Faster Fene (series)
Faster Fene (Marathi: फास्टर फेणे) is a series of Marathi books and novels written by Marathi author Bhaskar Ramachandra Bhagwat popularly known as Bha.Ra. Bhagwat. This series chronicles the life of an adventurous boy, Banesh Fene, who seems to get embroiled in various mysteries, secrets, dramas, adventures and even Indo-China war of 1962. There are twenty books and novels in the Faster Fene series, with the first being "Fursungicha Faster Fene." The first book of Faster Fene series was published in the year 1974 by Pune-based Popular Prakashan. But a year later another Pune -based publisher Utkarsh Prakashan acquired the rights to publish Faster Fene books. He is known to be one of the most popular detective characters of Maharashtra and these Faster Fene novels have been translated into other languages such as English and Hindi. Summary. Banesh Fene is a lanky school-going teenager who is always ready for adventures wherever he goes. He is a student of Vidya Bhavan School in Pune. He was born in a village called Fursungi near Pune. He is very agile and is very fast with his feet and on his bicycle. Hence he earns his nickname  'Faster Fene'. Most of Faster Fene's adventures are based in and around Pune. However, in some books and novels his adventures take place in Jammu and Kashmir, near Indo-China border and even in Afghanistan. According to Faster Fene, although he doesn't wish to get into trouble, mysteries and adventures follow him wherever he goes and so he is left with no option but to fight back and solve mysteries. TV and film adaptation. In 1987, "Faster Fene", TV show was aired by Doordarshan on DD National which was portrayed by Sumeet Raghavan in the role of Faster  Fene. In the year 2017, the character of Faster Fene was adapted into an on-screen character for a Marathi movie "Faster Fene" directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and produced by Riteish Deshmukh. The character of Faster Fene was played by Amey Wagh. Comics. Many of the stories of Faster Fene were published in Tinkle and Tinkle Digests.