Taranath Tantrik is a fictional character of Bengali literature created by the legendary Bengali novelist Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and later by his son Taradas Bandyopadhyay.[1]

Character

Taranath Tantrik is a mystic figure and practitioner of occult. He lives with his daughter Chari in a house of Mott lane in central Kolkata after having lost most of his supernatural powers because of misuse of Tantra.[1] The person looked like a man in his mid fifties. He is an astrologer by profession and had many encounters with the supernatural forces in his extensive travels throughout the Bengal.[2] He shares those experiences with two friends in his Mott lane house over cups of tea and cigarettes. It is stated that the writer is a regular visitor at Taranath's house, sometimes with his friend, sometimes alone.[3]

Stories

In 1940, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay created the character Taranath[4] but he wrote only two short stories featuring this character and much of Taranath's life is displayed prominently through these stories. Rest of six stories featuring Taranath Tantrik are written by his son Taradas Bandyopadhyay in two acclaimed books named Taranath Tantrik (1985) and Olatchokro (2003). All the stories are supernatural and paranormal, based on dark arts, mystery and magic realism.[3]

Adaptations

Stories of Taranath was broadcast in Sunday Suspense at Kolkata Radio Mirchi.[5] Bengali filmmaker Q alias Qaushiq Mukherjee has made Hoichoi web series named Taranath Tantrik based on the stories of Taranath Tantrik. Koushik Roy and Jayanta Kripalni played the title role.[6][7][8][9] The character was reimagined as TNT for a series of graphic novels by Shamik Dasgupta.[10][11] In the year 2016, actor Tota Roy Chowdhury played as Taranath in Taranath Tantrik, a TV Series of Colors Bangla.[12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 Malini Banerjee (8 February 2019). "Now Streaming | Home Grown Horror". India Today. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Real address for fictional tantric". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Q's Taranath Tantrik to start streaming today on Hoichoi". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Not just social media". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Taranath Tantrik 3". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক, হাত দেখাবেন নাকি?". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Hoichoi pledges library growth as it takes Bengali content to Bangladesh, UAE". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "অদেখা জগতের দরজা খুলে গেল, ফিরলেন তারানাথ". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "TOLLYWOOD". Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Dark arts and mystery in the trailer for Q's Bengali web series 'Taranath Tantrik'". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Taranath Tantrik part-1". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "Interview- Actor Tota Roy Chowdhury on Playing Taranath Tantrik in the Colors Bangla Serial". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "Tota makes a comeback after 15 years on telly". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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