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{{About|2015 film|the titular character, created by [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]|Byomkesh Bakshi}}

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| writer        = {{ubl|[[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]|Dibakar Banerjee}}

| screenplay    = {{ubl|Dibakar Banerjee|[[Urmi Juvekar]]}}

| starring      = {{plain list|

* [[Sushant Singh Rajput]]

* [[Anand Tiwari]]

* [[Swastika Mukherjee]]}}

| studio        = {{ubl|[[Yash Raj Films]]|Dibakar Banerjee Productions}}

| distributor    = Yash Raj Films

| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|04|03|ref1=<ref name="release">{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/600622/Detective%20Byomkesh%20Bakshi|title=Detective Byomkesh Bakshi (2015)|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref>}}

| runtime        = 147 minutes<!-- Theatrical runtime: 147:54 (Don't jump between minutes, unless it is 58 or 59 seconds --><ref>{{cite web|title=''DETECTIVE BYOMKESH BAKSHY!'' (15) - British Board of Film Classification|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-film|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref>

| budget        = {{INR|35 crore}}<ref name="budget">{{cite web|title=Box Office: Understanding the economics of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/468|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|date=14 April 2022}}</ref>

| gross          = {{INR|34.68 crore}}

'''''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!''''' is a 2015 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Mystery film|mystery]] [[action thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/movies/review-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-a-calcutta-whodunit.html|title=Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!|work= [[The New York Times]]}}</ref> directed by [[Dibakar Banerjee]], and produced by Banerjee and [[Aditya Chopra]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! |url=http://www.yashrajfilms.com/Movies/MovieIndividual.aspx?MovieID=7e693a7d-afea-4176-b7cc-b10b72f09d43|publisher=[[Yash Raj Films]]|access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref> The story is based on the fictional detective [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] created by the [[Bengali people|Bengali]] writer [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-byomkesh-bakshi-gets-a-new-spelling-in-bollywood-2045941|title= 'Byomkesh Bakshi' gets a new spelling in Bollywood|work=[[Daily News & Analysis]] |date=21 December 2014 |access-date=25 December 2022}}</ref>

The film stars [[Sushant Singh Rajput]], [[Anand Tiwari]], [[Neeraj Kabi]] and [[Swastika Mukherjee]]. It was released on 3 April 2015 to positive reviews from critics; however, it was a commercial failure. A [[sequel]] with Rajput reprising his role was planned but after his death, the film was shelved.

In November 1942, shortly after the Japanese take over Burma, a group of Chinese men from the [[Green Gang]] are unloading [[opium]] in [[Calcutta]] but get ambushed, with their leader being brutally blinded by a mysterious figure.

Three months later, the leader decides to return to Calcutta to investigate their missing opium. Meanwhile, [[Ajit Kumar Banerjee (writer)|Ajit Kumar Banerjee]] approaches [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] so he can find his missing father Bhuvan Banerjee. Byomkesh initially rejects the request but decides to check it out after his lover marries someone else. The following day, he visits the lodging house Bhuvan resided in, run by physician Dr. Anukul Guha, and takes a room to investigate. He finds Bhuvan's [[paan]] box with Ashwini Babu, Bhuvan's roommate, and deduces that he was murdered. Byomkesh visits the closed chemical factory where Bhuvan used to work, where he meets an actress, Anguri Devi, the wife of the factory's owner, Gajanan Sikdaar. Noticing her hiding her purse, Byomkesh secretly goes through it and finds a set of letters containing words cut out from the newspaper sent to Sikdaar, deducing he killed Bhuvan for blackmailing him. Byomkesh visits Sikdaar's residence, where Sikdaar's nephew Sukumar is splitting the party and leading a new one, but is thrown out.

