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Byomkesh Season 5 Review – Witty Tale of a Homegrown Detective

What Is the Story About?

Byomkesh Season 5 on Hoichoi intelligently ties up two cheeky short stories from legendary writer Saradindu Chattopadhyay’s popular detective series (Dushta Chakra and Khuji Khuji Naari) set in the early 1940s where Calcutta is going through one of its direst phases in pre-independence history.

One of the subplots is about Bishu Pal, a paralyzed, elderly money lender who’s scared for his life after a debtor Abhay Ghoshal, the son of Bishu’s former friend warns him of worse consequences if he ever comes to ask for his defaulted money again. Meanwhile, a witty Rameshwar Babu asks a local detective Byomkesh to fulfill his last wish in a letter full of riddles that signify a deeper purpose. What possibly connects these two-contrasting cases? Byomkesh, our very own ‘seeker of truth’ is here to find answers…

Performances?

Anirban Bhattacharya is in prime form portraying the various dimensions of Byomkesh with confidence. His composure …Click here to read the full story