Since the publication of the first story of the Shonku series more than half a century ago, the science fiction classic has become a cult created by Satyajit Ray. The elderly scientist Trilokeshwar Shonku won hearts and minds. Here you had this Bengali eccentric scientist whose talent and knowledge were unparalleled anywhere in the world, whose expeditions to faraway places
It isn't the sort of film that has room for genuine character development. The vigilante is a vigilante, the cop is a cop, the animal smuggler is an animal smuggler - there is nothing more to them.
He was an actor, playwright and director, writer, elocutionist, poet, author and editor. People who knew him in his childhood claim that he could easily have been a globetrotter or even a magician. He may have succumbed to Covid at the age of 86 but he is survived by a rich legacy. This quiz, put together by Souvik Das, an author and IT professional, is a homage to that legacy on his second death anniversary