Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is a thrilling murder mystery that leaves you awestruck and giddy with pleasure. A scrumptious delight of a film that has the repeat viewing value of a classic, missing it would be a crime only Byomkesh could solve.
Beautiful, stylish yet this is Dibakar's most underwhelming film so far. Within the first few minutes of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, you understand why Dibakar Banerjee is widely regarded as the best director in Bollywood. One simple, unremarkable tram ride through Calcutta is all Banerjee needs to establish the world in which his new film is set. In the foreground of the frame is Byomkesh (Sushant Singh Rajput), out of focus, with his back to the window. The city beyond the window is in sharp focus — because the real hero of Banerjee's film is the Calcutta that the director has imagined.
DVD Features:Dolby Digital 5.1,Anamorphic WideScreen,NTSC All Regions, English Subtitles
Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee, Meiyang Chang, Shivam, Anindya Banerjee, Divya Menon, Neeraj Kabi, Mark Bennington
Director: Dibakar Banerjee
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Production Co: Yash Raj Films
Music Director: Sneha Khanwalkar, Dibakar Banerjee, Mink, Blek, Mode AKA, Joint Family, IJA
A gorgeous mix of fantasy and reality, Banerjee's Calcutta is as pretty and delicate as a watercolour painting, but with accents of noir. Shadows loom large here and a hundred shades of darkness haunt its streets. Opium and crime lace the wintry air. The second World War and the threat of Japanese bombs threaten the colonial city. In the middle of all this is a young detective, working on his first case.
When his father can't be found for two months, Ajit (Anand Tiwari) approaches Byomkesh for help. As far as Byomkesh is concerned, there's no mystery here. Considering how long he's been untraceable, Ajit's father is not a missing person but a dead man and Byomkesh bluntly says as much to Ajit. Net result: Ajit literally punches Byomkesh's lights out. Needless to say, it's the beginning of a wonderful friendship.
Byomkesh takes on Ajit's case partly because he feels bad for Ajit and because Byomkesh's ego demands he find evidence to prove his theory that Ajit's father has been murdered. The investigation quickly swirls towards danger when it turns out that a local politician, his mistress, a scary Japanese dentist and Chinese drug dealers are all players in this nasty affair. Throats are slashed, blood spurts, vamps shimmy in and out, sirens wail — and in the middle of all this is Byomkesh, trying to piece together a gory jigsaw puzzle.
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