Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee, Divya Menon
Director: Dibakar Banerjee
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy (Sushant Singh Rajput) gets to solve his first case that revolves around the disappearance of Ajit Bannerjee’s (Anand Tiwari) genius uncle Bhuban in Calcutta (now called Kolkata).
While working on the case, Byomkesh befriends with Ajit and their chemistry turns out to be great. Subsequently, he falls for Satyawati (Divya Menon), a woman who is an equal match to him in intelligence, character & strength.
Now the case that appears rather simple from outside is actually dreadfully shocking and lays numerous death-defying twists and turns for the detective. While solving the case he pits himself against an unseen and unheard evil genius who is out to destroy the world.
Now will he let go of the mystery or solve it with his extraordinary intelligence that Calcutta praises him for? Find it out yourself.
What would work for this mysterious drama?
The film comes packed with all the rudiments of a classic murder mystery - a determined detective, a femme fatale, mysterious circumstances and a complex background.
The trailer has left us very curious and the film will undoubtedly be an edgy, shocking and surprising mystery waiting to be unveiled.
Here are some things that might drive the movie to success:
1. Saradindu Bandyopadhyay
People who have been a fan of Bengali bestseller writer Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s book Byomkesh Bakshy followed by its TV series with same name will be drooled over by this drama full of suspense on silver screen.
2. Dibaker Bannerjee
Director Dibaker Bannerjee who has raised social issues in his earlier movies like Khosla Ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, Shanghai, this time goes the dramatized way and brings the novelty in the mysterious genre.
3. Incredible Mystery
With every frame pops up a new question that keeps you in the guessing mode throughout until you finally get all the answers in the astonishing climax. Missing a frame would be your biggest mistake as there are numerous strings attached.
Just like Hollywood’s Sherlock Holmes, the execution is engaging with no option for the viewers to even blink an eye.
What equivalently support the movie are the settings, background score and actors’ performances.
4. Picturization of Calcutta
You will be mesmerized by the minute detailing of the 1940s Calcutta, which is dealt with keen interest. The rock music as background score makes this mystery-drama fun and vigorous.
5. Sushant Singh Rajput
And it’s hard to imagine this movie without Sushant Singh Rajput who himself is mysterious in this flick. He is a rude, arrogant and charming genius whom everyone loves to hate initially. But the simplicity with which he deals the case is worth noticing.
He isn’t loud while expressing happiness or short-tempered on missing a chance foolishly. Sushant is at ease and gives the best performance till date.
6. Refreshing Cast
Anand Tiwari as the man hoping to find his uncle alive presents helplessness and desperation in equal measures. Swastika Mukherjee as a seductive queen of silver screen shines in every bit. Her chemistry with Sushant gives extra points to the flick.
Indian Idol fame Meiyang Chang is also seen a promising role. Now, it is going to be interesting to see what this team brings to the big screen.
7. Music
Music plays a big part of any film, and DBB‘s songs are making the audience tapping their feet. In a deviation from traditions, the OST has been composed entirely by independent music artists except from Sneha Khanwalkar, the only musician who had composed for a soundtrack before this.
What lets down?
The only thing that lets down this otherwise perfectly graphed flick is the fact that it’s fictional and has no relation to reality. Also at moments it’s hard to understand few things that might require high intelligence.
Movie Rating:- 3/5
