It is time for another Bengali Whodunit/Crime thriller. In the wake of the success of “Ebar Shabor” (2015), Saswata Chatterjee reprises his eponymous role as ACP Shabor Dasgupta in “Eagoler Chokh” (Eyes of the Eagle).

The opening scene is reminiscent of the first “Scream” movie, with a woman on the phone in the dead of night. In this case, however, she is not discussing movies but seems to be threatening someone, saying that she will reveal all she knows.

The camerawork in this scene is simply extraordinary. On the lower floor of the house, two masked assailants brandishing firearms make their way to the top. One guns down the woman on the landing. The assailants then open a door that leads to a bedroom.

Here, they seem to be in for a surprise. Another woman is in the room, almost anticipating their arrival, and shoots one of the shocked assailants as he enters the room. The other assailant manages to shoot her.

The scene shifts to a chase scene where Dasgupta and his sidekick, Nanda (once again played by Subhrajit Dutta), are on the trail of a bad guy. As the viewer is about to say, “not again,” there is a twist thrown in. The suspect is cornered by Dasgupta and his assistant and tries to fire at them. There is an uncharacteristic action from Dasgupta. He simply freezes. Luckily for him, Nanda shoots the suspect.

This would land Dasgupta face to face with a shrink. We learn from this interaction that Shabor is single and has lost his mother as a teenager. The shrink recommends that he take time off. Predictably, there is no chance of that, as crime never gives a movie detective a break.

Soon enough, a rookie cop who is part of the investigation team looking at the shooting earlier in the movie notices his superior officers botch the investigation and contaminate the scene. They are almost in the process of ruling the crime a case of random burglary. The rookie requests Dasgupta to take over the investigation of the case, and sure enough, Dasgupta accepts.

It is revealed that among the two victims, the one shot in the bedroom is Shivangi (Jaya Ahsan), who lives in the house where the incident occurred. Shivangi has survived the attack but is in the hospital in a coma. The other woman, Nandini (Payel Sarkar), is her friend who has been staying as a guest in the same house for a while.

Shivangi’s husband Bishen, who had been away for a few days, arrives home and is the first to report the crime. Shabor, in his typical interrogation style, questions Bishen, who reveals that he is an extremely flawed man. He admits that he is prone to heavy drinking and womanizing and cannot see a way out. He routinely imbibes drinks to the point of unconsciousness and is totally oblivious to what is happening.

He tells Shabor that he has been away at his friend’s place for the two days, where the two of them spent time with two prostitutes. There is also a young teenage girl, Jahnabi (Riya Banik), who lives in the same house and a mysterious woman, Shyamangi (Ushoshi Sengupta), who arrived in town the day before the incident.

Shabor interrogates each of these individuals and attempts to piece together the truth. Shocking secrets of each of the individuals that include adultery, jealousy, manipulation, blackmail, and minor abuse come to light. Shabor realizes that he cannot look at each of them in isolation but has to have a panoramic view of all these isolated facts, or as he puts it, an eagle’s eye of the entire picture to solve the case.

While not as good as the first installment, “Eagoler Chokh” is an absorbing mystery that is worth the watch. Once again, we see a subdued but intense performance from Saswata Chatterjee as Dasgupta. Anirban Bhattacharya also puts in a fine performance as the tormented Bishen. The rest have also done their roles reasonably well. While it has its flaws, this movie is a good one-time watch for all fans of mystery or crime movies.