Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! review: Don’t even think of missing a minute

Dibakar Banerjee's Byomkesh Bakshy is set in war-torn Calcutta of the early 1940s, a time when Japanese and Chinese agents and smugglers were engaged in covert activities to usurp the city from British control to get a foothold in the Indian and Burmese markets. The locals, caught in the crossfire, are just too tired of the proxy war. In the midst of all this, we have our hero Byomkesh Bakshy played by Sushant Singh Rajput who is a socially-awkward youngster, readying himself to a meaningful life in the future. His life takes a turn for the good when he encounters Ajit Bandopadhyay, who is searching for his missing father. This meeting begins a journey that would eventually transform a raw, analytical mind into a great detective. It's a film that will keep you glued to the screen for all the 135 minutes it runs into. Don't think of even missing a minute of it.