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{{ About|the first novel of [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] series|the 2013 film|Satyanweshi (film)}}<br />
{{infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --><br />
| name = The Truth Seeker<br />
| title_orig = (সত্যান্বেষী)''Satyanweshi'' or ''Satyanveshi''<br />
| translator = <br />
| image = <!-- First edition cover preferred --><br />
| caption = <br />
| author = [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]<br />
| cover_artist = <br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| series = [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] <br />
| genre = [[Detective fiction|Detective]], [[Crime fiction|Crime]], [[Mystery fiction|Mystery]]<br />
| publisher = [[P.C. Sorkar and Sons]] also anthologized by [[Ananda Publishers]]<br />
| release_date = [[1934 in literature|1934]] in hardcover ''Byomkesher diary'' and in the ''Sharadindu Omnibus'' in 1972<br />
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])<br />
| pages = 182 pp<br />
| preceded_by = none<br />
| followed_by = [[Pother Kanta]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Satyanweshi''' ({{lang-bn|সত্যান্বেষী}}) also spelled '''Satyanveshi''', (Lit: '''''The Truth Seeker''''') is a [[detective]] story written by [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]] featuring the [[Bengali people|Bengali]] detective [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] and his friend, assistant, and narrator [[Ajit Bandyopadhyay (character)|Ajit Bandyopadhyay]]. It is the first Byomkesh adventure written by [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]].<ref>[http://byomkesh.com/category/byomkesh-stories/satyanveshi/ Byomkesh: "If you want to solve this murder, think about the window."]</ref><br />
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==Characters==<br />
* [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] (Atul Chandra Mitra) <br />
* [[Ajit Kumar Bandopadhyay]]<br />
* Punti Ram<br />
* Dr. Anukul Babu<br />
* Ashwini Kumar Chodhury <br />
* Ghanshyam Babu<br />
* Police Commissioner <br />
*Servant<br />
*Inspector<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Ajit Bandyopadhyay lives in a [[hostel]], along with some other people. Ashwini Babu and Ghanshyam Babu are two of the hostel inmates; they live next to Ajit. The hostel is run by a philanthropic [[homeopathic]] doctor, Anukul Babu. Ajit has recently become aware of some murders that have happened in their locality. They seemed to have been done by the same person, possibly a serial killer.<br />
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One morning a young man named Atul Chandra Mitra comes to Anukul Babu, looking for a vacant room in the hostel. Anukul Babu informs him that there is no vacant room currently available in the hostel. Ajit was sitting nearby and offered to share his room with Atul. Atul is gratified. He even offers to pay the entire rent which Ajit accepts.<br />
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One night Ashwini Babu is murdered and Atul gets arrested. But after sometime he is released, without any explanation. That night the murderer of Ashwini Babu tries to kill Atul and Ajit, but he fails. The real killer gets arrested, who is Anukul Babu. He has been doing the business of [[cocaine]] behind [[homeopathy]]. Ashwini Babu came upon the secret and thus had to be killed.<br />
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After that, it is revealed to Ajit that Atul Chandra Mitra is really [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] who has assumed an alias to know the truth behind the chain of murders. Byomkesh takes Ajit to his home and they begin living together in the former's house with a servant, Punti Ram.<br />
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==Adaptations==<br />
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===Radio===<br />
* The ''Sunday Suspense series'' of ''98.3 [[Radio Mirchi]] (Kolkata)'' adapted this novel as radio drama, voiced by [[Mir Afsar Ali]], RJ Deep and Richard.<br />
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===Television===<br />
* This was one of the stories of 1993 TV series ''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (1993 TV series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]'', that were recreated for broadcasting on [[Doordarshan]], the Indian National Network, by [[Basu Chatterjee]], and immediately went on to become one of the most memorable episodes.<br />
* The story adapted into another TV series in 2014 named ''[[Byomkesh (2014 TV series)|Byomkesh]]'', which aired on Bengali channel [[ETV Bangla]].<br />
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===Film===<br />
* 2015 [[Hindi language]] film ''[[Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!]]'' is mainly based on this story.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/will-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-become-franchise/ | title=Will ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!’ become franchise? | date=10 March 2015 | newspaper=The Indian Express | author=Indo-Asian News Service | accessdate=14 December 2018 }}</ref><ref name="tr2">[http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/aamir-khan-not-the-villain-in-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-dibakar-banerjee-745400 Dibakar Banerjee said he wanted a villain who can give competition to Byomkesh.]</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-trailer-sushant-singh-rajput-dibakar-banerjee/1/423008.html Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!: Watch Sushant Singh Rajput in the new trailer]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://byomkesh.com/category/byomkesh-stories/satyanveshi/ Byomkesh Quiz 1 – Satyanveshi (সত্যান্বেষী)]<br />
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{{Byomkesh Bakshi}}<br />
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