पुराने गुनाह नये गुनाहगार

Sunil #1

by सुरेन्द्र मोहन पाठक

पुलिस की नजर में वो एक सीधा-सादा सिक्केबंद डकैती का केस था जिसमें मुलजिम के खिलाफ उनके पास अकाट्य सबूत थे लेकिन फिर प्रैस रिपोर्टर सुनील के दखल के बाद वो एक सीधा सादा डकैती का केस ना बना रह पाया । सुरेन्द्र मोहन पाठक की कलम से निकला पहला उपन्यास ।

Genres: Thriller

Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1963

About the author

Surender Mohan Pathak, is an author of Hindi-language crime fiction with 314 books to his credit. His major characters are Crime reporter Sunil (unprecedented 123 Titles), Vimal (46 Titles) and Philosopher Detective Sudhir (23 titles). Apart from series, he has written 60+ Novels in thriller category.

Reviews

[Ashok Sridharan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sunil Chakravarty, a crime reporter with a passion for investigative work, is approached by a young lady called Rama Khosla with an unusual request. Her father Jamnadas Khosla is in jail for allegedly committing a robbery on his bank. Rama claims that her father is innocent and requests Sunil to clear his name.

Sunil finds that the evidence is stacked against Khosla, even though the stolen money has never been recovered. To make things worse, nothing is what is seems and its hard to know who can be trusted. Can he outwit the others, not least the redoubtable Inspector Prabhudayal, and crack the case?

Written over 50 years ago, this was Surendra Mohan Pathak's first novel. It makes for a quick, gripping read. It hardly feels dated despite the passage of over half a century.

While not an extraordinary work, there are unmistakable signs of the genius that the then 23 year old Pathak would become. For SMP fans its a must read.

[Sameer Mehra · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 stars

सुनील को 5 साल पुरानी बैंक चोरी के असली मुजरिम को ढूंढ़ने का केस मिलता है. मुझे कहानी औसत से थोड़ी अच्छी लगी. 4 stars सिर्फ इसलिए की पढ़ते हुए लगा ही नहीं की 59 साल पहले की लिखी गई किताब है.

Smpji ने उस समय अपनी पहली किताब से ही दिखा दिया था की एक नये talented लेखक का दौर शुरू हुआ है 🥰🥰🥰

[Rajan · Rating 3 out of 5]

पुलिस की नजर में वो एक सीधा-सादा केस था जिसमें उनके पास अकाट्य सबूत थे लेकिन फिर प्रैस रिपोर्टर सुनील के दखल के बाद वो एक सीधा-सादा केस ना बना रह पाया । सुरेन्द्र मोहन पाठक की कलम से निकला पहला उपन्यास ।

[kusum gupta]

Ossm

[Nidhi Chopra]

So kla was saroj?

[Rajan · Rating 4 out of 5]

First novel of SMP.

Its relatively small and novice like.

[Aman · Rating 2 out of 5]

उपन्यास तेज़ और मनोरंजक था।

ऐसे मैं इस उपन्यास को 3 से लेकर 3.5 अंक देता 5 मे से, पर फिर कुछ बातों के कारण मैने से ही मैने इस उपन्यास को 2 अंक या सितारे दिए।

मेरी ही जान पहचान के एक सज्जन थे जो सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक के बहुत बड़े प्रसंसक थे। उनके अनुसार सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक भारत के ही नही अपितु विश्व के भी सबसे बड़े जासूसी लेखक है।

पर फिर मुझे चौकाने वाली बात पता चली, जिसने सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक के लिए जो इज़्ज़त मेरी नज़रो मे थी, उसे गिरा दिया।

यह उपन्यास नकल है Erle Stanley Gardner की 1955 मे लिखी पुस्तक The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary का।

सब कुछ नकल किया हुआ है, जुर्म से लेकर हत्या और हत्यारा भी।

यह उपन्यास कोई आधिकारिक रूपांतरण नही है और न ही प्रेरित कृत्य है। क्योंकि सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक कही यह नही बताते कि इस उपन्यास का आइडिया उनका खुदका नही है।

