Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)

While investigating the disappearance of a chemist, a detective uncovers a larger conspiracy to unsettle Calcutta.

Director:

Dibakar Banerjee

Writers:

Urmi Juvekar, Dibakar Banerjee

Stars:

Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sushant Singh Rajput	...	Byomkesh Bakshy
Anand Tiwari	...	Ajit Banerjee
Neeraj Kabi	...	Dr. Anukul Guha / Yang Guang
Divya Menon	...	Satyawati
Swastika Mukherjee	...	Anguri Devi
Meiyang Chang	...	Kanai Dao
Mark Bennington	...	Deputy Commissioner Wilkie
Taka Higuchi	...	Dr. Watanabe (as Takanori Kikuchi)
Shivam	...	Sukumar
Kaushik Ghosh	...	Gajanan Sikdar
Anindya Pulak Banerjee	...	Prafulla Ray
Arindol Bagchi	...	Ashwini Babu
Peter Wong	...	Underboss
Pradipto Kumar Chakraborty	...	Puntiram
Manoshi Nath	...	Ruby

Storyline

"CALCUTTA 1943 A WAR - A MYSTERY - and A DETECTIVE" Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is based on the early exploits of India's first true-blue detective, created by Bengali bestseller writer Saradindu Bandyopadhyay. Directed by Dibakar Banerjee, the film is set in the Second World War torn Calcutta during the 1940s and follows the first adventure of Byomkesh Bakshy (Sushant Singh Rajput), fresh out of college, as he pits himself against an evil genius who is out to destroy the world. Using his wits against the most villainous arch criminal the world has seen, in a world of murder, international political intrigue and seduction.

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Plot Keywords:

criminal mastermind | evil genius | bengali | chemist | private detective | 

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Taglines:

Expect The Unexpected

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Genres:

Action | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the 30-minute mark, the as-yet-unnamed Angury Devi (Swastika Mukherjee's character) asks Byomkesh if he has never seen her. Byomkesh is seen walking past an advertisement bearing a likeness of Anguri Devi as part of an advertisement for a "beauty soap" behind a bus around the 14-minute mark, as the opening credits are being shown.

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Goofs

An openly practicing Japanese dentist, language teacher and samurai swordsmanship enthusiast (and also a secret service agent) in a British colony during war time would never be allowed be stay free under any circumstances. He would be detained in an internment camp of which many existed in India during WW2 and held German and Italian nationals. In the movie Dr. Watanabe is neither disguised as any other national (Chinese, Korean, etc.) nor is he under British secret service surveillance even assuming they deliberately allowed him to stay free.

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Quotes

Anguri Devi: Swastika Mukherjee-
[Aap Ka Sach Mera Ek Cigerate Bhi Nahi Kahrid Sakta Bhyomkesh Babu]

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Connections

References The Outlaw (1943)

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Soundtracks

Calcutta Kiss
Lyrics and music by Madboy/Mink (Imaaduddin Shah, Saba Azad)
Sung by Imaaduddin Shah, Saba Azad

User Reviews

Undoubtedly very Well made movie in bollywood

The screenplay is out of the box some movements appreciate for Dibakar Banerjee,production design background score is amezing sometimes directing skils in banerjee we all knows he is outstanding overall. So must watch if you really Love detective spy movies.

Details

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

3 April 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Детектив Бёмкеш Бакши

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$338,637, 5 April 2015

Gross USA:

$579,055

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$827,437

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dibakar Banerjee Productions, Skywalk Films, Skyway Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

139 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1