Byomkesh and Dr. Guha return to the factory and find Bhuvan's body in a machine, causing Deputy Commissioner Wilkie to question Sikdaar. However, Byomkesh discovers the letters are falsely backdated and saves Sikdaar from being framed. Byomkesh follows him home but is stopped by Anguri Devi, who attempts to seduce him. Gently rebuffing her, he goes to meet Sikdaar, who immediately has a [[Epileptic seizure|fit]] and passes away, having been poisoned. Suspicion falls on Sukumar, who was seen making death threats to Sikdaar. Dr. Guha leaves Calcutta temporarily but sends Byomkesh a stamp, confirming he had faked the letters and killed Bhuvan. Satyavati, Sukumar's sister, pleads with Byomkesh to help her brother, who she believes is innocent and in hiding. Byomkesh finds the cab Sukumar was last seen in, and the driver directs him to the office of Dr. Watanabe, a Japanese dentist. Byomkesh and Ajit go to meet Watanabe, saying they are volunteers for Sukumar's [[Basant Panchami]] agitation, but Watanabe sees through them and sends a real volunteer to tail them. Having observed this, Byomkesh disguises himself and Ajit before following the volunteer back to Watanabe's office. Discovering the ruse, Watanabe murders the volunteer and his receptionist before escaping. The two enter his office and see their corpses; Byomkesh finds a drawing in the volunteer's pocket.

Returning to the lodge, they meet Dr. Guha, who admits he and Sukumar are working with the Japanese to free the country, with Sukumar to lead a "Free Bengal", and murdered Bhuvan and Sikdaar for betraying them. Returning to their room, Ajit vents about his father, revealing Bhuvan had lost his job at Hind Chemicals when they learned his master formula contained opium and addicted customers. Realising Ashwini is addicted to Bhuvan's custom paan blend, Byomkesh takes a chew and euphorically creates a mural of his understanding of the entire case, revealing Sikdaar said the words “Young Gun” to him before dying. The next morning, Byomkesh tests the mixture and his own blood; while his blood contains [[heroin]], the paan is clean, making him deduce that Bhuvan had created an "untraceable" formula. Byomkesh learns from Kanai Dao, a fellow lodge resident and licensed opium dealer, that the opium supply in the local areas has been halted, and asks him if he can help Byomkesh meet any heroin suppliers. However, Kanai turns out to be a police informer and turns Byomkesh and Ajit into Deputy Commissioner Wilkie. Wilkie tells Byomkesh about Yang Guang, a former Green Gang leader who wanted Calcutta's opium business for himself and was killed in retaliation but reportedly survived; Byomkesh realises Sikdaar was referring to him.

Byomkesh discovers the drawing actually depicts the course of the [[Ganges]] through Calcutta and Sukumar's campaign points. With Kanai's help, Byomkesh meets with the Green Gang, where they realise Yang had and set a deal with the Japanese to use opium smuggling routes to invade Calcutta by surprise on Basant Panchami, in turn giving Yang control over the city's drug trade. Byomkesh also realizes that Anguri Devi is Yang's lover, who she has not met in 4 years, and she had killed Sikdaar and attempted to seduce Byomkesh on his orders while being unaware of Yang's deal with the Japanese. With the attack scheduled for the next day, Byomkesh meets Wilkie and requests him to set off all the air raid sirens at four in the morning, but Wilkie refuses, and Kanai defects to Byomkesh for saving him from the Green Gang. Byomkesh requests Dr. Guha, Satyavati, Sukumar and Dr. Watanabe to meet him at the lodge, pretending to have joined them and claiming they have been betrayed. At the lodge, he reveals Dr. Guha is Yang Guang, conned the idealistic Sukumar into his deal, and plans to make Calcutta the drug capital of the world. Byomkesh states he informed the authorities about the landing points, but Yang claims he is bluffing. Anguri Devi attempts to dissuade Yang, nearly shooting him, but he shows affection to draw her in before stabbing her. The air raid sirens are set off; using this, Byomkesh convinces Watanabe to leave and stop the attack to save his men. The Green Gang, having secretly observed the proceedings with Kanai's help, attack Yang.

Byomkesh informs a panicking Satyavati that he was indeed bluffing before being struck unconscious in the chaos. Regaining consciousness, Byomkesh is told by Ajit that the Green Gang has taken Yang. Byomkesh asks Satyavati to marry him, to which she smiles in reply. Meanwhile, the Green Gang's blinded leader orders his son to blind Yang in revenge at an abandoned factory, but Yang purposely blinds himself with the poker to turn the tables and kill the gang instead, planning the same for Byomkesh. As the factory siren rings, Byomkesh realises something amiss.

