But what about phenomenal production? Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is a glorious example of great production design. There are plenty of twists here to bamboozle your brains out. And yet, Banerjee and co-writer Urmi Juvekar's screenplay keeps surprising you. You're mind starts thinking ahead, you want to second guess what's about to happen. Every step of the way, with every new development you feel a sense of tension. The way his seemingly ordinary case turns into a complex web of crime is fascinating. Yes we've seen and loved the recent Sherlock Holmes blitz in the West, but to watch the wily Byomkesh unravel mysteries in an age when Google and smartphones were firmly locked away in Da Vinci's diary is fascinating.
He sets out on a regular missing person's case only to stumble into something deeper, deceitful and totally treacherous. But that hasn't stifled the ambitions of a young private detective called Byomkesh Bakshy. Calcutta is jostling with the nervous air of World War II. This is the perfect example of flawless execution. The storytelling doders a wee bit, it ends up a bit too gory at the end but the filmmaker's vision is just spectacular. It's the most authentic and detailed recreation of that era. You're taken back to the Calcutta of 1940s, literally. His retelling of the Detective Byomkesh Bakshy saga is like a trip in a time machine.
If anyone could dig deep into the stretches of time and pull out a murderous and mysterious rabbit out of the hat, its the talented Mr Dibakar Banerjee. There was a time they were abundant, but with moving times, the best were left behind in the golden eras.
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