As a symbolic and fitting tribute Saturday to a World War II air-raid in the war-torn history of Calcutta (now Kolkata), director Dibakar Banerjee along with his lead actor, Sushant Singh Rajput, released the first look poster of the upcoming film, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! in Kolkata, India.
On the night of 20th December 1942, Japanese bombers had attacked the city of Calcutta, which was “blacked-out” from sunset to sunrise the next morning. This day marked the city’s first all-night “black-out”.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is based on Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s fictional detective, Byomkesh Bakshy and is a contemporary interpretation of Calcutta during the 1940’s.
This detective film is an adventure thriller mired in deep political intrigue. A young, astute and intelligent Byomkesh, fresh out of college, pits himself against a mega world villain, depending more on his intuition and instinct rather than concrete proof, to solve the case, sometimes overstepping the law if needed.
Yash Raj Films presents a Dibakar Banerjee film, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! which releases worldwide on 10th April 2015.
