Ebar Shabor
An experienced Bengali detective untangles a house-party murder whose victim's troubled history turns every intimate connection into a possible motive.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- serious
- paranoid
- crime movie night
- mystery marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly responded positively to the twist-filled Bengali crime drama, with strong audience interest reflected in packed multiplex screenings.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Mitali Ghosh's house-party murder implicates close friends and family while Shabor investigates their conflicting accounts.
Experienced police detective Shabor Dasgupta is assigned to identify the real victim and solve the difficult case.
Mitali's troubled personal history becomes a key element in understanding the murder and its suspects.
The plot explicitly emphasizes numerous twists as Shabor works through contradictory possibilities.
Films like Ebar Shabor, and why
Byomkesh O Agnibaan
shared Bengali crime mystery, experienced detective, shifting suspects, and morally tangled social circle
Knives Out
shared murder investigation, ensemble suspects, psychological tension, and twist-driven storytelling
The Invisible Guest
shared police procedural structure, claustrophobic suspect network, and dark examination of hidden motives
Movie Details
- Director
- Arindam Sil
- Release Date
- 2015-01-02
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (7)
Cast
- Saswata Chatterjee
- Abir Chatterjee
- Swastika Mukherjee
- Paayel Sarkar
- Dipankar Dey
- Ritwick Chakraborty
- Rajat Ganguly
- Subhrajit Dutta
- Rahul Arunoday Banerjee
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hoichoi
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ebar Shabor about?
- An experienced Bengali detective untangles a house-party murder whose victim's troubled history turns every intimate connection into a possible motive.
- What is Ebar Shabor like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ebar Shabor as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Ebar Shabor violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Ebar Shabor as mild.
- What did critics think of Ebar Shabor?
- Critics broadly responded positively to the twist-filled Bengali crime drama, with strong audience interest reflected in packed multiplex screenings.
- Which films are like Ebar Shabor?
- Films with a similar feel include Byomkesh O Agnibaan, Knives Out, and The Invisible Guest.
- How long is Ebar Shabor?
- Ebar Shabor runs 126 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ebar Shabor?
- In United States, Ebar Shabor streams on Hoichoi.
