Bibhuti Rachanabali part 1 - some famous works of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhay including novels and both stories are present in this book like Pather Panchali, Meghmallar, Nastik, Avishapto, Khukir Kando and many more.
About The Author
(12th September 1894-1st November 1950)The immortal writer of “Pather Panchali” and the creator of the character “Apu”.
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay was born in
Ghoshpara-Muratipur village near Kanchrapara(North 24 Parganas, West Bengal) at
his maternal uncle’s house . Mahananda Bandyopadhyay was his father and mother
was Mrinalini Devi. Also having 4
siblings ( 2 brothers & 2 sisters) Indubhushan, Jahnabi, Saraswati &
Nutbihari. His grandfather Tarinicharan Bandyopadhyay was an Ayurvedic
physician from Panitar village, near Basirhat, North 24 Parganas, eventually settled at Barakpur village, near Gopalnagar, Bongram (Present Bongaon). His
father Mahananda Bandyopadhyay was a
famous Sanskrit pandit (Scholar) and Kathak (story teller) by profession, Bibhutibhushan
spent his entire childhood at Barakpur village, near Gopalnagar. In his
childhood he joined Bongaon High School , one of the oldest instiution in India
(British India) and was considered as a highly talented student.He obtained
first division placement in the Entrance and
Intermediate Arts examinations and completed his undergraduate course with
Sanskrit, Economics & History at the Surendranath College, but could not
afford to complete his masters degree(MA) course and joined a school at
Jangipara (Hooghly District) as a teacher.
Since they were not very
rich, so Bibhutibhushan worked hard to support his family prior to becoming a
famous writer. Then he joined another school at Harinavi (Sonarpur) as a teacher
and started his career as an author. His first work was “Upekshita” (উপেক্ষিতা), a short story which was published in the year 1921 by “Prabasi” (প্রবাসী), one of the leading
literary magazine of Bengal at the time. His first novel; was “Pather Panchali”
(পথের পাঁচালী)(Song Of The Little Road)
initially published as a serial but finally as a book in the year 1929. Later
this book was filmed by famous writer and film director Satyajit Ray.
Bibhutibhushan served as a
travelling publicist for Gorakshini Sabha, and later also as a secretary for
Khelatchandra Ghosh, a role that included the management of his Bhagalpur estate. Bibhutibhushan
became involved with Khelatchandra, a prominent name in music and charity,
tutoring his family, and also taught at the Khelatchandra Memorial School
****Pather
Pachali is the masterpiece of Bibhutibhushan and is included in the ICSE
syllabus also for students choosing Bengali as
2nd language.****
The sequel of “Pather
Pachali” was “Aparajito (অপরাজিত)and both the novels were
translated in various languages and also filmed by Satyajit Ray together with “Apur
Sansar” (অপুর সংসার)and formed the hit & successful Apu Triology. In his career he wrote
16 novels and more than 200 short stories. He often used to travel miles after
miles in the woods regularly with his notebook to write whilst surrounded by
the wilderness.
He married Gouri Devi when he
was a student of third year but unfortunately she died in cholera within 1 year
of their marriage, after that Bibhutibhushan spent an isolated life like a “sanyasi”
(A Hindu religious mendicant) for a couple of years and started developing his
spiritual knowledge. After a long span of time he again married Rama
Chattopadhyay (Nickname-“Kalyani”), daughter of Shoroshi Kanta Chattopadhyay
from Chaygaon(ছয়গাঁও) village of Faridpur
District on 3rd December 1940, Bibhutibhushan was 46 years old at
that time. After the “Stillbirth” of 2 baby girls Taradas (Nickname-Bablu) was
born in the year 1947.after 7 years of his 2nd marriage. He spent
his last 10 years of life in Barakpur village. He died on 1st
November, 1950 and the cause of death was identified as Coronary Thrombosis
(Heart Attack) by doctors.
A tiny list of
his immortal works.
→Aranyak (আরণ্যক)
→Adarsha
Hindu Hotel (আদর্শ হিন্দু হোটেল )
→Ichhamati (ইছামতী)
→Hire Manik
Jale(হিরে মানিক জ্বলে)
→Bipiner
Sangsar (বিপিনের
সংসার)
→Debjan (দেবযান)
→Anubartan (অনুবর্তন)
→Kedar Raja (কেদার
রাজা)
→Dampati (দম্পতি)
→Sundarbane
Saat Batsar (সুন্দরবনে সাত বৎসর) (Incomplete)
→Dui Bari (দুই বাড়ী)
→Kajal (কাজল) (Sequel of Aparajito
which was completed by his son Taradas Bandyopadhyay)
→Maroner
Danka Baje (মরণের ডঙ্কা বাজে)
→Aam Aatir
Bhenpu (আম আঁটির ভেপু)
→Mismider
Kabach (মিসমিদের কবচ)
→Drishti
Pradip (দৃষ্টি প্রদীপ)
→Mouriphool (মৌরিফুল)
→Jatrabadol (যাত্রাবদল)
→Meghmallar (মেঘমল্লার)
→Janmo O
Mrityu (জন্ম ও মৃত্যু)
→Benigir
Phoolbari (বেনিগির ফুলবাড়ি)
→Nabagata (নবাগতা)
→Kinnardal (কিন্নরদল)
→Taranath
Tantrik (তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক) (This was a joint work with his son Taradas)
→Sahoj
Pather Gappo (সহজ পথের গপ্পো)
Movies Based On
Bibhutibhushan’s Works
Pather
Panchali (পথের পাঁচালী ) - Filmed
in the year 1955, Directed by Satyajit Ray.
Aparajito (অপরাজিত) - Filmed in the year 1956, Directed by Satyajit Ray.
Apur Sansar (অপুর সংসার) - Filmed in the year 1959, Directed by Satyajit Ray.
Baksa Badal (বাক্স বদল) - Filmed
in the year 1970. Directed by Nityananda Datta.
Nishi Padma (নিশিপদ্ম) -
Filmed in the year 1970, based on a short story “Hinger Kochuri” (হিঙের কচুরি)
directed by Aravinda Mukherjee & re-made into a Hindi film “Amar Prem” in
the year 1971 directed by Shakti Samanta.
Nimantran (নিমন্ত্রন) – Filmed in the year 1971, directed by Tarun Majumdar.
Ashani Sanket (অশনি সঙ্কেত) – Filmed in the year 1973, directed by Satyajit Ray.
Fuleswari (ফুলেশ্বরী) – Filmed in the year 1974, directed by Tarun Majumdar.
Alo (আলো) - Filmed in
the year 2003, directed by Tarun Majumdar.
Chander Pahar (চাঁদের পাহাড়) – Filmed
in the year 2013, directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee.
Amazon Obhijan (আমাজন অভিযান) (based on the characters of Chander Pahar) – Filmed in the
year 2017, directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee.
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