Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali author from India. He has written stories for both adults and children. He is known for creating the relatively new fictional sleuths Barodacharan, Fatik and Shabor Dasgupta.
Life
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay was born in Mymensingh on 2 November 1935 and lived there up to age ten. During partition his family migrated to Kolkata. He spent his childhood in Bihar and many places in Bengal and Assam accompanying his father, who worked in the railways. He passed intermediate from the Victoria College, Koch Bihar before taking a Masters in Bengali from Calcutta University. Mukhopadhyay started his career as a school teacher and is now on the staff of Anandabazar Patrika at Kolkata. He is associated with the Bengali magazineDesh.
Comics from his stories
A comics based on his book Bipinbabur Bipad was released. With artwork by Swapn Debnath, the 48-page comic was published in monthly issues of Anandamela. Another story Nababganjer Agantuk, is now in the process of becoming an action comics by Visual Literature Entertainment, a group of new generation comics creators. Four more comics based on his novellas have been brought out by Parul Prakashani: Patalghar, Bidhu Daroga, Pagla Saheber Kabor and Patashgarer Jangale. They are created by Sujog Bandyopadhyaya. His popular children's novel, Gosainbaganer Bhoot, was done into a graphic novel, The Ghost of Gosainbagan. Mukhopadhyaya wrote series of comic detective story of Goenda Baradacharan.
Film adaptions
Mukhopadhyay's novels were later adopted in movies.
PatalGhor was adapted into a movie Patalghar by Abhijit Choudhury in 2003.
Nabiganjer Daitto was adapted into a movie Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha by Tapan Sinha.
Hirer Angti was adapted into a movie Hirer Angti by Rituporno Ghosh.
Sadhubabar Lathi was adapted into a movie Sadhu Babar Lathi.
In 2010, a film has been released named Banshiwala, the script of which is adopted from the novel 'Banshiwala', written by him. 'Banshiwala' was also published in Desh Patrika.
Gosainbaganer Bhoot, published in "Pujabarshiki Anandamela" adapted into a movie, Gosainbaganer Bhoot in 2011.
Goynar Baksho has been adapted into a movie by director Aparna Sen in 2013.
Ashchorjyo Prodeep has been adapted into a movie by director Anik Dutta in 2013.
Wrin has been adapted into a movie named Ebar Shabor by director Arindam Sil in 2015.
Eagoler Chokh has been adapted into a movie by director Arindam Sil in 2016.
Aschhe Abar Shabor is a 2018 film and third installment of Goenda Shabor film series, is based on his story Prajapatir Mrityu O Punarjanmo.
Manojder Adbhut Bari'' is a 2018 film of Anindya Chatterjee is based on the novel in the same name.
Works
"Jal Taranga" was his first story published in the magazine "Desh" in 1959. After 7/8 years of writing story "Ghunpoka" was his first novel published in the annual Puja edition of the magazine Desh. His first children's novel was called Manojder Adbhut Bari.
