Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- mysterious
- brooding
- crime movie night
- detective film marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film moderately positive, while audiences responded warmly to its detective-driven crime mystery.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The murder investigation follows four suspects traveling through the eastern coalfield region of India.
The plot is structured around a murder gone wrong and the uncertainty surrounding the four suspects.
Byomkesh is a major Bengali detective character adapted from Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's fiction and presented through Bengali cinema.
The investigation unfolds in the eastern coalfield region, making the mining landscape central to the film's identity.
Films like Byomkesh Bakshi, and why
The Last Witness
period detective mystery driven by suspects, investigation, and concealed motives
Sherlock Holmes
classic detective storytelling with a focused whodunit structure and ensemble suspects
Kahaani
crime mystery centered on murder, deduction, and conflicting testimony
Movie Details
- Director
- Anjan Dutt
- Release Date
- 2015-10-16
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (6)
Cast
- Jisshu Sengupta
- Saswata Chatterjee
- Kaushik Sen
- Shantilal Mukherjee
- Chandan Sen
- Ankitaa Chakraborty
- Prantik Banerjee
- Joyjit Banerjee
- Sagnik Chatterjee
- Debdut Ghosh
Common questions
- What is Byomkesh Bakshi about?
- Byomkesh Bakshi follows a Bengali sleuth through an eastern Indian coalfield murder mystery where four suspects conceal interlocking motives.
- What is Byomkesh Bakshi like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Byomkesh Bakshi as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Byomkesh Bakshi violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Byomkesh Bakshi as moderate.
- What did critics think of Byomkesh Bakshi?
- Critics generally found the film moderately positive, while audiences responded warmly to its detective-driven crime mystery.
- Which films are like Byomkesh Bakshi?
- Films with a similar feel include The Last Witness, Sherlock Holmes, and Kahaani.
- How long is Byomkesh Bakshi?
- Byomkesh Bakshi runs 110 minutes.
