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Patalghar (Bengali: পাতালঘর "The Underground Chamber")is a Bengali children’s science fiction adventure novel written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, first published by Ananda Publishers in 1996. The novel centers on a device invented by Aghor Sen and the sequence of events that unfolds after Dr. Bhootanath Nondy learns of its existence 150 years later. It was later adapted into the 2003 Bengali film Patalghar, directed by Abhijit Choudhuri.
| Author | Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay |
|---|---|
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Science fiction, Children's literature |
| Publisher | Ananda Publishers[1] |
| Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type |
Plot summary
[edit]The novel begins with Aghor Sen, a genius scientist living in Nischintipur who performs scientific experiments in his isolated underground chamber known as the Patalghar. He invents a device which is capable of putting any living being to sleep using sound waves. The alien named Vik from the planet Nyapcha tries to steal the magical machine, but Aghor Sen puts him to sleep.Following Aghor Sen's death, the device is lost.
Later, approximately after 150 years, Dr. Bhoothnath Nondy comes to know about Aghor Sen’s long-lost invention through his diary and becomes determined to find it. Begum, a gang leader, sends her men after Dr. Nondy to get the machine. Later, they decide to work together to find the machine.
Meanwhile,Kartik, a very intelligent and brave boy, living with his uncle Subuddhi, gets to know that Kartik is the only legal heir to the underground chamber of Aghor Sen. Thus they decides to visit Nishchintpur, where Begum asks them to sell the house, which they refuse. On the other hand friendship grows between Bhoothnath Nondy and Kartik. Meanwhile, the alien Vik wakes up and starts searching for the device that had put him to sleep. By the end, Kartik and Bhootnath finally discover the entrance to the underground chamber by solving riddles from Aghor Sen’s diary . Begum and her goons get killed in a duel with Vik.
Finally Bhootnath and Kartik puts Vik to sleep by using Aghor Sen’s machine. Bhootnath takes the sleeping alien to his planet, Nyapcha while on Earth Kartik inherits Aghor Sen and Bhoothnath Nondy’s property and the magical machine at the centre of all these events gets eventually destroyed.
Characters
[edit]Aghor Sen :A genius scientist from 150 years in the past who experiments in his underground chamber, Patalghar. He invents a machine that can put any living being into sleep using sound waves.
Bhootnath Nondy :A present-day researcher who comes to know about the mysterious machine and the underground chamber through Aghor Sen’s diary and determines to discover the machine.
Karthik : A brave and intelligent boy who turns out to be the legal heir to a Aghor Sen’s legacy.
Shubuddhi : Retired military man and Kartik’s uncle(mama).
Vik: The extra-terrestrial being from the planet Nyapcha who was initially put to sleep by Aghor Sen’s machine.
Begum :Underground mafia and gang leader who also joins the search for the magical machine .
Publications
[edit]The novel was first published by Ananda Publishers in 1996 as part of Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's Adbhuture series.
Later it was also adapted into the popular graphic novel or comic-strip and was published by Parul Prakashani with artwork done by Sujog Bandyopadhyay.
In other media
[edit]The novel was adapted into the 2003 Bengali science fiction film, Patalghar by director Abhijit Chaudhuri. [2] With film star like Sourav Bandopadhay[3] as Kartik Biplab Chatterjee as Vik Soumitra Chatterjee as Aghor Sen Kharaj Mukhopadhyay as Subuddhi Joy Sengupta as Dr. Bhootnath Nandy and Mita Vasisht as Begum .
At the National Film Awards, director Abhijit Chaudhuri received the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director, and Abhik Mukhopadhyay won the award for Best Cinematography.[4]
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