* [[Aryann Bhowmik]] as  Young Revolutionary <ref name="IMDB">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3447364/fullcredits|title=Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

[[Dibakar Banerjee]] expressed his desire to make a film on [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] so that India will get its own detective. On 28 June 2013, the co-production venture of [[Yash Raj Films|YRF]] and Dibakar Banerjee Productions officially announces its first directorial outing with Banerjee titled ''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!''<ref>{{cite web|title=YRF & Dibakar Banerjee Reboot "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!" |url=http://www.yashrajfilms.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=58b45edb-09a2-492d-b0b2-d79845ede90f |date=28 June 2014|publisher=YRF|access-date= 24 October 2022}}</ref> In July 2013, Banerjee revealed that YRF had bought the rights of "31 of Byomkesh novels in all languages outside [[Bengali language|Bangla]]".<ref>{{cite web|title= Hindi 'Byomkesh' for youth, says Dibakar Banerjee|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/hindi-byomkesh-for-youth-says-dibakar-banerjee_139703.html |date=24 July 2013|publisher= [[Zee News]] |access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref>

Before shooting, workshops were held for the cast.<ref name="unconventional">{{cite web|title= I prefer doing unconventional roles like in 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'; money is not an issue for me, says actor Sushant Singh Rajput |url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/i-prefer-doing-unconventional-roles-like-in-detective-byomkesh-bakshi-money-is-not-an-issue-for-me-says-actor-sushant-singh-rajput/497990-8-66.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140912080346/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/i-prefer-doing-unconventional-roles-like-in-detective-byomkesh-bakshi-money-is-not-an-issue-for-me-says-actor-sushant-singh-rajput/497990-8-66.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 12 September 2014 |date=11 September 2014|publisher= [[CNN-IBN]] |access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref> In an interview Rajput said, "I have taken leave for two to three months for ''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'' after the release of ''[[Shuddh Desi Romance]]''. A lot has to be done for the film like the look of the 1940s' hairstyle, body, accent, but all after this film".<ref>{{cite web|title= Sushant Singh Rajput to prepare intensively for Detective Byomkesh Bakshi! |url= http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-sushant-singh-rajput-to-take-preparatory-leave-for-detective-byomkesh-bakshi-1883891 |date=3 September 2013|publisher= DNA India |access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref> The costume was designed by the designer [[Manish Malhotra]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Need to create designs reflecting contemporary India: Designer Manish Malhotra |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/fashion/Need-to-create-designs-reflecting-contemporary-India-Designer-Manish-Malhotra/2014/03/01/article2084619.ece |date=1 March 2014|publisher=News India Express|access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref>

The sets were designed by Vandana Kataria and, accordingly, the set up will showcase the lifestyle of the people who were living during the turbulent times of World War II.<ref name="sets">{{cite web|title=Extensive VFX for Sushant Singh Rajput's Detective Byomkesh Bakshy|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/extensive-vfx-for-sushant-singh-rajputs-detective-byomkesh-bakshy/ |date=3 May 2014|work=The Indian Express|access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref> To give the look of 1943, the heritage zone of [[B. B. D. Bagh]] was transported back to the pre-Independence era with vintage cars and old trams back on the streets.<ref name="BBD">{{cite web|title=BBD Bag back to 1943 for Byomkesh shoot |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/BBD-Bag-back-to-1943-for-Byomkesh-shoot/articleshow/29789055.cms |date=10 April 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref> As reports suggest, a lot of [[Visual effects|VFX]] will be used to reflect old world charm.<ref name="sets"/>

After ''[[Khosla Ka Ghosla]]'', [[Dibakar Banerjee]] wanted to make this film and he approached [[Aamir Khan]] to play the villain. Eventually the deal was cancelled because Aamir chose ''[[Dhoom 3]]'' over it.<ref>{{cite web|title= Aamir Khan was the first choice to play villain in Dibakar Banerjee's Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, but chose Dhoom 3 over it|url= http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/did-aamir-khan-choose-dhoom-3-over-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-744459 |publisher= NDTV |access-date= 5 March 2022}}</ref> [[Sushant Singh Rajput]] was roped in to play the role of [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] in mid-2013.<ref>{{cite web|title= Sushant Singh Rajput to play Detective Byomkesh Bakshi|url= http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/sushant-singh-rajput-to-play-detective-byomkesh-bakshi-385314 |date=28 June 2013|publisher= NDTV |access-date= 16 January 2022}}</ref> Earlier reports suggested that fashion designer [[Sabyasachi Mukherjee|Sabyasachi]]'s assistant, Divya Menon, would be making her debut as an actress in this film as Rajput's character's wife.<ref name="Divya">{{cite web|title=Sabyasachi's assistant to play Sushant's wife in Detective Byomkesh Bakshi? |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/news/type/view/id/2478070 |date=17 April 2014|publisher= [[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref>

