Review of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) by Aakash G — 12 Apr 2015

Great sense of a completely different time, place and way of living.

This review of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) was written by Aakash G on 12 Apr 2015.

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! has generally received positive reviews.

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Superb film as good as any international film. As for the story you cannot guess the killer and keeps you on your toes…

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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is good, but there's no real anchor in the film on which I can pin its success, and perhaps that is a marker that…

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