August 14, 2025Open Access

The Queen of Crime in Tollywood: Adaptations of Agatha Christie in Bengali Cinema

Key Points

Bengali cinema has adapted only three of Agatha Christie's original stories, highlighting a significant cultural intersection.
The unique elements of Christie's detective fiction, such as psychology and plot construction, are explored in these adaptations.
Audience reception of these adaptations is examined to determine their effectiveness in translating literary works to film.
Adaptations featuring iconic characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are particularly focused on to assess fidelity and engagement.

Abstract

Agatha Christie is known all over the world as one of the most loved writers of detective fictions. her ingenuous plot construction, deep understanding of human psychology and presence of the two celebrated detectives viz. Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple have impressed the global reading public for nearly a century. Many of her tales have been adapted in Hollywood and also by BBC for its tv series. She has influenced quite a few Bengali authors as well, however, adaptations of her stories in Bengali cinema are only three till date and this paper attempts to find out whether those few Bengali films are able to satisfy the audience as likable adaptations of such a literary genius.

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Preetam Bera (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af509bad7bf08b1ead866e https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.53397