
9.Nirmok,
10.Chora,
11.Ora Tinjon,
12.Surjomukhi Neela,
13.Sanket,
14.Baghnokh,
15.Padmadaher Pishach,
16.Rahasyabhedi,
17.Iskapaner Saheb Hartaner Bibi
18.Patharer Chokh
In and around the nineteen eighties, an attempt was made to create a radio series on Kiriti's tales including Roktomukhi Neela, Bagh Nokh and Reshmi Phaansh.