Thread by @horek_rokom

✨The Man with No Hater✨
(Part II)

Not only in comedy, but also in various other genres, Narayan Debnath's excellence and brilliance can be observed throughout his extensive body of work. The story of the magician continues ater Bantul and Hada Bhoda.

In 1969, another leading publishing house, Patra Bharati, approached Debnath Babu to start a comic series
similar to Hada Bhoda for their magazine, Kishore Bharati. Debnath started his new series, Nonte Fonte,

which was similar to Hada Bhoda and primarily focused on the mischievous activities of two young kids. Later, he watched the film Jagriti and drew inspiration from it, leading him to introduce the concept of a boarding school in the series.

He also came across the film "Paribartan," which inspired him to
create the popular character of Superintendent Sir, & Patiram Hati became a cult figure. He also included a sweet and mischievous character named Keltu, which completed the final form of the Nonte Fonte
series.

During the 1980s, Nonte Fonte was published as separate comic books after being detached from Kishore Bharati magazine. Nonte Fonte gained maximum popularity after its solo book release compared to its earlier publication in the magazine.

Following this trend, Bantul and Hada Bhoda were also published as separate books for a significant number of years, whereas previously they were part of magazines.
Among Narayan Debnath's extensive body of work, these three series, especially Bantul and Nonte Fonte,

stood out, and their fan following is unparalleled to this day. They have become cult classics, and their
absence in new adventures and stories is deeply felt. It wasn't that comedy was his only favourite genre of work.

He was a big fan of thriller series and always aspired to create his own detective stories. Soon, he began illustrating a series based on Indrajit Roy aka the highly popular pulp hero, Black Diamond. These works fell under the adventure genre. According to many readers,

Black Diamond is still considered the best Bengali pulp comic to date, although the stories in this series were written by another author, Dilip Chatterjee.
Debnath's long-standing desire to write and illustrate a full-fledged thriller series materialized in 1975

when he created his own detective character named Goyenda Koushik Roy. Koushik Roy was a spy agent of the Indian government trained in martial arts and possessed a mechanical hand with various powers, such as acting as an iron fist, long iron claws, and a laser beam spitter.

Goyenda Koushik received a warm response from the audience and continued as the cover story of Suktara magazine for many years. Debnath even created a crossover between his characters in one issue. In the Goyenda Koushik series,

Debnath explored various cinematic elements. From an artistic standpoint, many consider this series to be his best work. He meticulously designed each frame using cinematic shot division, following camera angles
commonly seen in movies—

close-ups, long shots, wide angles, wrote strong one liner dialogues. Narayan literally incorporated everything, designed high-octane action sequences following western standards, and developed a style of drawing heroic and realistic human figures for the series.

Debnath drew inspiration
from vintage Hollywood thrillers, Bruce Lee films, Tarzan series, his imagination, and his skill.
Among Narayan Debnath's other works are the popular comic series "Bahadur Beral" for Suktara during the 80s, "Potolchand the Magician," and "Lalu Bhulu."

He also created another comic series called "Danpite Khadu aar taar Chemical Dadu," and “Petuk Master Batuklal” which was likely one of his final series. Referring to his earlier works, shortly after the success of Hadu Bhoda,

he created a female spinoff of the series called "Sutki Mutki." It was based on a similar context and featured two female protagonists. However, its publication was discontinued due to objections raised by some readers.

Among his serious works for seniors, "Heerer Taira" for Nobokkol gained popularity. His complete comic biographical works on Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore's childhood, Shivaji, and the tales of Gautam Buddha and Jataka received much appreciation.

He also illustrated comic series based on historical stories such as "Itihaaser Doiroth", as well as science fiction stories set in space and on other planets. Additionally, he worked on adaptations of Bankim Chandra's "Durgeshnandini" and many more projects.

In addition to comics, Narayan Debnath has also illustrated numerous popular books by esteemed authors, designed book covers, & even created movie posters & title calligraphy. He designed covers for books written by U Roychowdhury, Abol Tabol by Sukumar Ray, Nabakallol magazine,

"Thakumar Jhuli," "Bajpakhi," and other popular pulp series by the legendary Swapan Kumar. He also worked on the "Harshavardhan Gobardhan" series by Shibram Chakraborty, as well as translations of popular English classics like much popular "Adventures of Tarzan,"

Gulliver's Travels," "Robin Hood," "Trials of the Sea," "David Copperfield," "Three Musketeers," and many more. His film works included "Ishwarer
Mrittyu," "Hawa Bodol," "Bedini," and others.

(END OF PART II)
(To be continued)

Here is the link for the Part I, which you can checkout for a recap. 🔗🔗
(Thank you)

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