Playing the title role in Dibakar Banerjee’s film “Detective Byomkesh Bakshy” was challenging for Sushant Singh Rajput and he says he has worked very hard to get his act right in the movie.
The 29-year-old actor said that before doing the film he did his fair share of research on Bengali literature’s most loved fictional detective created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. “I knew that I had the resources and researches. The bottom line was the authority to play the character Byomkesh. I was aware of what not to do on-screen. Filmmaking is all about what we like to do on-screen. We have attempted that in the film. I have worked very hard to perform the character,” said Rajput. The film is set in Kolkata and has been extensively shot in the city as well as Mumbai.
The film is making all the right noises in the industry. The YouTube trailer of the film has already crossed well over a 1 million views. Though the director has bought the rights for all the 33 novels featuring the Bengali sleuth, he is reluctant to say that his film is first of a series.
At a recent event in New Delhi Dibakar confessed that he was very nervous about his film. "I have been fascinated by the stories and by Byomkesh's character since I read it for the first time. And when I read it I read all the 33 novels all together it took me maybe two to three years but I remember how deep an impression it had on me. So when I thought of making it as a film I was nervous. It was going to be my second film but I did not think I was mature enough as a film maker to take this on at that time," answered Dibakar when asked about his film and the experience of making it.
"The telling of the story is completely contemporary but as far as the content and details is concerned I have stayed true to the book and our research," added the filmmaker.
Presented by Yash Raj Films, film will be released on 3 April. Set in war torn Kolkata of 1942-43, the motion poster features dhoti-clad Sushant against the backdrop of Kolkata's iconic Howrah Bridge in his stint to save the city from Japanese invasion. The poster shows the city being bombed by Japanese choppers and a young detective trying to do his duty with full conviction.
