The Eken: Benaras E Bibhishika Movie Review

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The heat and a few good movies, that's what current Kolkata is about. As a Bengali film enthusiast, my inquisitive mind searched all the nearby theatres and I discovered 3 films that are running successfully, Amar Boss, Sonar Kellay Joker Dhan and The Eken-Benaras e Bibhishika. Amar Boss is a serious film, with some adult content, so I did not even consider watching it with my family. My daughter likes Koel Mullick because of her portrayal of Mitin Masi, and she wanted to watch Sonar Kellay Joker Dhan but when she learnt everyone's favourite Eken Babu is back to solve another thrilling mystery, she jumped to the idea of going to the theatre to watch it. 
So last Saturday one stormy evening we went out to Priya Cinema Hall, to watch Eken Babu's latest adventure. 


Ekendra Sen, known as Eken babu is a miserly quirky foody, but little would one assume that he is a gifted detective, who has cracked some high profile cases. This time as he accompanies his 2 friends Bapi and Pramatha to Benaras for a simple holiday, he gets entangled in a mysterious cobweb that involve some priceless antique jewelleries, some old valuable paintings, a bomb blast and a dreaded terrorist Belal Malik.

The pace of the film is quite fast and gets the viewers hooked till the end. The cinematography brings out the spirit of Benaras, with the Sandhya Arti of the ghats and a special mention to the script and dialogues. The effortless humour between Eken Babu and everyone else is very spontaneous and intelligent. 

Now as per the performance goes, Anirban Chakraborty as Eken Babu has once again proved why he has an entire Fandom dedicated for this charcter. He is incredible and Suhotra Mukherjee as Bapi and Somak Ghosh as Pramatha solidify their presence in this outing of the trio. Saswata Chatterji once again proves his versatality as the baddy Belal, with due support from Biswanath Baseu as Sukhdev. Rishav Basu, Gaurab Chakraborty and Isha Saha, Sagnik Chatterji, Debesh Chatterji- all the actors gave great performances. Director Joydip Mukherji is getting better with every franchise of Eken and we look forward to more such adventures both as web series and as movies. 

Overall, The Eken-Benaras e Bibhishika is a very entertaining family movie with the perfect amount of mystery, humour and the beauty of Benaras. 




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