| Mitin Masi | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Pālābāra Patha Nē'i |
| Last appearance | Syānḍārsa Sāhēbēra Punthi |
| Created by | Suchitra Bhattacharya |
| Portrayed by | Rituparna Sengupta Koel Mallick |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Pragyaparamita Mukherjee |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Detective |
| Spouse | Parthapratim Mukherjee |
| Children | Bumbum |
| Relatives | Saheli (sister), Aboni (brother-in-law), Tupur (niece) |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | Indian |
| dwelling | Dhakuria, Kolkata |
Mitin Masi is a fictional Bengali female detective character created by Suchitra Bhattacharya. She is one of the most famous female detective character and most read in Bengali novels.
Suchitra Bhattacharya created detective fictions about Mitin mainly for teenagers, but also wrote some Mitin stories for adults. [1] The real name of Mitin Masi is Pragyaparamita Mukherjee. She is in her mid 30s and likes to cook. She lives in Dhakuria, Kolkata with her husband named Partha and son, Bumbum. She also works as a private detective, who is described 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. Along with her mysteries, she also inculcates some knowledge of the culture of the specific setting in her stories. Other characters in her story includes, Mitin's sister Saheli, her husband Aboni, and Tupur’s parents. [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 Number - Mitin caught a drug paddling gang only through a wrong number.
Bish - An extramarital affair of a woman with her son in law compelled 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 Batash (Translation: Lethal Air by Radha Chakravarty) - 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.