Sunday, August 30, 2009

Bengali literary work adapted into bengali movies

Iswas Chandra Bidyasagar, 1820-1891

- Bhranti Bilas (Manu Sen)

Michael Madhusudan Dutta, 1824-1873

Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, 1838-1894

Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay, 1847-1919

Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941

- Ghare Baire (Satyajit Ray)
- Nastanirh (Charulata - Satyajit Ray)
- Monihara (part of Teen Kanya - Satyajit Ray)
- Postmaster (part of Teen Kanya - Satyajit Ray)
- Samapti (part of Teen Kanya - Satyajit Ray)
- Atithi (Khoniker Atithi - Tapan Sinha)
- Kabuliwala (Tapan Sinha)
- Khudito Pasan (Tapan Sinha)
- Choker Bali (Rituparno Ghosh)
- Chaturanga ("Chaturanga - Four Chapters" - Suman Mukhopadhyay)

Upendrakishore Raychaudhuri, 1863-1915

- Goopy Gayen Bagha Bayen (Satyajit Ray)

Kedarnath Bandyopadhyay, 1863-1949

Pramatha Chowdhury, 1868-1964

Prabhat Mukhopadhyay, 1873-1932

- Devi (Satyajit Ray)

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, 1876-1938

- Devdas (Naresh Mitra, 1928; P.C. Barua, 1935; Dilip Roy, 1979; Shakti Samanta, 2002)
- Parineeta (Pashupati Chatterjee, 1942; Ajoy Kar, 1969)
- Iti Srikanta (Anjan Das)

Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder, 1877-1957

Parashuram (Rajsekhar Basu), 1880-1960

- Birinchi Baba (Mahapurush part of Kapurush O Mahapurush - Satyajit Roy)
- Parashpathar (Satyajit Roy)

Sukumar Roy, 1887-1923

Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay, 1894-1950

- Pather Panchali (Satyajit Roy)
- Aparajito (Aparajito, Apur Sansar - Satyajit Roy)
- Ashani Sanket (Satyajit Roy)
- Kinnardal (Alo - Tarun Majumdar)

Bibhuti Bhushan Mukhopadhyay, 1896-1987

- Hinger Kachuri (Nishipadda - ?)
- ?Shriman Prithwiraaj (Tarun Majumdar)
- Phuleswari (Tarun Majumdar)

Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, 1898-1971

- Abhijan (Satyajit Roy)
- Jalshaghar (Satyajit Roy)
- Hansuli Banker Upakatha (Tapan Sinha)

Sharadindu Bandopadhyay, 1899-1970

- Chiriyakhana (Satyajit Roy)
- Jhinder Bandi : a desi Prisoner Of Zenda (Tapan Sinha)
- Dadar Kirti (Tarun Mazumdar)

Banaphool (sometimes translated as Banaphul or Bonophul or Bonoful is pen name of Dr. Balaichand Mukhopadhyay), 1899-1979

- Bhuban Shome (Mrinal Sen)
- Arohi (Tapan Sinha)
- Hatey Bazare (Tapan Sinha)
- ?Ekti Raat (Chitta Basu)
- ?Chhadmabeshi (Agradoot)

Pramothnath Bishee, 1902-1985

Shibram Chakraborty, 1903-1980

- Bari Thekey Paliye (Ritwik Ghatak)

Syed Mujtaba Ali, 1904-1974

Premendra Mitra, 1904-1988

- Kapurush (Kapurush part of Kapurush O Mahapurush - Satyajit Roy)

Manik Bandopadhay (original name Prabodh Kumar Bandopadhyay, Manik being his nick name), 1908-1956

- Padma Nadir Majhi (Gautam Ghose)

Buddhadeb Basu, 1908-1974

Gajendra Kumar Mitra, 1908-?

Leela Mazumdar, 1908-2007

- Podi Pishir Bormi Baksho (Arundhati Devi)

Subodh Ghosh, 1909-1980

- Ajantrik (Ritwik Ghatak)
- Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (Ritwik Ghatak)
- Jatugriha (Tapan Sinha)

Ashapurna Devi, 1909-1995

Bimal Mitra, 1912-1991

Adwaita Mallavarman, 1914-1951

- Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (Ritwik Ghatak)

Kamal Kumar Majumdar, 1914-1979

- Tahader Katha (Buddhadev Dasgupta)

Narendranath Mitra, 1916-1975

- Abataranika (Mahanagar - Satyajit Roy)

Narayan Gangopadhyay, 1918-1970

- Sainik (Ankush - Tapan Sinha)

Satyajit Ray, 1921-1992

Bimal Kar, 1921-2003

- ?Balika Badhu (Tarun Majumdar)
- Basanta Bilap (Dinen Gupta)

Ramapada Chaudhuri, 1922-?

- Abhimanyu (Ek Doctor Ki Maut - Tapan Sinha)
- Ekhoni (Tapan Sinha)
- Kalomati (Tapan Sinha)
- Banpalashir Padabali (Uttam Kumar)

Samaresh Basu, 1924-1988

- Nirjan Saikate : Kalkut (Tapan Sinha)
- ?Obosheshe (Mouchak - Arabinda Mukhopadhyay)
- Uratiya (Genesis - Mrinal Sen; Uttara - Budddhadev Dasgupta)

Jyotibhusan Chaki, 1926-2008

Mahashweta Devi, 1926-

Lokenath Bhattacharya, 1927-2001

Shankar (pen name of Mani Sankar Mukherjee), 1933-

- Jana Aranya (Satyajit Roy)
- Seemabaddha (Satyajit Roy)
- Kato Ajanare (Ritwik Ghatak)
- Ek Je Chilo Desh (Tapan Sinha)
- Chowringhee (Pinaki Bhushan Mukherjee)

Sunil Gangopadhyay, 1934-

- Aranyer Din Ratri (Satyajit Roy)
- Pratidwandi (Satyajit Roy)
- Sabuj Dweeper Raja (Tapan Sinha)
- Rani O Abinash (Hotath Neerar Jonye - Subrata Sen)

Atin Bandyopadhyay, 1934-

Shirsendu Mukhopadhyay, 1935-

- Nabiganjer Daitya (Aajab Gayer Aajab Katha - Tapan Sinha)
- Patalghar (Abhjeet Chaudhuri)
- Sadhubabar Lathi (Sangeeta Banerjee)

Buddhadeb Guha, 1936-

Sanjeeb Chattopadhyay, 1936-

Nabaneeta Dev Sen, 1938-

Samaresh Majumdar, 1944-

Nabarun Bhattacharya, 1948-

- Herbert (Suman Mukhopadhyay)

Help me expand this list and make it exhaustive.

Ultra short stories

Ernest Hemingway was once prodded to compose a complete story in six words. His answer, personally felt to be his best prose ever, was:

"For sale: baby shoes, never used."

Some people say it was to settle a bar bet. Others say it was a personal challenge directed at other famous authors.

A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible. The instructions were:

The short story had to contain the following three things:
(1) Religion
(2) Sexuality
(3) Mystery

Below is the only A+ short story In the entire class:

“Good God, I’m pregnant; I wonder who did it”