Dibakar Banerjee is ensuring that he is
the first director to bring Byomkesh
Bakshi to Hindi cinema audience by
buying the rights to all the 30 stories by
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.
Dibakar's film Detective Byomkesh
Bakshy is jointly being produced by his
production house and Yash Raj Films. The deal has been struck for about Rs
8-10 crore and from now on, no one
would be able to take up or use any of
Byomkesh's stories in any language
except Bengali.
"We have bought all 30 stories. We have
left Bengali out of respect to the writer
and Bengali people," Banerjee said in a
statement.
"The idea is to ensure that no one else
makes a film on Byomkesh till I am done
with my franchise or series. If I don't do
that, someone else will pick up another
story from the series. So there will be
multiple Byomkeshs. It will ultimately be confusing and detrimental to
my film and
character's image in the public's eyes."
Dibakar is also planning to turn the
stories into graphic novels. "It's a dream that we are working on.
Right now, I can only say that much," the
director said.
Set in 1942, the film, starring Sushant
Singh Rajput as Byomkesh, will show a
war-torn Kolkata during the '40s as it
follows the first adventure of Byomkesh,
who is fresh out of college. The period thriller will hit theatres in
December next year.
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