In this post, we will look at another Byomkesh Bakshi adventure directed by Arindam Sil. Abir Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, and Sohini Sarkar reprise their roles as Bakshi the sleuth, Ajit, his buddy, and biographer, and Satyabati, Bakshi’s wife, respectively. It is another Bakshi who-dun-it and a sequel to “Har Har Byomkesh,” a movie reviewed in my last post.

Unlike the previous movie, this one includes a few fight scenes. There is one at the beginning, where Bakshi rescues a young girl from thugs who attack her on the street. There is another fight sequence in the climax as well.

Sanctioned by the Government of India to investigate illegal arms trade, Arindam, Ajit, and Satyabati travel to the beautiful Doars, the floodplains in North Eastern India, where India borders Bhutan. The police official who welcomes the trio does not seem pleased that they are in his region. Three powerful wealthy businessmen exert tremendous control in the area. One of them is a tea entrepreneur, another is a rice mill owner, while the third is a timber merchant.

Upon arrival, Byomkesh, Ajit, and Satyabati accompany the official to attend a celebration, where Byomkesh meets the businessmen, who are not too keen on having a famous sleuth visit their area. Around the same time, a young autistic boy named Amrito goes close to a high-walled home on a dare. A mysterious horseman riding a black horse kills the boy.

The high-walled house is the residence of Sadananda Su, a fraudulent practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine. After the incident, when Sadananda, who is away in Calcutta, arrives at his home, he too is killed by an explosion. The explosion is caused when Sadananda attempts to open the gate of his house, which has been booby-trapped with a bomb by the mysterious horseman. So how are the two murders connected withe the trading of illegal arms? Who is behind it all?

The stage is set for Bakshi to uncover the details of the arms trade and solve the mystery behind the deaths of Sadananda and Amrito. While not as good as the previous movie and also having a predictable plot, the movie is still a good one-time watch.

One highlight of this movie is the cinematography, which provides great views of the greenery and wildlife in the Doars. The performances of the cast also accentuate the movie.