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'''Fyataru''' is a fictitious character of [[Bengalis|Bengali]] novelist and poet [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]]. Fyatarus are flying human beings who like to make chaos in the so-called [[civil society]]. These characters are the part of creation of Bhattacharya's [[Magic realism]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Fyataru and Subaltern War Cries: Nabarun Bhattacharya and the Rebirth|last=AS Purakayastha|first=Vol I, Issue 2|publisher=Sanglap Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry|year=2015}}</ref>

== 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 word ''fyat'' means the sound created by kites while they are flow and ''uru''{{clarify|date=August 2017}} 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. 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".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/remembering-a-rebel-116061001196_1.html|title=Remembering a rebel|first=Nikita|last=Puri|date=27 June 2016|newspaper=Business Standard|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Upanyas Samagra (Bengali)|last=Nabarun Bhattacharyaya|publisher=Dey's Publishing|year=2010|isbn=978-81-295-1057-0|location=Kolkata|pages=523}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Fyatarur Bombachak O Onnanyo (Bengali)|last=Nabarun Bhattacharyaya|publisher=Saptarshi Prakashan|year=2004|location=Serampur, Hooghly}}</ref>

== Adaptations ==
Many [[Kolkata]] based theatre group adapted the stories of Fyataru and performed. Director [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]] picturised a fyataru based novel into a movie, ''[[Kangal Malsat]]'' in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kangal-Malsat-cleared-by-tribunal-with-cuts/articleshow/18823773.cms|title=Kangal Malsat cleared by tribunal with cuts|first1=Ratnottama|last1=Sengupta|first2=Jhimli|last2=Mukherjee Pandey|newspaper=The Times of India|date=6 March 2013|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120117/jsp/entertainment/story_15013175.jsp#.UTBhrTeElZM|title=Hat-trick|date=17 January 2012|website=telegraphindia.com|access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref>

In 2013, a graphic novel named ''Kangal Malsat'', created by Madhuja Mukherjee is also published from Saptarshi Prakashan based on the novel Kangal Malsat by Nabarun Bhattacharya.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mukherjee, Madhuja, 1968-|title=Kāṅāla mālasāṭa : Nabāruṇa Bhaṭṭācārya'ra upanyāsa ebaṃ Sumana Mukhopādhyāẏa-era calaccitrāẏaṇa|others=Mukhopādhyāẏa, Sumana|year=2013|isbn=978-93-82706-55-7|location=Kalakātā|oclc=878954084}}</ref> Both the film and the graphic novel released alongside.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Madhuja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1nuCAQAACAAJ|title=Kangal malsat|date=2013|isbn=978-93-82706-55-7|language=bn}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Fictional Bengali people]]
[[Category:Culture of Kolkata]]
[[Category:Fictional Indian people]]
[[Category:Magic realism novels]]

Fyataru - Revision history

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