Srijit Mukherji’s Vinci Da is a thriller that revolves around the life of a struggling makeup artist, whose career and life start going downhill after his bluntness and arrogance tick off powerful individuals in the film industry. And when he’s down in the dumps, serial killer Adi Bose enters his life and turns it on its head.

Speaking to CT about the four lead characters in the film — played by Rudranil Ghosh, Ritwick Chakraborty, Sohini Sarkar and Anirban Bhattacharya — Srijit told us why we need to watch Vinci Da this Poila Boishakh and how he created these characters.

“I don’t think a hard-hitting thriller like Vinci Da has ever been made in Tollywood. Rudranil had shared with me the story of how talented makeup artists don’t get recognition in Tollywood; I added a serial killer into the plot and Vinci Da was born,” Srijit told us, adding, “Rudranil’s character is based on the life of master makeup artist Somnath Kundu; Sohini plays a girl next door, who dreams of having a household and a happy married life, while Anirban plays a larger than life character of a dominating police officer. Ritwick plays serial killer Adi Bose. He is ordinary in an extraordinary way in the film.”

There are other reasons to watch out for this film. For one, we’ll get to see the chemistry between two acting powerhouses — Rudranil Ghosh and Ritwick Chakraborty. “The chemistry between Vincida (Rudranil) and Jaya (Sohini), a speech-impaired girl from his locality, will take us back in time to those days when romance meant innocent acts like sharing luchi-alur dum at a roadside stall, shopping in old Calcutta stores, enjoying yellow taxi rides and meeting secretly in old buildings — it’s all very nostalgic,” Srijit added.

Moreover, the music brings together the superhit duo of Srijit and Anupam Roy and has been trending on social media. The romantic number, Gas Balloon, sung by Anupam himself, takes us back to old-school romance, while the serene, Shanto Hou, conveys a message to people who suffer from mental illnesses. Moreover, the peppy number, Tomar Moner Bhetor, sung by the Bangladeshi sensation Noble, gives us the true feel of this edge-of-the-seat thriller. The background score by Indraadip Das Gupta adds to the mystery.