Initially [[Rani Mukerji]] was considered to play the female lead. However, Rani refused the role since the heroine's character had a few bold scenes.<ref>{{cite web|title=I'm still a huge film fan|url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/im-still-a-huge-film-fan-7428.html |date=17 April 2014|publisher=[[Filmfare]] |access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref> The role was later offered to Bengali actress [[Swastika Mukherjee]]. On 6 November 2014, Banerjee stated that Mukherjee's role is sketched along the lines of [[Mata Hari]].<ref name="Mata Hari">{{cite web|title=Swastika is mysterious like Mata Hari in Byomkesh Bakshy: Dibakar Banerjee |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/swastika-s-character-is-mysterious-like-mata-hari-in-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-dibakar-banerjee/article1-1283032.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106070216/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/swastika-s-character-is-mysterious-like-mata-hari-in-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-dibakar-banerjee/article1-1283032.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2014 |date=6 November 2014|work=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date= 6 November 2022}}</ref> In March 2014, reports suggested that [[Meiyang Chang]] would be seen in the film in an important role.<ref name="Meiyang">{{cite web|title='Detective Byomkesh Bakshi' guarded about Meiyang Chang's role|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/detective-byomkesh-bakshi-guarded-about-meiyang-changs-role/15133065 |date=2 March 2014|work=Mid-Day |access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref> In May 2014, it was revealed that Neeraj Kabi is also part of the film.<ref name="kolkata">{{cite web|title=On The Sets of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! |url=http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-popular/on-the-sets-of-detective-byomkesh-bakshy/ |date=2 March 2014|publisher=[[Koimoi]] |access-date= 21 October 2022}}</ref>

Shooting for the film began in early 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title= Sushant Singh Rajput in Yash Raj Film's Detective Byomkesh Bakshi |url= http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sushant-singh-rajput-in-yash-raj-films-detective-byomkesh-bakshi/1134572/ |date=27 June 2013|work= The Indian Express |access-date= 16 January 2022}}</ref> and ended on 12 May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title= Byomkesh Bakshy 12 May status update |url= https://twitter.com/byomkeshbakshy/status/465847027578834944 |date=12 May 2014|publisher=Twitter |access-date= 21 October 2022}}</ref> A part of the movie has been shot in [[Kolkata]] and [[Mumbai]]. Some scenes were shot in an abandoned mill in Mumbai's [[Byculla]] region.<ref name="kolkata"/> Shooting locations in [[Kolkata]] were finalised in February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title= After Shanghai, Dibakar to make Kolkata|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/news/type/view/id/1456995 |date=20 June 2012|publisher= [[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date= 19 October 2022}}</ref> Shooting took place in [[Lalbazar]], [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]], Coffee House and [[Bow Barracks]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Detective Byomkesh Bakshi Shooting|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140203/jsp/calcutta/story_17893688.html|date=3 February 2014|work=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|access-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155228/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140203/jsp/calcutta/story_17893688.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The cast was reportedly seen shooting for the film in [[Agarpara]] in January 2014.<ref name="BBD"/>

