Mitin Masi is a fictional Bengali female detective character created by Suchitra Bhattacharya.
Mitin Masi | |
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First appearance | Pālābāra Patha Nē'i |
Last appearance | Syānḍārsa Sāhēbēra Punthi |
Created by | Suchitra Bhattacharya |
Portrayed by | Rituparna Sengupta Koel Mallick |
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Full name | Pragyaparamita Mukherjee |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Detective |
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Spouse | Partha |
Children | Bumbum |
Relatives | Saheli (sister), Aboni(brother in law), Tupur(niece) |
Nationality | Indian |
dwelling | Dhakuria, Kolkata |
Suchitra Bhattacharya created detective fictions about Mitin mainly for teenagers, although wrote some stories of Mitin for adults.[1] The real name of Mitin Masi is Pragyaparamita Mukherjee. She is in her mid 30s, lives in Dhakuria, Kolkata with her husband, Partha and son, Bumbum, and likes to cook. Mitin works as a private detective, who likes to use her mind rather than her revolver. She has a detective agency called the Third Eye. Oindrilla, popularly known as Tupur, is her niece. Tupur is a school student who assists her in many of her cases. Suchitra Bhattacharya writes many of the stories with a background of travelling to different places in India, and along with her mysteries, she also inculcates some knowledge of the culture of a particular place in her stories. Mitin's sister Saheli and her husband Aboni, Tupur's parents, are present in many of her adventures.[2]
Most of the stories of Mitin Masi were published in Pujabarshiki Anandamela,[3][4] which include:
Apart from these, Suchitra Bhattacharya also wrote six adult detective stories of Mitin Masi namely:
Ekta Shudhu Wrong - Mitin caught a drug paddling gang only through a wrong number.
Bish - An extramarital affair of a woman with her son in law compelles her daughter to poison her mother to death.
Trishna Mara Geche - An innocent girl attempted suicide after being rigorously blackmailed by a notorious man. Armed with the image of murder, the innocent girl's friend sets out to take revenge on the blackmailer.
Maron - A mother cannot see the suffering of her disabled son and therefore mercy-killed him by air embolism and framed her daughter in law.[1]
Megher Pore Megh - An extramarital affair of a rich businessman infuriated his dejected wife, after which she planned a cold blooded murder with the businessman's assistant.
Palabar Path Nei - Bidisha, a rich businessman's wife is blackmailed for her questionable past. The blackmailer turns out to be her own father-in-law and his illegitimate son. It's the first independent novel of the Mitin Masi series.
Arindam Sil, the director of the Byomkesh Bakshi and Shabor series, has completed the first Mitin Mashi film based on the story Hate Matro Tintey Din. Mitin was played by Bengali actress Koel Mallick. The film Mitin Mashi was released during 2019 Durga Puja.[5][6]
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