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Movie: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (Hindi)

Directed: Dibakar Banerjee

Produced: Dibakar Banerjee/Aditya Chopra

Story: Dibakar Banerjee/Urmi Juvekar

Based on: 'Satyanweshi' by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput/Anand Tiwari/Divya Menon/Swastika Mukherjee/Neeraj Kabi/Meiyang Chang

          Detective Byomkesh Bakshy - An Indian Detective story equivalent to Sherlock Holmes, this film has got pretty fine cinematography, good nativity, appreciable settings and gripping plot. Even some thoughts and scenes are inspired from the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's work. However, the primary cast does not project the intensity needed in such suspense thrillers and some conversations, screenplay seem dragging which taint the quality. Also, the story is predictable with cracks in the script and some ordinary depiction of the detective. A 'Shy' (hence 'Bakshy!') Sushant could have been better with more matured acting and voice modulating. Supporting cast did not have much scope including the Dr.Watson like assistant, Ajit for Byomkesh. Though, the movie lacks pace and an unconvincing antagonist's face; it could be a trend setter in such movie race. An appropriate platform has been made for second part, but makers need a lot to dwell before making an impressive sequel.