Bimal Mitra


Bimal Mitra was an Indian writer in Bengali. Bimal Mitra was equally adept in writing in Bengali as well as in Hindi, and wrote more than one hundred novels and short stories. Many of Bimal Mitra's novels have been made into successful films. One of his most popular works, Shaheb Bibi Golam which was adapted into a hugely popular movie. He also earned a Filmfare nomination for Best Story for the film.
Set in the last years of the nineteenth century, the novel tells the story of the sumptuous lifestyle and the decay of a 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. The book also tells the story of Calcutta, now Kolkata, and of all the people who lived there.
Asami Hazir is another popular work of Bimal Mitra. The novel is based on the true story of a man who wants to repent for the sins of his father and grandfather. The novel was adapted into a TV series for Doordarshan - Mujrim Hazir.
He had served in railways in Bilaspur for long years. He was working in the Chakradharpur Division in the 1940s in the Control Organisation. One of his novelettes Char Chokher Khela is based on the lives of the Anglo-Indian population of Chakradharpur railway colony.
He resigned from Indian Railway Services in 1950 at the age of 38 only to become a devoted full-time writer.
Mitra died on December 2, 1991 at his residence named "Baansh Bhavan" in Chetla, South Calcutta.

Literary works

  1. Saheb Bibi Golam
  2. Kori Diye Kinlaam
  3. Begum Mary Bishwas
  4. Ekak Dasak Shatak
  5. Asami Hazir
  6. Pati Param guru
  7. Rajabadal
  8. Sab Jhut hai
  9. Ei Norodeho
  10. Mrityuheen
  11. Tomra dujone mile
  12. Gulmohor
  13. Ja debi
Short Stories
  1. Neelnesha
  2. Bonshodhor
  3. Lojjahoro
  4. Jenana Sambad
  5. Putul Didi
  6. Amrutyu
  7. Milonanto
  8. Dori
  9. R ekjon Mohapurush
  10. RaniSaheba
  11. Gharonti
  12. Satashe Srabon
  13. Ashukaka
  14. Nimaontrito Indranath
  15. Amir o Urboshi
etc. and many more