Byomkesh Bakshi..!!

Saw a movie!!

Nah…seeing a movie is not the news!

But the specialty was it being a BENGALI MOVIE…

Yes…I saw a Bengali movie in a jam packed multiplex for the first time and I found that I quite understand the language now a days being so much non familiar to it.(thanks to my Kolkata stay).

Accompanied by hubby whose understanding of the language is as remote as a bengali’s understanding of Tamil or Arabic. (had to give him a brief about the happenings every quarter).

Still we opted for it becoz the name was magnetic….BYOMKESH BAKSHI!!

Remember the DD 1 block buster in nineties ….protagonist being played by Rajit Kapoor!! Was no it your favorite too…!!

Kolkata has decent number of multiplexes and theaters and its quite enough for Bengali movie goers….but surprisingly every time I tried to book the tickets for this particular movie I was offered the front row seats which prolonged my wait to watch the movie. Movie was a HIT.

Finally…on Monday I got the tickets in the last moment and watched.

The movie starts with a scene of riots betwn Hindus and Muslims in Kolkata city in early sixties.

Post independence after-shocks.

A lady approaches Byomkesh with apprehensions about his adopted son’s safety and later a murder mystery, cool revelations throughout and finally a solved case. (Won’t reveal much…pls watch the movie to experience the mystery)
A new Byomkesh (Abir) handsome and cool enough to match the character, Ajit (Saswata) was good too as a companion and narrator.

Other characters did decent jobs and most important part of the movie is the ability to make the audience glued till the end. The look of the movie was matching the look of sixties. The riot angle was rightly put to give the movie a serious and thought provoking base.

Not too many fussy characters, unnecessary songs, drama or non-effective suspense makes the movie clean, simple and effective.

At the end the movie seemed a bit predictable (may be just that I guessed the end rightly), Nonibala’s sleeveless blouses were a bit out of place, Satyabati’s ( Byomkesh’s wife) character could have been used in a better way in the movie, with all these little drawbacks it was quite a treat for the audience.
The movie has a balanced story line, proper proportion of suspense, damp of humour, good acting, and an overall FRESHNESS!

After Santosh Sivan’s “Before the Rains” I was for the first time felt satisfied with a movie…..the movies in between were simply chaos!!

Good Work Anjan Dutta Ji…..We don’t mind expecting a Byomkesh Bakshi-Dwitiya!!