West Bengal produced notable writers and novelists who fueled India's nationalist movement. Each contributed with their ideas, which were written as stinging statements about an unequal society in need of social transformation.

When he returned to Bengal, he quickly became popular among magazine readers for his contributions to Jamuna and Bichitra. Korel and Kashinath are two of his surviving childhood works. He also used the pen names Anila Devi, who was his sister, and Anupama.

Fame followed quickly, but it only served to make Sarat Chandra carefully contemplate the political and social landscapes at large and remark on them via his writings. He is recognised as one of Indian literature's outstanding writers of contemporary women. Paro in Devdas (1917), Hemangini in Mejdidi, and Kamala in Shesh Prashna are among his most well-known female characters. His women voiced their opinions without concern for social ramifications.

His work was sympathetic yet daring and brave in a manner that grabbed his audience. The reader learns about the person he was, the circumstances that shaped him, and the society he desired to live in or oppose via his basic yet forceful character.

Most of his male heroes, whether Srikanta, Devdas, or Sabyasachi, mirror his bohemian self. His female characters were all strong women – loving, kind, and chaste, sometimes repressed, sometimes rebellious.

In some of his most acclaimed pieces, he told stories of fallen ladies. Even if it meant censoring, he revealed their experiences in Charitraheen (1971), and Danto (published in four parts between 1917 and 1933). Despite what society thought of them, his ladies projected a strong will of mind and heart.

In Devdas, the legendary Chandramukhi, a baiji (courtesan), was a social outcast, yet Sarat Chandra decided to depict her story of unrequited love. His ladies never conformed to cultural conventions, and if they did, it was always by choice.

Sarat Chandra's vibrant characters make his works popular for film adaptations in a variety of languages. Devdas has been adapted into over 16 films, with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas (2002) exposing the story to a younger audience. In 2005, Bollywood also adopted Parineeta.

Apne Paraye (1980), based on Nishkriti (1917), Gulzar's Khushboo (1976), based on Pandit Mashay, and Datta (1976), based on the novel of the same name. Srikanta was adapted for the film in 2004 as It Srikanto. Doordarshan converted it into a serial, Shrikant (1985-86).

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was a Bengali writer whose work crossed all linguistic borders, gaining appreciation throughout India and even internationally. The audience could readily identify with the topics he chose from modern society, the life-like characters he drew, and the distinct style of his storytelling, which is why a great number of his works were determined to be suitable for successful cinema and stage adaptations in different Indian languages.