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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
Summary review: An edge-of-the-seat thriller
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
Directed by
Produced by
Aditya Chopra
Dibakar Banerjee
Written by
Sharadindu
Bandyopadhyay
Dibakar Banerjee
Screenplay by
Dibakar Banerjee
Urmi Juvekar
Based on
Starring
Music by
Cinematography
Nikos Andritsakis
Edited by
Manas Mittal
Namrata Rao
Production
company
Yash Raj Films
Dibakar Banerjee Productions
Distributed by
Yash Raj Films
Release dates
·
April 3, 2015
Running time
148 minutes
Country
Language
Budget
A classic whodunit thriller
which holds the suspense quite firmly till the end. This is an excellent effort
of bringing to life India’s detective figure Byomkesh Bakshy and with this
film, Dibakar Banerjee forms a strong base for a crime-mystery franchise.
Characters are strong and the suspense build-up is bang on.
At Bhuvan's lodgings, Byomkesh is befriended by doctor Anukul Guha (Neeraj
Kabi) and Kanai Dao (Meiyang Chang) who sells opium - in a Calcutta that's all
about intoxicants, smugglers and smoke. Byomkesh finds a trail to Gajanand
Sikdar's chemical factory where sensuous film star Angoori (Swastika) intrigues
him, imperious Satyawati (Divya) annoys him and rebellious Sukumar (Shivam)
puzzles him - discovering blackmail, drugs, bodies and bombs, can Byomkesh
solve not one but two dangerous plots?
Byomkesh Bakshy is an iconic Bengali character brought to life by Sushant Singh
Rajput with great elan - Sushant pulls off a role full of wry liveliness (a
Sardarji cabbie nervously noting, 'Ye babu ka nut dheela hai,'), fitting the
character, from flowery dhoti folds to furrowed-forehead frowns, beautifully.
He's matched by dramatic Neeraj Kabi and calm Anand Tiwari who, after a Chinese
gang leaves a courtyard strewn with corpses, tells caretaker Putiram (shakily
precise Pradipto Kumar Chakrabarty), 'Khoon rehne de...bas chai bana de.'
Alongside, the look is remarkable - noir cinematography unfurls a Calcutta of
jostling shadows and splendid squalour, trams like filigree running across the
city, costume balls, dentists' halls where murders are committed with violent
slash. Dibakar Banerjee adds cheeky global touches too (Byomkesh's painting
resembles Edvard Munch's Scream), tracking shots evoking Fellini's moving
camera, action punching between Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino.
But the film stretches, scenes between Byomkesh and a slow-talking,
slow-smoking, slow-pouting Angoori losing pace. Superfluous characters (wailing
wife, dumbstruck ex) make growing tension pop away like the bubbles on
Angoori's bath foam. A chilling climax masterfully ties up the tale - but 30
minutes less would've given this detective a much tighter grip.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
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Directed by
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Produced by
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Aditya Chopra
Dibakar Banerjee |
Written by
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Sharadindu
Bandyopadhyay
Dibakar Banerjee |
Screenplay by
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Dibakar Banerjee
Urmi Juvekar |
Based on
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Starring
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|
Music by
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Cinematography
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Nikos Andritsakis
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Edited by
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Manas Mittal
Namrata Rao |
Production
company |
Yash Raj Films
Dibakar Banerjee Productions |
Distributed by
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Yash Raj Films
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Release dates
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·
April 3, 2015
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Running time
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148 minutes
|
Country
|
|
Language
|
|
Budget
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A classic whodunit thriller
which holds the suspense quite firmly till the end. This is an excellent effort
of bringing to life India’s detective figure Byomkesh Bakshy and with this
film, Dibakar Banerjee forms a strong base for a crime-mystery franchise.
Characters are strong and the suspense build-up is bang on.
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REVIEW: Straight up, Detective
Byomkesh Bakshy! is possibly India's best-looking sleuth flick till now.
Based on Saradindu Bandhopadhyay's vintage stories, DBB! is set in 1942
Calcutta where clever Byomkesh (Sushant) is asked by Ajit Banerjee (Anand) to
help find his father, Bhuvan babu, mysteriously missing for months.
At Bhuvan's lodgings, Byomkesh is befriended by doctor Anukul Guha (Neeraj Kabi) and Kanai Dao (Meiyang Chang) who sells opium - in a Calcutta that's all about intoxicants, smugglers and smoke. Byomkesh finds a trail to Gajanand Sikdar's chemical factory where sensuous film star Angoori (Swastika) intrigues him, imperious Satyawati (Divya) annoys him and rebellious Sukumar (Shivam) puzzles him - discovering blackmail, drugs, bodies and bombs, can Byomkesh solve not one but two dangerous plots?
Byomkesh Bakshy is an iconic Bengali character brought to life by Sushant Singh Rajput with great elan - Sushant pulls off a role full of wry liveliness (a Sardarji cabbie nervously noting, 'Ye babu ka nut dheela hai,'), fitting the character, from flowery dhoti folds to furrowed-forehead frowns, beautifully. He's matched by dramatic Neeraj Kabi and calm Anand Tiwari who, after a Chinese gang leaves a courtyard strewn with corpses, tells caretaker Putiram (shakily precise Pradipto Kumar Chakrabarty), 'Khoon rehne de...bas chai bana de.'
Alongside, the look is remarkable - noir cinematography unfurls a Calcutta of jostling shadows and splendid squalour, trams like filigree running across the city, costume balls, dentists' halls where murders are committed with violent slash. Dibakar Banerjee adds cheeky global touches too (Byomkesh's painting resembles Edvard Munch's Scream), tracking shots evoking Fellini's moving camera, action punching between Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino.
But the film stretches, scenes between Byomkesh and a slow-talking, slow-smoking, slow-pouting Angoori losing pace. Superfluous characters (wailing wife, dumbstruck ex) make growing tension pop away like the bubbles on Angoori's bath foam. A chilling climax masterfully ties up the tale - but 30 minutes less would've given this detective a much tighter grip.
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