Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! movie is a 2015 Bollywood action mystery thriller film directer is Dibakar Banerjee and producer are Dibakar Banerjee and Aditya Chopra. The story is based on the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi creater the Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The film starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari and Swastika Mukherjee in principal roles.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! movie was released on 3rd April, 2015 to positive reviews from critics but it became a commercial flop. A sequel with Sushant reprising his role was planned.
- Directer : Dibakar Banerjee
- Producer : Aditya Chopra,Dibakar Banerjee
- Writer: Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay,Dibakar Banerjee
- Screenplay : Dibakar Banerjee,Urmi Juvekar
- Based on : Satyanweshi and Arthamanartham by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
- Starring : Sushant Singh Rajput,Anand Tiwari,Swastika Mukherjee
- Music : Various Artists
- Cinematography : Nikos Andritsakis
- Editor : Manas Mittal,Namrata Rao
- Genres : Action, Mystery, Thriller
- Production company : Yash Raj Films,Dibakar Banerjee Productions
- Distributor : Yash Raj Films
- Release date : 3 April 2015
- Running time : 139 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy movie trailer :
Trailer 2 :
Star Cast of the film :
- Sushant Singh Rajput as a Byomkesh Bakshi
- Anand Tiwari as a Ajit Kumar Banerjee
- Neeraj Kabi as a Dr. Anukul Guha/Yang Guang
- Divya Menon as a Satyavati
- Swastika Mukherjee as a Anguri Devi
- Meiyang Chang as a Kanai Dao
- Moumita Chakraborty as a Leela
- Mark Bennington as a Deputy Commissioner Wilkie
- Arindol Bagchi as a Ashwini Babu
- Aryann Bhowmik as a Jai Bengal Party Boy
- Manoshi Nath as a Ruby
- Anindya Banerjee as a Prafulla Ray
- Tirtha Mallick as a Atanu Chandra Sen
- Prasun Gayen as a Journalist
- Peter Wong as a the Underboss
- Prashant Kumar as a Factory Watchman
- Dr. Kaushik Ghosh as a Gajanan Sikdaar
- Takanori Kikuchi as a Dr. Watanabe
- Piyali Ray as a Watanabe’s Receptionist
- Pradipto Kumar Chakraborty as a Puntiram
- Sandip Bhattacharya as a Officer in Charge
- Shivam as a Sukumar
- Nishant Kumar as Factory Watchmen[10]
- Shaktipada Dey as Nibaran Da[10]
- Kanwaljeet Singh Banga as Sikh Taxi Driver
- Lauren Gottlieb (special appearance in the song “Calcutta Kiss”)
Pre-Post Production :
Pre -Production :
Dibakar Banerjee expressed his desire to make a film on Byomkesh Bakshi so that India will get its own detective. On 28 June 2013, the co-production venture of YRF and Dibakar Banerjee Productions officially announces its first directorial outing with Banerjee named Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! In July 2013, Banerjee revealed that YRF had bought the rights of “31 of Byomkesh novels in all languages outside Bangla”.
Before shooting, workshops were held for the cast. In an interview Sushant said, “I have taken leave for two to three months for Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! after the release of Shuddh Desi Romance. A lot has to be done for the film like the look of the 1940s’ hairstyle, body, accent, but all after this film”. The costume was designed by the designer Manish Malhotra.
The sets were designed by Vandana Kataria and, accordingly, the set up will showcase the lifestyle of the people who were living during the turbulent times of World War II. To give the look of 1943, the heritage zone of B. B. D. Bagh was transported back to the pre-Independence era with vintage cars and old trams back on the streets. As reports suggest, a lot of VFX will be used to reflect old world charm.
Casting of the film :
After Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dibakar Banerjee wanted to make this film and he approached Aamir Khan to play the villain. Eventually the deal was cancelled because Aamir chose Dhoom 3 over it. Sushant Singh Rajput was roped in to play the role of Byomkesh Bakshi in mid-2013. Earlier reports suggested that fashion designer Sabyasachi’s assistant, Divya Menon, would be making her debut as an actress in this film as Sushant’s character’s wife.
