Byomkesh Bakshi
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Movie Review: Byomkesh Pawrbo (2016)
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 Read more
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Movie Review: Har Har Byomkesh (2015)
The duo of sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi and his sidekick, Ajit Bandopadhyay, created by Bengali author Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, were inspired by the eponymous Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson. ‘Har Har Byomkesh’ is a Byomkesh who-dun-it based on Saradindu Bandopadhyay’s novel Banhi Patanga. While the plot in the book unfolds in Patna, the movie’s plot Read more
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Chiriyakhana (1967) vs Byomkesh o Chiriyakhana (2016)
The fictitious sleuthing duo of Holmes and Watson, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, have inspired numerous other detective duos, including Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Hastings. Another detective duo inspired by Holmes and Watson are the “truth-seeker” Byomkesh Bakshi and Ajit Kumar Banerjee, his loyal friend and sidekick. This duo was created by the Bengali Read more
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