Bulbbul- inspired by Tagorean tales?

It seems too much of a coincidence that the dynamic between Bulbbul and Satya bears a striking resemblance to Tagore's Nostoneerh, where Charubala a lonely and neglected wife develops a fondness for her hubby's cousin Amol who provides her with companionship and engages in literary discussions, much like Bulbul and Satya (Amol helped Charu to publish her first story in Nostoneerh).

Also, just like Amol, Satya does not return Bulbul's affections and goes away from her.

**Here it ought to be mentioned that Tagore's novella was inspired by his own life, the titular character being his own sister-in-law Kadambari Devi.

I also feel the same, it's inspired by Rabindranath Nath Tagore's and Kadambari Devi's real life. The relation between Satya and Bulbbul was somewhere inspired from Tagore's and Kadambari Devi one with the twists and with changes like Supernatural element. I also thought the same though I haven't watched Bengali movies based on same but read the stories except Bulbbul.

Maybe. They added supernatural elements & things were changed.

No Bengali girl of that era ever left her hair open. Unmarried girls women were expected to keep their hair tied and in some case hidden behind ghunghat. Most of the women did not ever appeared before stranger men. Society was extremely rigid and life was tough for women.

Originally posted by: Mahisa22

It seems too much of a coincidence that the dynamic between Bulbbul and Satya bears a striking resemblance to Tagore's Nostoneerh, where Charubala a lonely and neglected wife develops a fondness for her hubby's cousin Amol who provides her with companionship and engages in literary discussions, much like Bulbul and Satya (Amol helped Charu to publish her first story in Nostoneerh).

Also, just like Amol, Satya does not return Bulbul's affections and goes away from her.

**Here it ought to be mentioned that Tagore's novella was inspired by his own life, the titular character being his own sister-in-law Kadambari Devi.

Thanks for sharing this.

This is off topic but I wanted to ask this question...years ago I had read an old Bengali novel translated into English called Baalika Badhu ( not related to the tv series at all) I have now forgotten the name of the writer but I am eager to buy that novel since I really loved the story. Can anyone help me out with this? Are you guys aware of this book and who wrote it? Are there other novels written by this author that I could read too. Sorry for going completely off track. You may ignore my post if you want 😳

Originally posted by: WhiteNights.

Thanks for sharing this.

This is off topic but I wanted to ask this question...years ago I had read an old Bengali novel translated into English called Baalika Badhu ( not related to the tv series at all) I have now forgotten the name of the writer but I am eager to buy that novel since I really loved the story. Can anyone help me out with this? Are you guys aware of this book and who wrote it? Are there other novels written by this author that I could read too. Sorry for going completely off track. You may ignore my post if you want 😳

I just searched about the novel, there was a movie based on it with the same name Writer's name is Bimal Kar. I am not aware of the book though, I got the name. :)

I found the link here, he is a famous writer.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimal_Kar

The Doli scene reminded me of Khirer Putul by Abanindranath Tagore.

Originally posted by: colossial2015

No Bengali girl of that era ever left her hair open. Unmarried girls women were expected to keep their hair tied and in some case hidden behind ghunghat. Most of the women did not ever appeared before stranger men. Society was extremely rigid and life was tough for women.

That was not the case in Tagore's contemporary era. Read his novels Gora, Char Adhyay, Dui Bon etc. Women of educated middle class households often went for higher education and engaged in public discourse with men.

The time you're talking about is the early 19th century (Ram Mohan Roy and Bankim Chandra) era.

Originally posted by: WhiteNights.

Thanks for sharing this.

This is off topic but I wanted to ask this question...years ago I had read an old Bengali novel translated into English called Baalika Badhu ( not related to the tv series at all) I have now forgotten the name of the writer but I am eager to buy that novel since I really loved the story. Can anyone help me out with this? Are you guys aware of this book and who wrote it? Are there other novels written by this author that I could read too. Sorry for going completely off track. You may ignore my post if you want 😳

That book was written by Bimal Kar. It was made into two movies, one in Bengali and the other in Hindi.

Originally posted by: Mahisa22

That was not the case in Tagore's contemporary era. Read his novels Gora, Char Adhyay, Dui Bon etc. Women of educated middle class households often went for higher education and engaged in public discourse with men.

The time you're talking about is the early 19th century (Ram Mohan Roy and Bankim Chandra) era.

I am talking about average women in Bengal in early late 19th and early 20th century.. Her life was very tough. Educated bengali women had a great life with freedom.