Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

"Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!"

Watched Hindi movie "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!". This movie is directed by Dibakar Banerjee and stars Sushant Singh Rathod as Byomkesh Bakshy, Anand Tiwary as Ajit Banerjee, Swastika Mukherjee as Anguri Devi and Neeraj Kabi as Dr. Anukul Guha. Its a Yash Raj film. 

British Calcutta. Chinese gangs control drug trade. Ajit seeks help of Byomkesh to find his missing father. Byomakesh starts from hostel run by Dr. Guha and goes from one place to another in search of the missing man. There is another murder. His search leads him to something much bigger.

Is the missing man dead? Who is the beautiful Anguri Devi? What is the bigger plot? Will the British administration help?

The movie takes its to pre independence Calcutta. City with trams,  cars, pedestrians and rickshaws. Director has created authentic period atmosphere. The sights and sounds of old Calcutta make us think that this is how it must have been. 

But the story is slow,  very slow. There is a danger of audience falling asleep. Although it is understandable that the story in old times would be slow as compared to the break neck speed of thrillers, this one is also uninteresting in patches. Director should have taken more efforts to make it interesting. 

Shushant is good. Swastika is stiff. Neeraj shines. Cinematography is good. Don't remember music. Fight scenes are symbolic. 

Movie ends with the villain escaping and determining to continue fuelling with Byomkesh. It's preamble for a sequel. Thankfully it hasn't come. 

Give it a miss.