Fyataru

Fyataru is a fictional character of Bengali novelist and poet Nabarun Bhattacharya. Fyatarus are lower class flying human beings who like to make chaos in the so-called civil society.[1] These characters are the part of creation of Bhattacharya's Magic realism.[2]

Origin

Nabarun Bhattacharya introduced Fyataru as a magical set of human beings to Bengali readers. It is believed that Fyataru was the most outstanding creations of his literary life. The Fyataru first appears in a short story published in Proma magazine in 1995.[1][3] The word fyat means the sound created by kites while they are flow and uru[clarification needed] relates with flying. Further in Bengali language 'fyat' also implies something worthless. Fyatarus belong to marginal section of society, who unsettle diabolical political structures and evil interests through pinpointed mayhem.[4] They are anarchist, underclass in nature, fond of sabotage and are capable of flying whenever they utter the fyataru's anthem "fyat fyat sh(n)aai sh(n)aai".[5][6] This anthem was made into a song by a Bangla band Chandrabindu in one of its albums. They appear in his books Mausoleum, Kaangaal Maalshaat, Fatarur Bombachaak, Fyatarur Kumbhipaak and Mobloge Novel. Fyatarus can easily use slangs and sub-altern language.[7][8]

Adaptations

Many Kolkata based theatre group adapted the stories of Fyataru and performed.[9] Director Suman Mukhopadhyay picturised a fyataru based novel into a movie, Kangal Malsat in 2013.[10][11]

In 2013, a graphic novel named Kangal Malsat, created by Madhuja Mukherjee based on the same name novel by Nabarun Bhattacharya.[12] Both the film and the graphic novel released alongside.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Bhattacharya, Sourit (27 May 2020). Postcolonial Modernity and the Indian Novel: On Catastrophic Realism. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-37397-9.
  2. ^ AS Purakayastha, Vol I, Issue 2 (2015). Fyataru and Subaltern War Cries: Nabarun Bhattacharya and the Rebirth. Sanglap Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Chakraborty, Madhurima; Al-wazedi, Umme (14 October 2016). Postcolonial Urban Outcasts: City Margins in South Asian Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-19587-0.
  4. ^ "গল্পস্বল্প: ফ্যাতাড়ুরা যে কখন বিস্ফোরণ ঘটাবে সরকারও টের পাবে না!". Zee24Ghanta.com. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ^ Puri, Nikita (27 June 2016). "Remembering a rebel". Business Standard. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ^ তিয়াস বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়. "মঞ্চের পর এ বার ফ্যাতাড়ুদের পর্দায় ওড়াবেন দেবেশ". Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. ^ Nabarun Bhattacharyaya (2010). Upanyas Samagra (Bengali). Kolkata: Dey's Publishing. p. 523. ISBN 978-81-295-1057-0.
  8. ^ Nabarun Bhattacharyaya (2004). Fyatarur Bombachak O Onnanyo (Bengali). Serampur, Hooghly: Saptarshi Prakashan.
  9. ^ "'ফ্যাতাড়ু' বনাম 'ফ্যাঁত্‍‌ ফ্যাঁত্‍‌ সাঁই সাঁই'". Eisamay (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  10. ^ Sengupta, Ratnottama; Mukherjee Pandey, Jhimli (6 March 2013). "Kangal Malsat cleared by tribunal with cuts". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Hat-trick". telegraphindia.com. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  12. ^ Mukherjee, Madhuja, 1968- (2013). Kāṅāla mālasāṭa : Nabāruṇa Bhaṭṭācārya'ra upanyāsa ebaṃ Sumana Mukhopādhyāẏa-era calaccitrāẏaṇa. Mukhopādhyāẏa, Sumana. Kalakātā. ISBN 978-93-82706-55-7. OCLC 878954084.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Mukherjee, Madhuja (2013). Kangal malsat (in Bengali). Saptarshi Prakāśana. ISBN 978-93-82706-55-7.