A detective is not a policeman. He is not a family member or a friend of the victim. He is a free agent hired by a client to investigate a ...
A detective is not a policeman. He is not a family member or a friend of the victim. He is a free agent hired by a client to investigate a crime – or sometimes does so of his own volition. Pipe, magnifying glass, overcoat, deerstalker hat optional.
One of the most popular Bengali – and then Indian – detective characters is Byomkesh Bakshi. Created by the author Saradindu Bandyopadhyay in the 1930s, the detective is still very popular in Bengal, with everything from a Satyajit Ray film to multiple web series based on him. He gained national currency when a TV serial on his adventures ran on Doordarshan to great popularity.
Filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee was a fan of the detective since his childhood and after four critically acclaimed films of moderate financial success, he convinced Yash Raj Films to back his grand vision of recreating the detective in a contemporary style. They bought rights for all the Byomkesh stories, and created a script that bound together several tales and an exaggeration of several themes.
The placid Mr Bakshi was converted into an adventurous Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! – a film that is the origin story of a great sleuth. The detection starts with the abduction of...
