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Masud Rana is a fictional character created in 1966 by writer Qazi Anwar Hussain, who featured him in over 400 novels. Hussain created the adult spy-thriller series Masud Rana, at first modeled after James Bond, but expanded widely. So far 441 books have been published in this series which has gained a lot of popularity in Bangladesh. Written from the 1960s and continuing to present day, books are published almost every month by Sheba Prokashoni, one of the most popular publishing house of Bangladesh. Although Qazi Anwar Hussain started the series, it is an open secret that nowadays he doesn't write it any more. A group of ghostwriters are employed to produce all the new Masud Rana titles. The Masud Rana books describes the adventures of its eponymous hero Masud Rana, an international spy of Bangladeshi origin, closely resembling James Bond in his expertise with weapons and women. Although the author of the series is Qazi Anwar Hussain, it is known that Hussain liberally borrows plotlines from popular Western spy thrillers of contemporary period. Nonetheless, the series became a boon for young people in post-war Bangladesh, who had few entertainment alternatives in an era pre-dating video games, cable TV and the internet. The books caused concern among some middle-class parents because of their occasional racy content, and reading Masud Rana was an activity often frowned upon. The series eventually ran to well over four hundred individual titles. Apart from the novels, Masud Rana has also been adapted for one Bengali film and one TV Drama. ==Creation and inspiration== Masud Rana, a spy, a former major of Bangladesh Army continues missions all over the world. His boss is Major General (retired) Rahat Khan of the fictitious Bangladesh Counter Intelligence (BCI). According to the series, Masud Rana established the Rana Agency, a front cover for BCI in the form of a private investigation agency. The character was created in 1966 by Bangladeshi novelist Qazi Anwar Hussain in an attempt to write an adult spy thriller for the Bangladeshi readers. According to the preface of "Dhongsho-Paharr" (first book in the series), he was inspired and encouraged to do such by his close friend Mahbub Amin. The hero, Masud Rana, was named by taking the first name of his friend, lyricist Masud Karim and the title of Rana Pratap Singh of Rajput clan who ruled Mewar, a state in north-western India from 1540 to 1597. Hussain admitted in an 1994 interview that he was heavily influenced by James Bond while creating the character. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Masud Rana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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