▁including ▁comp il ations ▁of ▁short ▁stories , ▁ess ays ▁( e . g . ▁on ▁silent ▁film , ▁c f . ▁At orth y , ▁ 1 9 9 0 ) ▁and ▁plays . ▁His ▁best - ▁known ▁literary ▁work ▁was ▁Mah as th av ir ▁J ata k ▁( 1 9 4 4 ), ▁a ▁fict ional ▁aut obi ography ▁in ▁four ▁volumes ▁noted ▁for ▁its ▁irre ver ent ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Cal cut ta ' s ▁early ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁él ites . ▁Among ▁his ▁other ▁nov els ▁are ▁An ark ali ▁( 1 9 2 5 ), ▁B aj ik ar ▁( 1 9 2 2 ), ▁Ach al p ather ▁J atri ▁( 1 9 2 3 ), ▁Ch as ir ▁Mey e ▁( 1 9 2 4 ), ▁D ui ▁Rat ri ▁( 1 9 2 7 ) ▁and ▁Tak ht ▁T aus . ▁Associ ated ▁with ▁literary ▁journal ▁B har ati , ▁he ▁edited ▁Nach g har , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁performing ▁arts ▁journ als ▁to ▁take ▁film ▁seriously , ▁with ▁Hem endra ▁K umar ▁Roy ▁and ▁film - ▁mak er ▁P ash up ati ▁Ch atter je e . ▁ ▁He ▁founded ▁Bet ar ▁Jag at , ▁the ▁journal ▁of ▁the ▁A IR , ▁Cal cut ta ▁( 1 9 2 9 ). ▁He ▁started ▁as ▁scen ar ist ▁and ▁actor , ▁using ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁Kr ish na ▁H ald ar , ▁at ▁Indian ▁Kin ema ▁Arts ▁( P