Loyal film goers not to watch Byomkesh on mobile screen: Sil

As the latest 'Byomkesh Bakshi' film is set to hit the screens during this Durga Puja, its director Arindam Sil is confident that loyal film goers will not shift to mobile screen to watch a web series based on the same work.

Sil's film 'Byomkesh Gowtro' and the web series are both based on 'Rakter Daag' penned by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay.

"Film audiences of a thriller like Byomkesh, which has its own grandeur, will never shift their loyalties to any other media and flock to the theatres," Sil told PTI.

He said when his previous Byomkesh film was released, a tv serial on the sleuth was being telecast but the film became a hit with audience backing.

Sil, who had earlier directed two hit Byomkesh films in Bengali, said the way the 'Byomkesh Gowtro' has been mounted -- the colour pallet used in the period set and costumes, the outdoor locations, everything was on a grand scale.

Abir Chatterjee, who essayed the character of Byomkesh, said Sil has made the character larger than life while introducing certain nuances in the character.

Chatterjee turned in two Byomkesh Bakshi films made by Sil since 2015 and also in several Byomkesh projects of Anjan Dutta since 2010.

"I have partly become Byomkesh and Byomkesh has partly become me. The character has grown within me," he said.

He said the main challenge of the actor and director remained to keep up the expectation factor alive with many films on the sleuth already been made, Chatterjee said in a programme held late last week.