Initially Rani Mukerji was considered to play the female lead. However, Rani refused the role since the heroine’s character had a few bold scenes. The role was later offered to Bengali actress Swastika Mukherjee. On 6 November 2014, Banerjee stated that Mukherjee’s role is sketched along the lines of Mata Hari. In March 2014, reports suggested that Meiyang Chang would be seen in the film in an important role. In May 2014, it was revealed that Neeraj Kabi is also part of the film.
Film Shooting :
Shooting for the film started in early 2014, and ended on 12 May 2014. A part of the film has been shot in Kolkata and Mumbai. Some scenes were shot in an abandoned mill in Mumbai’s Byculla region. Shooting locations in Kolkata were finalized in February 2012.
Shooting took place in Lalbazar, Presidency University, Coffee House and Bow Barracks. The cast was reportedly seen shooting for the film in Agarpara in January 2014.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy movie Songs / Music :
This film Music Given By Various Artist, Sneha Khanwalkar is the only musician who had composed for a music eaarlier. The track used in the teaser, titled “Life’s a Bitch”, is composed by the New Delhi band Joint Family.
The full song of “Bach Ke Bakshy” was published in a music video featuring Sushant, dancing in a parking lot, on 16 March 2015 in the official YRF YouTube channel. The next day, YRF uploaded all the songs in an audio jukebox format.
List of Songs with Playback Singers are as per Below :
- “Calcutta Kiss”………………..Imaad Shah, Saba Azad
- “Bach Ke Bakshy”…….Gowri Jayakumar, Big Deal, Thomson Andrews, Trevor Furtado, Rap by: Smokey the Ghost, Craz Professa
- “Byomkesh in Love”…………Rishi Bradoo, Anil Bradoo, Usri Banerjee
- “Jaanam”………………………………Suryakant Sawhney
- “Chase in Chinatown”…………..Vyshnav Balasubramaniam, Sandeep Madhavan, Manas Ullas
- “Life’s A Bitch”………………………Akshay De
- “Yang Guang Lives”………………IJA
“Calcutta Kiss” full video song :
- Singers : Imaad Shah, Saba Azad
- Music : Madboy/Mink
- Lyrics : Madboy/Mink
- Banner : YRF
“Bach Ke Bakshy” Full video song :
- Singers : Gowri Jayakumar, Big Deal, Thomson Andrews, Trevor
- Rap by : Smokey the Ghosht, Craz Professa
- Music : Sneha Khanwalkar, Dibaker Banerjee
- Lyrics : Sneha Khanwalkar, Dibaker Banerjee
- Banner : YRF
Review of the film :
Critics Review :
Public Review : First Day First Show :
Box office Collection :
This film On its first Friday collected 4.2 crore INR (US$590,000) nett in India. On its 2nd Day Saturday 4.5 Crore and third day the film collected 5.36 crore, and made a total First weekend collection of 14.1 crore in India. Its worldwideide collection stood at 43.95 crore (US$6.1 million). With Movie Budget 35 Crore, Box office India declared Flop film.
Day – Week wise Collection details :
- Day 1-Friday…………..4.30 Cr
- Day 2-Saturday……….4.60 Cr
- Day 3-Sunday………….5.15 Cr
- Day 4-Monday…………1.65 Cr
- Day 5-Tuesday………..1.60 Cr
- Day 6-Wednesday………1.30 Cr
- Day 7-Thursday………….1.20 Cr
- Week 1 Collection………19.80 Cr
- Day 8-Friday………………..0.55 Cr
- Day 9-Saturday……………..1.15 Cr
- Day 10- Sunday…………….1.55 Cr
- Day 11-Monday…………….0.50 Cr
- Day 12-Tuesday……………0.60 Cr
- Day 13-Wednesday……….0.45 Cr
- Day 14-Thursday…………..0.30 Cr
- Week 2 Collection…………5.10 Cr
- Week 3 Collection………….1.10 Cr
- Week 4 Collection………….0.60 Cr
- Week 5 Collection………..0.20 Cr
- Week 6 Collection…………..0.03 Cr
- Total Net Collection………… 26.83 Cr
- India Gross Collection………..36.22 Cr
- Overseas Collection…………7.68 Cr
- Worldwide Collection Gross…….43.90 Cr
- Detective Byomkesh Bakshi Budget : ……..35.00 Cr
- Detective Byomkesh Bakshi Verdict : FLOP
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