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'''''Saheb Bibi Golam''''' is a 1953 Bengali novel written by [[Bimal Mitra]] (1912&ndash;1991) and is set in [[Calcutta]], India during the last years of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&q=saheb+bibi+golam+1956&pg=PA120|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|last=Das|first=Sisir Kumar|date=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788172017989|language=en}}</ref> It was serialised in the magazine ''[[Desh (magazine)|Desh]]'' in November 1952.<ref>{{cite work |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12900/page/n295/mode/2up?q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Ghulam |title=Dress Circle |page=28 |date=1983 |work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=30 July 2021 }}</ref><br />
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The novels tells the story of the sumptuous lifestyle and the decay of a [[Indian feudalism|feudal]] family. It is the story of Pateshwari aka Chhoto Bou, a woman who wants to experience romance, to be a real wife, to invent for herself and live a new kind of conjugality. But the book also tells the story of Calcutta, now Kolkata, and of all the people who lived there.<br />
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==Adaptations==<br />
[[File:Sumitra Devi and Uttam Kumar in Saheb Bibi Golam (1956).jpg|right|thumb|[[Sumitra Devi (actress)|Sumitra Devi]] and [[Uttam Kumar]] in ''[[Saheb Bibi Golam (film)|Saheb Bibi Golam]]'' (1956)]]<br />
The novel was adapted into Bengali film, ''[[Saheb Bibi Golam (Film)|Saheb Bibi Golam]]'' (King, Queen, Knave) in 1956, starring [[Sumitra Devi (actress)|Sumitra Devi]], [[Uttam Kumar]] and [[Chhabi Biswas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/saheb-bibi-golam-35674|title=Saheb Bibi Golam (1956) - Cinestaan.com|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> A Hindi version, ''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]'' released in 1962 starring [[Meena Kumari]], [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]], [[Guru Dutt]] and [[Waheeda Rehman]] among others, went on to become a huge hit.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam 1962 |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/30/stories/2008083051411100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920092912/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/30/stories/2008083051411100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 September 2008 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 August 2008 }}</ref><br />
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==Title==<br />
The title ''Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'' is translated in English as ''King, Queen and Knave''. The literal meaning comes from playing cards.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian novels adapted into films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian feudalism]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Novels set in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Bengali-language novels]]</div>->Nicholas Michael Halim