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Adarsha Hindu Hotel

1940 novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Adarsha Hindu Hotel

Third edition title page
Author	Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Original title	আদর্শ হিন্দু হোটেল
Language	Bengali
Genre	Novel
Set in	Bengal
Published	1940
Publication place	India

Adarsha Hindu Hotel (Ideal Hindu Hotel)^[1] is a Bengali novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. The novel was first published in 1940.^[2][3][4]

Plot[edit]

Hajari Thakur, a middle-aged Bengali Brahmin is the male protagonist of the novel. He works as a cook in a hotel owned by Bechu Chakraborty near Ranaghat railway station. Here customers are often cheated and Padma, a maid at the establishment, steals the hotel's food. Hajari is strictly against these, but being just a cook, he does not have right to say anything. Here he is regularly mocked and insulted by Padma, who, though only a maid, is the owner's paramour and has immense influence over him. Hajari dreams to start his own hotel, but for that he needs Rs.200. Kusum is a young widow, whom Hajari considers as his daughter. One day utensils of Hajari's shop are stolen and police arrests Hajari. Following this incident, he loses his job.

After getting a loan from Kusum and Atashi, a girl from his village, Hajari starts his own hotel. Here he works hard with dedication and sincerity. In just a year his hotel becomes the most popular hotel of the area. Two other hotels of the area: one of Bechu Chakraborty and another of Jadu Banerjee almost get shut down. Hajari also gets a railway tender to manage a government-run hotel in the railway platform. At the end of the novel, Hazari signs a contract to manage a large railway hotels which are owned by a gujrati company and goes to Bombay. Before leaving, he appoints Bechu Chakraborty (whose own hotel was sealed recently) as a manager of the market area hotel. He also gives Padma a job, who used to insult him every now and then.

Adaptations[edit]

• In 1957 a Bengali film Adarsha Hindu Hotel was made based on this novel. The film was directed by Ardhendu Sen.^[5]
• In 1989, a 13 episodes television serial was also made by director Raja Sen based on the novel. Actor Manoj Mitra played the role of Hajari thakur.^[6]
• A film is to be released in 2024 based on this novel. It will be directed by Arindam Sil and the role of Hajari thakur will be played by Mosharraf Karim.^[7]

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