Double Delight: Abir Chatterjee has turned many shades grey to play Byomkesh Bakshi in an original story based on the sleuth, scripted and directed by Debaloy Bhattacharya, titled Bidaye Byomkesh.
Here Byomkesh is 78, has a receding hairline and his only interest in life is gardening and clay modelling. The ravages of old age have set in. “Byomkesh Bakshi has gone into hibernation. He is now a broken man. Satyabati and Ajit are memories. The lonely old man stays with his sister-in-law Anasua and grandson Satyaki Bakshi,” said Debaloy.
What’s the twist in the tale? In a double role, young Abir also makes his presence felt as Byomkesh’s grandson Satyaki, whose girlfriend is played by Sohini Sarkar. “The film goes on to show how the elderly Byomkesh deals with a crisis that falls upon his family. Is it a new beginning for the detective? Or will his grandson carry forward the baton?” Debaloy asks but keeps mum for now.
