Detective Byomkesh Bakshy

Dibakar Banerjee and Sushant Singh Rajput collaborated on Detective Byomkesh Bakshy

"The media colludes in this by wallowing in family, coterie and celebrity worship," said Dibakar Banerjee

Byomkesh Bakshi is one of the most celebrated Bengali fictional characters

Sushant believes that his curiosity to explore the various aspects of cinema and its makers around the world arose when he started working with Dibakar for their 2015 crime mystery Detective Byomkesh Bakshy

The Bengali film, with music by Piku composer Anupam Roy, is about three characters - an assassin, a prostitute and a drug dealer. It hits theatres today, and stars Anjan Dutt, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy's Swastika Mukherjee, and Ritwik Chakraborty

"In Bollywood, directors have greater faith in actors. You can see an Alia Bhatt portraying a pock-marked rural woman in Udta Punjab which is a departure from her micro-flaunting image. In Bengali cinema, the directors are not willing to experiment with me," said Swastika Mukherjee

Sushant treated his fans for a question and answer session on Twitter on Sunday evening.

"Well this is true. I am doing the sequel soon because I feel that the first instalment of Byomkesh is successful in terms of idea, art and creativity to make a new genre of cinema making. However, the commercial result was not successful," said Dibakar Banerjee

"Every human being can have a special person in her life. In my case she is a woman. That is not a big deal," said Swastika

Set several decades apart, Piku and Byomkesh nevertheless inhabit similar worlds which orbit around the central notion of Bengaliness. Importantly, this is not Bollywood's notion of Bengaliness but an insider's view of a culture and a people

The story of how I watched the Dibakar-directed crime thriller Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! in the City of so-called Joy, my first home and the fictional Byomkesh's hunting ground

"You get to know the real value of a film after six months," said Dibakar

"This is a huge achievement for a Hollywood movie in India. Hopefully, this will continue attract more audiences in the coming weeks,- said Sarabjit Singh, GM, Universal India

Dibakar says that Sushant's portrayal of Byomkesh has created a new image of the detective

Dum Laga Ke Haisha and NH10, the films that preceded Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! have made over Rs 30 crores each

Dibakar Banerjee and Sushant Singh Rajput collaborated on Detective Byomkesh Bakshy

"The media colludes in this by wallowing in family, coterie and celebrity worship," said Dibakar Banerjee

Byomkesh Bakshi is one of the most celebrated Bengali fictional characters

Sushant believes that his curiosity to explore the various aspects of cinema and its makers around the world arose when he started working with Dibakar for their 2015 crime mystery Detective Byomkesh Bakshy

The Bengali film, with music by Piku composer Anupam Roy, is about three characters - an assassin, a prostitute and a drug dealer. It hits theatres today, and stars Anjan Dutt, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy's Swastika Mukherjee, and Ritwik Chakraborty

"In Bollywood, directors have greater faith in actors. You can see an Alia Bhatt portraying a pock-marked rural woman in Udta Punjab which is a departure from her micro-flaunting image. In Bengali cinema, the directors are not willing to experiment with me," said Swastika Mukherjee

Sushant treated his fans for a question and answer session on Twitter on Sunday evening.

"Well this is true. I am doing the sequel soon because I feel that the first instalment of Byomkesh is successful in terms of idea, art and creativity to make a new genre of cinema making. However, the commercial result was not successful," said Dibakar Banerjee

"Every human being can have a special person in her life. In my case she is a woman. That is not a big deal," said Swastika

Set several decades apart, Piku and Byomkesh nevertheless inhabit similar worlds which orbit around the central notion of Bengaliness. Importantly, this is not Bollywood's notion of Bengaliness but an insider's view of a culture and a people

The story of how I watched the Dibakar-directed crime thriller Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! in the City of so-called Joy, my first home and the fictional Byomkesh's hunting ground

"You get to know the real value of a film after six months," said Dibakar

"This is a huge achievement for a Hollywood movie in India. Hopefully, this will continue attract more audiences in the coming weeks,- said Sarabjit Singh, GM, Universal India

Dibakar says that Sushant's portrayal of Byomkesh has created a new image of the detective

Dum Laga Ke Haisha and NH10, the films that preceded Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! have made over Rs 30 crores each