There have been close to 500 such episodes since the show went on air in 2009. Sunday Suspense involves a dramatised reading of Bengali classics, usually from the horror and crime genre. He was reading out a story written by legendary filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray on Sunday Suspense, a long-running radio show on Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM in Kolkata.
The baritone belonged to popular radio personality Mir Afsar Ali. “If this is what Bengali literature needs to survive, then so be it,” pronounced Bhattacharya, soon after the voice fell silent.
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