Ekenbabu

Ekenbabu is a Bengali detective fictional character created by author Sujan Dasgupta. The first story of Ekenbabu, "Manhatane Moonstone" was published in Anandamela in 1991.

Character
Ekenbabu is a police detective who looks like a very common Bengali man. He studied criminology in the USA. His real name is Ekendra Sen. He is eccentric, little comical and takes snuffs. He is a man with a sweet smile, a bald head and a round face. Although he is a government employee, he likes to solve cases in his own style unlike a typical investigator. As per the writer, Eken's friend, Professor Bapi writes the stories of Ekenbabu.

Books

 * Manhattane Moonstone
 * Dhaka Rahasyo Unmochito
 * Puraskar Panch Hajar Doller
 * Khuner Agey Khuni Khoja
 * Ekenbabu O Keyadidi
 * Sankhayar sanket
 * Manhattane Manhunt
 * Asol Khunir Sandhane
 * Santiniketane Osanti
 * Ekenbabu Samgra (Part I-V)

Film adaptation
A drama film, The Eken released on 8 April 2022, directed by Joydip Mukherjee. Anirban Chakraborty played the title role. Suhotra Mukhopadhyay had played the role of narrator, Bapi and Somak Ghosh had played the role of Promotho. A new film, The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan, the previous film's cast reprising their roles which had premiered on 14 April 2023. Tungkulung-E Eken, a web series was released on the streaming platform "Hoichoi" in December 2023, in the direction of Joydeep Mukherjee.

Television
Eken Babu web series is a comedy-detective series that was first released on 3 March 2018 with 6 episodes directed by Anirban Mallik. Later on 10 November 2018, Hoichoi released the second season of the web series but the second series was directed by Anupam Hari. The third series was directed by Abhijit Chowdhury. Actor Anirban Chakraborty played the role of Ekenbabu.

Radio adaptation
Radio Mirchi Kolkata station aired Manhattan-ey Moonstone for Mirchi's Sunday Suspense Programme. Eken Babu was voiced by RJ Deep, Bapi by RJ Somak, Abinash by Sayak Aman, Sailen Sapui by RJ Mir, Pramotho by Agni and the story was narrated by RJ Deep. Even Manhattan ey Manhunt was adapted and released by the same program on Youtube on 31 July 2022.