Detective Byomkesh Bakshy (Calcutta Detective)

Release Date: 03 April 2015

Calcutta 1943
A War...
A Mystery... and A Detective...

DETECTIVE BYOMKESH BAKSHY is based on the early exploits of India’s first true-blue detective, created by Bengali bestseller writer Saradindu Bandyopadhyay. Directed by Dibakar Banerjee, the film is set in the Second World War torn Calcutta during the 1940s and follows the first adventure of Byomkesh Bakshy, fresh out of college, as he pits himself against an evil genius who is out to destroy the world. Using his wits against the most villainous arch criminal the world has seen, in a world of murder, international political intrigue and seduction.

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi, Swastika Mukherjee, Divya Menon, Meiyang Chang, Mark Bennington, Peter Wong, Higuchi Takanori, Sangee Dorjee Thongdok, Anindya Banerjee, Arindol Bagchi, Pradeep Kumar Chakraborty, Shubham, Manoshi Nath, Kaushik Ghosh, Loitongbam Paringanba, Moumita Chakraborty, Tirtha Pratim Mallick
Director and Producer: Dibakar Banerjee
Writer: Urmi Juvekar, Dibakar Banerjee
Cinematography: Nikos Andritsakis
Music: Sneha Khanwalkar, Dibaker Banerjee, Peter Cat Recording Co. (PCRC), Madboy/Mink, Mode. AKA, IJA, Blek, Joint Family
Lyrics: Madboy/Mink, Sneha Khanwalkar, Dibaker Banerjee, Rishi Bradoo, Suryakant Sawhney, Sandeep Madhavan, IJA
Executive Producers: Smriti Jain, Gaurav Mishra
Line Production: Sky Walk Films
Kolkata Line Producer: Arindam Sil
Associate Creative Producer: Vikas Chandra
Production Design: Vandana Kataria
Editor: Manas Mittal, Namrata Rao
Art Director: Sachin Bhoir
Sound Design: Allwin Rego, Sanjay Maurya
Re-recording Mixer: Alok De
Action Director: Parvez Fazal Khan
Publicity Design: Grinning Tree
Costume Designers: Manoshi Nath, Rushi Sharma, Manish Malhotra
Visual Effects: Prana Studios
Casting Director: Honey Trehan