Har Har Byomkesh
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| Directed by | Arindam Sil |
| Produced by | Mahendra Soni Shrikant Mohta |
| Written by | Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay |
| Starring | Abir Chatterjee Ritwick Chakraborty Sohini Sarkar |
| Music by | Bickram Ghosh |
| Cinematography | Soumik Haldar |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Har Har Byomkesh is a Bengali mystery thriller film directed by Arindam Sil[1] and produced jointly by Mahendra Soni, Shrikant Mohta and Nispal Singh Rane on Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films banner respectively. The film is based on the fictional detective, Byomkesh Bakshi, created by the Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The film stars Abir Chatterjee as the eponymous sleuth, while Ritwick Chakraborty will enact the role of his assistant Ajit Bandopadhyay and Sohini Sarkar will helm in the shoes of Satyabati.[2][3] The teaser of the film was released on October 11, 2015.[4] The trailer was launched on October 15, 2015.[5] The film was released on 18 December 2015.
Cast
- Abir Chatterjee as Byomkesh Bakshi
- Ritwick Chakraborty as Ajit Bandopadhyay
- Sohini Sarkar as Satyabati
- Nusrat Jahan as Shakuntala[6]
- Shadab Kamal as Inspector Rathikanta Chowdhury
- Adil Hussain as Deepnarayan Singh
- Harsh Chhaya as Inspector Purandhar Pandey
- Rachel White as Chandni
- Deepankar De as Dr.Pannalal Palit
- June Malia as Miss Manna (cameo)
- Subrat Dutta as Narmadashankar
- Indradeep Dasgupta as Debnarayan Singh
- Joydeep Kundu as Leeladhar Bangsi
Production
Development
Shree Venkatesh Films bought the rights of Byomkesh franchise, except those with Anjan Dutt, planned to have on board more than one director to build the Byomkesh franchise. The first one from their stable is Har Har Byomkesh by Arindam Sil, based on Saradindu Bandopadhyay's Banhi Patanga. Shrikant Mohta hinted that after this film, one of the possible sequel may be directed by Sandip Ray.[7]
Casting
Sohini Sarkar was selected to play the role of Satyabati.[8] Initially, the character of Shakuntala was offered to Aditi Rao Hydari, who was recommended by Shoojit Sircar to the director, which would make her Bengali debut.[9] B.A. Pass actor Shadab Kamal was selected to enact the role of the main antagonist, making his debut in Bengali cinema.
Adil Hussain was selected for a supporting role.[10] Harsh Chhaya, June Malia, Rachel White and Subrat Dutta were selected to play prominent roles. On 12 July 2015, it was announced that Aditi Rao Hydari walked out from the film and Nusrat Jahan would replace her.[11] Actor Soumyajit Majumdar, known for his role in Aashiqui 2, will also play a role.[12] Shinjini Kulkarni, granddaughter of Pandit Birju Maharaj, will play herself in a mujra sequence in the film.[13]
Filming
Though in the book by Saradindu Bandopadhyay, Patna was the story's main backdrop, but director Arindam Sil decided to shoot the whole film with Benaras in the premise. Sil, with his crew, left to conduct a recce in Benaras on June 16, 2015.[14] The filming commenced on August 19, 2015 at Benaras.[15] The filming took place for 25 days in many historic places such as the Ramnagar Fort in Benaras and Kolkata. The filming ended on 13 September 2015.[16][17]
Soundtrack
Bickram Ghosh is selected as the music director. Sutapa Basu penned down the lyrics for a Sawan, sung by Barnali Chattopadhyay and a Chaiti, sung by Sabina Rahman. With usage of old aged instruments Bickram Ghosh had aptly recreated the semi classical format which was popular in Benaras during the period captured in the movie.Bhojpuri singer Kalpana Patowary was confirmed to sing a bhajan, written by Sugata Guha in the film, which would pay tribute to a scene from Satyajit Ray's film on detective Feluda titled Joi Baba Felunath.[18][19] .
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