और केवल यही उपन्यास नही, सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक ने Erle की कई अन्य उपन्यास की कहानियो का उपयोग किया है।

और लोग सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक को जीनियस कहते, जब की उनकी खुदकी मेहनत कम है इन कहानियो के पीछे।

यदि इस उपन्यास मे कहानी कि बात करे तो वह अच्छी ही थी।

पर रहस्य इतना जटिल नही था।

लेखक अन्य किरदारो पर शक डालने मे नाकामयाब रहे और इसलिए कातिल का अंदाज़ा लगाना आसान था।

कातिल ने जुर्म कैसे किया इसका अंदाज़ा लगाना भी आसान था।

इस पुस्तक की अच्छी बात थी की रमाकांत ने अपनी पंजाबी वाली हिंदी नही बोली, जिससे मुझे काफी चिढ़। मुझे रमाकांत का किरदार पसंद है पर उसकी हिंदी-पंजाबी मिश्रित भाषा नही।

साथ ही प्रमिला और उसके भाई पप्पू का किरदार सबसे बेकार था और उन्होंने बोर ही किया।

[Mukesh Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

This mini-novel was written in 1963, yet doesn't feel much dated today. In fact it is quite a well paced whodunit-thriller interlaced with lovely humour that fits quite organically in the story. And the humour is not of the slapstick version, so common in whodunits, but has rather suave feel to it. The principal character, Sunil, is smart, vulnerable and a really charming character, who is always ready with a quip on his lips and a twinkle in his eyes. And although the murder actually happens well into the second half of the novel, you won't find a single uninteresting paragraph throughout primarily because the length of the novel itself is quite short and the pace is good.
But the real soul of the novel is the language that the characters speak : the classical Hindustani of 1960's era! What lovely words suffused with all the innocence and simplicity of a bygone era! You start suspecting that all the characters have just came back from a 'mushayra' or a 'kavi goshthi'. And add to that the innocence and charm of the 60's, which spills out of the demeanour of the characters here and engulfs you as well. How can you not fall in love with such people ?!

The only niggle that I had with the novel was that for such good buildup, the ending was a bit rushed and did not do justice. Also the speed at which some of the investigative actions were conducted in the novel ( especially for the 60's era ) require some suspension of disbelief. Apart from that a very enjoyable read, if not for anything else then at least for the nostalgia factor and as a remembrance for much simpler times!

[Saurav Chandan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing start by Surendra Mohan Pathak

This was the first published novel by Surendra Mohan Pathak (SMP) where he introduced iconic characters like Sunil, Ramakant, Prabhudayal who go on to appear on more than 100 novels.

Considering that this was the 1st novel, the characters where not fully developed. One of the suspect could ve guessed at around 60% point of the story. The story itself was relatively short, but it is understandable as this novel was printed as part of a magazine.

Despite all this, the novel had one of the best characteristic of SMP (especially Sunil series) novel. Once you start, it becomes very difficult to put down.

Thank you Amazon for the kindle edition of such an old book. Please keep updating your liabrary. I hope one day I will have the complete SMP collection on my kindle.

[विकास 'अंजान' · Rating 4 out of 5]

सुनील और पाठक साहब का पहला उपन्यास। उपन्यास बेहद मनोरंजक लगा।इस के विषय में मेर पूरी राय आप निम्न लिंक पर जाकर पढ़ सकते हैं :पुराने गुनाह नये गुनाहगार

[Satyajeet · Rating 3 out of 5]

The very first book by Mr. Pathak. The readers are introduced to the affable character of Sunil, and his famous traits. Though rthe book was written in 1967 It still holds on its own in these modern times.

[Gagan Brar]

lets start

[Param Desai · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice! But some minor points are missing.

But overall, it was a worth reading. The very First novel of the SMP. Story line is very well written and gripping.

[kamal kant parashar · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Dharmendra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good one

Very Nicely written novel by the writer. Suspense is maintained till the end of novel. One cannot left till the end of the story. Good one.

[Nidhi Chopra · Rating 5 out of 5]

So kla was saroj?

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