2015 · mystery · thriller · period
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
Directed by Dibakar Banerjee2h 19m2015
Byomkesh, fresh out of college, agrees to investigate the disappearance of Bhuvan, a chemist. Assisted by Bhuvan's son Ajit, Byomkesh links the case to a larger conspiracy that will unsettle Calcutta.
Our read: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded mystery · thriller · period entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, breathless, measured mystery / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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