Pandab Goenda

Pandob Goenda
AuthorSasthipada Chattopadhyay
Original title
পাণ্ডব গোয়েন্দা
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
GenreMystery / Crime
PublisherAnanda Publishers, Deb Sahitya Kutir
No. of books30+

Pandab Goenda is a fictional detective novel series created by Bengali novelist Sasthipada Chattopadhyay. The stories of Pandab Goenda are well known and popular in Bengali Children's literature.[1]

Characters

Pandab Goenda is a detective gang of five children who love to solve mysteries. They are Bablu, Bilu, Bhombol, and two sisters named Bachchu, Bichchhu.[2] They live in Howrah, accompanied by a one eyed street dog Panchu. Bablu always leads the team Pandab Goenda, he also carries a pistol. The five are adventurous, intelligent and fearless. Pandab Goenda roam various parts of India to solve cases. There characters are loosely inspired by Enid Blyton's detective book The Famous Five.[3][4]

Stories

The stories of Pandab Goenda were published in Shuktara magazine in late 70's but the first book was published in 1981 by New Bengal Press. Thereafter, more than 30 books have been published in this series. Some stories were published in Bengali child magazines Anandamela and Shuktara.

Adaptation

A Bengali animation television series was developed on the Pandab Goenda stories. It was telecast for a period of 4 years by Akash Bangla Television station.[5] Under the direction of Rahul Mukhopadhyay,[6] Pandab Goenda was adapted on the small screen by Zee Bangla TV channel titled Pandab Goenda. This series was adapted from the original series but was based on a much more modern time frame. It earned huge popularity among the masses. The original storyline of the series was altered a lot and due to this particular reason, this series faced a lot of criticism from the viewers as well as from Sasthipada Chattopadhyay himself after the initial promo was released.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Pandab Goenda: All about Sasthipada Chattopadhyay, author of the books that inspired this ZEE5 Original series - Zee5 News". ZEE5. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. ^ "'Pandab Goenda' to go off-air soon - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 April 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ Bhaskar Chattopadhyay. "Following Bengal's appetite for detective fiction". Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. ^ Nivedita Sen (3 July 2015). Family, School and Nation: The Child and Literary Constructions. Routledge. ISBN 9781317410621. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Ssoftoons Entertainment Media LLP". Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Pandab Goenda coming soon on Bengali television, See Teaser". Sangbad Pratidin (in Bengali). 19 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  7. ^ "'Pandav Goenda' to be adapted for the small screen - The Times of India". The Times of India. 19 August 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  8. ^ "জেন ওয়াইয়ের মগজাস্ত্রে শান দিতে ছোটপর্দায় আসছে 'পাণ্ডব গোয়েন্দা'". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  9. ^ Prohor. "'আমার দুর্ভাগ্য, মরার বয়সে পাণ্ডব গোয়েন্দার এই পরিণতি দেখে যেতে হল' : ষষ্ঠীপদ চট্টোপাধ্যায় - Prohor". ‘আমার দুর্ভাগ্য, মরার বয়সে পাণ্ডব গোয়েন্দার এই পরিণতি দেখে যেতে হল’ : ষষ্ঠীপদ চট্টোপাধ্যায় - Prohor. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.