Dipak Chatterjee
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| Dipak Chatterjee | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Adrishya Sanket |
| Created by | Swapankumar |
| Portrayed by | Abir Chatterjee[1] |
| In-universe information | |
| Title | Chatterjee (Chattopadhyay) |
| Occupation | Private Investigator |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Home | Bhawanipore, Kolkata |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Assistant | Ratanlal |
Dipak Chatterjee is a fictional detective character created by Bengali writer Samarendranath Pandey under his pen name Swapan Kumar.[2] His stories were well known in the subaltern culture of Kolkata[3] and most popular pulp fiction to readers of Bengali literature.[4][5]
The first story of Dipak Chatterjee, Adrishya Sanket, was published in 1953. Dipak is a private investigator of Kolkata, British India. The police often seek help from him. Adventurous Dipak even goes abroad for solving cases. He can use revolvers with both hands and a dagger in his teeth and is an expert in martial arts. Dipak has profound scientific knowledge and has set up a laboratory in his house to carry out scientific experiments. His assistant, Ratanlal, usually accompanies him.[6] Most of the stories are set in colonial Bengal.[7][8] A total of 20 series of Dipak Chatterjee stories were published over three decades.[9]