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Amongst the artists in the album, [[Sneha Khanwalkar]] is the only musician who had composed for a soundtrack before this.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beat Box- Detective Byomkesh Bakshy: The Upper Crust|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/beat-box-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-the-upper-crust/|date=17 March 2015|publisher=The Indian EXPRESS|access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref> The track used in the teaser, titled "Life's a Bitch", is composed by the New Delhi band Joint Family. The full song of "Bach Ke Bakshy" was published in a music video featuring Sushant, dancing in a parking lot, on 16 March 2015 in the official YRF YouTube channel.<ref>{{cite web|title=BACH KE BAKSHY! MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW!|url=http://yashrajfilms.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=d26c2112-853c-43a4-86bf-229a8b10715f|date=16 March 2015|publisher=YRF|access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref> The next day, YRF uploaded all the songs in an audio jukebox format.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Detective Byomkesh Bakshy OST is awesome|url=http://www.gqindia.com/get-smart/gq-playlist/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-soundtrack-gq-india|date=17 March 2015|publisher=GQIndia|access-date=18 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322053838/http://www.gqindia.com/get-smart/gq-playlist/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-soundtrack-gq-india|archive-date=22 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A teaser trailer for the film was released on [[Vine (service)|Vine]] and marks the first film to do so.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sushant Singh Rajput's Detective Bomkyesh Bakshy is the first film to launch on Vine |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-sushant-singh-rajput-s-detective-bomkyesh-bakshy-is-the-first-film-to-launch-on-vine-2029583 |date=27 October 2014|publisher=DNA India|access-date= 5 November 2022}}</ref>

''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'' team promoted the film in Mumbai College, where a fashion show is inspired by it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mumbai-college-inspired-by-detective-byomkesh-bakshy/article1-1319727.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225035919/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mumbai-college-inspired-by-detective-byomkesh-bakshy/article1-1319727.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2015|title=Mumbai college inspired by Detective Byomkesh Bakshy|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

Prior to release, Banerjee expressed interest in creating a franchise based around Byomkesh Bakshy, if the first film performed well.<ref name="tr2">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/aamir-khan-not-the-villain-in-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-dibakar-banerjee-745400|title=Aamir Khan Not the Villain in Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!: Dibakar Banerjee|publisher=NDTVMovies.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/will-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-become-franchise/|title=Will 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!' become franchise?|date=10 March 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/will-make-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-sequel-if-the-film-is-a-success-dibakar-banerjee/article1-1329559.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323153637/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/will-make-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-sequel-if-the-film-is-a-success-dibakar-banerjee/article1-1329559.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 March 2015|title=Will make Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! sequel if the film is a success: Dibakar Banerjee|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-sequel-dibakar-banerjee-sushant-singh-rajput/1/425163.html|title=Dibakar Banerjee keen on Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! sequel|work=India Today}}</ref> After its release, Banerjee stated that he had the sequel ready and was hoping to start soon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-have-the-sequel-to-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-ready-confirm-dibakar-banerjee-and-sushant-singh-rajput-2075118|title=Have the sequel to 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy' ready, confirm Dibakar Banerjee and Sushant Singh Rajput|work=Daily News and Analysis}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/showbiz/dibakar-banerjee-trying-to-change-the-taste-of-movie-watching-public-345552/|title=Dibakar Banerjee: Trying to change the taste of movie watching public|publisher=India.com}}</ref> Banerjee said that Byomkesh's adventures would continue with the upcoming installments exploring his relationship with his sidekick Ajit, his love interest Satyawati and his nemesis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/of-potato-wedges-and-chai/|title=Of Potato Wedges and Chai|date=13 April 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/dibakar-banerjee-is-working-on-a-sequel-to-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-1238620|title=Dibakar Banerjee is Working on a Sequel to Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! - NDTV Movies|website=NDTVMovies.com}}</ref>

''[[Hindustan Times]]'' Rohit Vats gave it four stars out of five and stated, "The action in the film starts taking place from a distance and the director slowly involves the audience into it. Pre-independence Calcutta serves as the backdrop in the opening scenes, but it soon turns into a character. The attention to detail is obvious in almost every frame."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150404092223/http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-review-super-stylish-and-perfectly-paced/article1-1333551.aspx Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! review: Sushant solved this case with ease]{{Rating|4|5}}</ref>

On its first day ''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'' collected {{INRConvert|4.2|c}} nett in India.<ref name="BO1">{{cite web |title=Special Features: Box Office: Worldwide Collections of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/462 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414225415/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/462/ |archive-date=14 April 2016 |work=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> On its second and third day the film collected {{INRConvert|4.5|c}} and {{INRConvert|5.36|c}} respectively, and made a total weekend collection of {{INRConvert|14.1|c}} in India. Its worldwide collection stood at ₹34.68 crores.<ref name="BO1" />

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