Who is byomkesh bakshi

Since Byomkesh is not a scientist, addict or a violinist, but just an average Bengali, or rather Indian youth, it makes it much easier for the common man to identify with him. Which is where a Rajit Kapur succeeded while an Uttam Kumar failed. In Rajit Kapur, we found a Byomkesh who was not a prisoner of his image. Rather, he was living the role of a young man trying to understand things that are happening around him.

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Tags: Byomkesh Bakshi. Let's work together to keep the conversation civil. On the death anniversary of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, the creator of Byomkesh Bakshi, we take a look at some of the acting powerhouses who have maintained the celluloid attraction of the iconic Bengali sleuth over the years.

He was perhaps Indian television's first Byomkesh Bakshi, who played the character to perfection. With his assistant Ajit, played by KK Raina, Bomkesh solved every problem with elan — in his imitable style. The other highpoint of the show was Kapur and Raina's on-screen chemistry. The series was first aired in and ran till Abir Chatterjee as the eponymous detective remains the most popular among all.

The terrific actor nailed it as Byomkesh in the OTT world. He plays the master sleuth with elan, never once deviating from the traits the character demands. He also defines the subtle progression of Byomkesh Bakshi from a young and energetic beginner to a seasoned and mature individual to perfection. Without any discrimination, Jisshu managed to earn respect from the cinelovers as much as Abir slipping into the character of detective Bakshi.

Jisshu, with a calm composure in his face, delivers the look of a listener, someone who prefers to listen to the entire matter, then do some private investigation and only then form a conclusion to get an answer.

Chiriyakhana is a minor Ray film rarely seen outside Bengal. A whodunit, the story revolves around private detective Byomkesh Bakshi, played by matinee idol Uttam Kumar. In an interview with a magazine, Satyajit Ray had once described Chiriyakhana The Zoo as his most unsatisfying film. I prefer the thriller form where you more or less know the villain from the beginning. Yet another Byomkesh and yet another story.

Another film and another set of actors! Will Bengalis ever get tired of this Bengali sleuth? It seems not. We have successfully established our loyalty for crime thrillers. Param playing a youngish Byomkesh for the first time can be seen a bit politically conscious. The highly talented actor has left a mark in the minds of the audience playing the iconic sleuth on the small screen.

Paired up with him is his best friend and now wife Ridhima, who plays his wife Satyabati in the show. No wonder their off-screen chemistry gave an extra edge to their on-screen performances. The film also stars Anand Tiwari and Swastika Mukherjee in principal roles. Banerjee recreated a pre-Independence era Kolkata in the film as it follows the first adventure of the Bengali sleuth, who is fresh out of college.

Satyanweshi was a Bengali mystery-thriller — the last full-length feature by the late director Rituparno Ghosh.

Playing the sleuth was yet another popular filmmaker, Sujoy Ghosh. Even Ajit sported a tie and a zari-spotted shirt that no one in the world in the s would have been caught dead wearing. Obviously trying to ape the original BBC Holmes TV serial of the s not the recent one starring Benedict Cumberbatch , some ignorami have put Byomkesh and Ajit in a study with a big table with some faux-antique stuff on it.

Evoking the period! Well, good for them, if it gets the TRPs, and I suspect that anything on Bengali television with Byomkesh in its title will get a large viewership. Anyway, literary works being mauled by their cinematic interpreters is nothing new. Which brings me to Detective Byomkesh Bakshy. Yash Raj Films with, I presume, Dibakar Banerjee, who is a co-producer has bought the rights to all the Byomkesh stories for all Indian languages except Bengali.

The teaser-trailer indicates that Banerjee is intent on making a lavish period film that recreates Calcutta, including the Japanese bombing of its port. The trailer also appears to indicate that Chinese residents of Calcutta play a crucial part in the film. This seems to have nothing to do with the original stories. This is an astonishing departure from what we know of the Byomkesh of the printed word, but we should accept that too.

Someone has put a hell of a lot of money behind this character, so I suppose we should be happy. The IMDb. I wonder what Saradindu-babu would have thought of that, but if our Byomkesh becomes a Bond-like franchise, I have no problems. If Yash Raj and Banerjee can turn Byomkesh into a global or at the very least, a national multi-lingual franchise, we should rejoice. To put it very simply, at least people will know about a Bengali called Byomkesh.

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