He finds the Bunyip's cave and the diamond mines by accident. Demoralised, Shankar tries to return to civilization. Eventually, they get lost in the forests where Alvarez is killed by the Bunyip.

They meet hardships, like a raging volcano. Shankar, inspired by Alvarez's exploits, resigns from his job and accompanies Alvarez to venture again for the mines. The explorers set off into the dense jungle, much against the villagers' advice, and Carter was gruesomely killed, supposedly by the Bunyip.

Rumors suggested a mythical monster, the Bunyip, guards the mine. He explains that, lured by the prospect of a priceless yellow diamond from a Kaafi village chief, Alvarez and Carter searched for these yellow diamond caves, on the Mountain of the Moon (Chander Pahar) in the Richtersveld. While recovering, Alvarez describes his exploits in Africa with his friend Jim Carter. Alvarez's arrival becomes a turning point in Shankar's life. While at this post, Shankar encounters, rescues and nurses Diego Alvarez, a middle-age Portuguese explorer and gold/diamond prospector. Later, he takes up a job as station-master in a desolate station amidst the Veldts, where he to narrowly escapes a deadly black mamba. By a stroke of luck, he gets a job as a clerk at the Uganda Railway and rushes to Africa without a second thought.Īfter a few months laying rail tracks, he encounters the first of many dangers in pre- World War I Africa: a man-eating lion. He wants to explore the wilderness, passionate for learning about African forests and animals. After graduating from college at 20-years-old, his family's financial struggles almost force him take a job in a jute mill in Shyamnagar - a prospect he absolutely loathes.īecause loves the subject of geography, he wants to follow the footsteps of renowned explorers like Livingstone, Mungo Park, and Marco Polo. This novel tells the story of an ordinary young Bengali man, Shankar Roy Chowdhury, as he adventures in Africa in the years 19. A sequel to the 2013 film Amazon Obhijaan, written by the director of the first film Kamaleswar Mukherjee, is released in Christmas 2017. Bandyopadhyay’s story was adapted into a Graphic novel and a live-action film in 2013. The English version of the novel was titled Mountain of the Moon. It was translated to English in 2002 by Santanu Sinha Choudhuri and Pradeep Kumar Sinha, published by Orient Blackswan. The original work is a 1937 novel named Chander Pahar, written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. Chander Pahar is an Indian Bengali language franchise consisting of novels, graphic novels and a film series.

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