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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy
U/A (INDIA)
2015
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3.5
Dibakar Banerjee adds cheeky global touches too (Byomkeshs painting resembles Edvard Munchs Scream), tracking shots evoking Fellinis moving camera, ac ..
ETimes (TOI)
3.5
Byomkesh Bakshy is an iconic Bengali character brought to life by Sushant Singh Rajput with great elan Sushant pulls off a role full of wry liveliness ..
4.0
Its a film that will keep you glued to the screen for all the 135 minutes it runs into. Dont think of even missing a minute of it.
Hindustan Times
3.5
If you like your cinema fast and furious, then head to the seventh installment of that franchise.
Hindustan Times
2.0
But adventure fails to permeate the listlessness of this overlong, self indulgent would be thriller.
The Guardian
3.5
Mr. Banerjee, who wrote the script with Urmi Juvekar, keeps the pace slow and easy.
The New York Times
3.5
But Dibakar keeps you guessing till the very end in this unabashedly noir Bengal pulp drama.
Deccan Chronicle
2.5
It doesnt help that the soundtrack throughout is zany and keeps putting us in mood for fun thats not forthcoming.
Deccan Chronicle
4.5
doesnt mean to be another direct translation of a Saradindu story on screen.
Deccan Chronicle
1.5
Its a deliciously dark story and yet, until the interval, it doesnt fully engage.
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1.0
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2.5
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is the best looking and least captivating of the current lot.
Rediff
3.0
The casting is spot on. Rajputs portrayal of Byomkesh is honest and understated which suits the plot perfectly.
The National
3.0
The film wanders too and fro, introducing innumerable competing factions and clouding the narrative drive.The film lacks the punch that I think the di ..
Screen Anarchy
3.5
However, put those brilliant individual pieces together, the overall film leaves you underwhelmed.The discredit for this could go to the somewhat conv ..
Mid Day
3.0
The trimmings on this one are plenty, but its the meat that is missing.
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