Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

In a contemporary interpretation of war-torn Calcutta during 1942, the story follows the first adventure of Byomkesh (Sushant Singh Rajput), fresh out of college, as he pits himself against a mastermind criminal.When Ajit Banerjees genius chemist father disappears without a trace, he hires a young private detective Byomkesh Bakshi to find him. Bakshi uncovers clues that Banerjee might have been blackmailing veteran political leader Gajanan Sikdar. After Banerjees corpse is found inside Sikdars factory, the case seems closed until Sikdar is poisoned and killed as well. Ultimately, Bakshi stumbles onto a heroin smuggling ring run by a criminal mastermind known by several names and guises and who might be playing an extremely dangerous game that goes beyond the confines of mere crime and progresses to treason against the state.

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! received generally positive response from critics. Hindustan Times Rohit Vats gave it four stars out of five and stated The action in the film starts taking place from a distance and the director slowly involves the audience into it. Pre-independence Calcutta serves as the backdrop in the opening scenes, but it soon turns into a character. The attention to detail is obvious in almost every frame. Koimoi Surabhi Redkar, gave it four stars out of five and said: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is a delicious thriller filled with elements that make you rack your brains too.

This mystery is the one even you would want to solve. Watch it for an amazing story and its even better execution. Crime mysteries just got better in Bollywood! I am going for 4/5 here! Mid-Day Surabhi Redkar, gave four stars and said: Dont miss it. Even if just to go back to the magical world of nostalgia created so beautifully and earnestly by Banerjee and cinematographer Nikos Andritsakis. Kusumita Das from Deccan Chronicle rated the movie 3.

5 stars out of five and noted The film follows the core structure of whodunit --- the chase, the red herrings, the slow cooked suspense leading up to a grand reveal. Theres a generous spray of blood too, that underlines just how violent those times were. Srijana Mitra Das of The Times of India reviewed and gave 3.5 stars out of five and wrote 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. Hes 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. Indian Express, Shubhra Gupta gave it three stars out of five and mentioned When it switches to explicatory mode, it flattens. The tension, which is on a slow-burn, leaches out, and the film ends as less than it could have been. And thats a disappointment. But by then, you have seen a film, a real, bonafide film, not bits and pieces of nonsense masquerading as one.

IBN Live gave it three stars out of five and mentioned Its the snail-paced plotting, and the surprising lack of urgency and imminent danger that cripples the film. Story strands and characters are abandoned arbitrarily, only to be revisited later. The big reveal isnt too hard to guess stick with your gut, dont let the red herrings distract you, and lo, youve figured it out. The climax too is a mess of hammy acting. Deepanjana Pal of Firstpost gave it eight out of ten.