''The Eken'' is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language

detective film A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, i ...

directed by

Joydip Mukherjee Joydeep Mukherjee is an Indian film director, actor and writer primarily associated with Bengali language films. Career In 2008, Joydeep started his career with directed television drama serial. Then he directed two more dramas. In 2016, he d ...

. The film is produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of

Shree Venkatesh Films SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, founded by Shrikant Mohta. Apart from producing and distributing Bengali language, Bengali films, SVF also distributes Bollywood and ...

. In the film,

Anirban Chakraborty Anirban Chakrabarti is an Indian Bengali film actor. Chakrabarti is known for portraying the character ''Ekenbabu'' in a web series. He also played the character Jatayu in a web series directed by Srijit Mukherji. Currently, he is portraying the ...

plays the titular role of

Ekenbabu Ekenbabu (Mr. Eken) is a Bengali detective fictional character created by author Sujan Dasgupta. The first story of Ekenbabu, ''Manhatane Moonstone'' was published in Anandamela in 1991. Character Ekenbabu is a police detective who looks like a ...

, a fictional detective character created by Sujan Dasgupta. The screenplay of the film is written by Padmanabha Dasgupta.

Cast

Payel Sarkar Payel Sarkar (born 10 February 1984) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bengali films and Hindi television. On 25 February 2021, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Political career Sarkar joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021 and ...

as Bipasha Mitra * Suhotra Mukhopadhay as Bapi * Somak Ghosh as Pramatha * Debasish Mondal as Debraj Singh * Debopriyo Mukherjee as Bubun Kar * Indrajit Mazumder as Jiten Ghosh * Kaushik Chattopadhyay as Jayanta Biswas

Production

The principal photography of the film began on 28 January 2022. The film was wrapped up on 11 February 2022. The cinematographer of the film is Ramyadip Saha. The editing of the film is done by

Rabiranjan Maitra Rabiranjan Maitra is an Indian film director and editor who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. His most notable works include Tobu Mone Rekho (1994), Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), Raatporir Rupkatha (2007), Rok Sako To Rok Lo (2007), Challenge ( ...

and Md. Piyasuddin. The production is designed by Ranjit Gorai. The costume designer is Jayanti Sen. The makeup is done by Sourav Ganguly. The sound is designed and mixed by Srijit Gupta.

Release

The teaser of the film released on 22 March 2022. The trailer of the film released on 25 March 2022. The film released theatrically on 14 April 2022 coinciding with

Poila Baisakh Pohela Boishakh ( bn, পহেলা বৈশাখ) is the first day of the Bengali calendar which is also the official calendar of Bangladesh. This festival is celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian states of W ...

Soundtrack

Reception

Shamayita Chakraborty rated 4/5 reviewing for ''

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'' and opined that the movie is worthy of watching, but wrote that the plot is weak thus making an unpredictable storyline. Roushini Sarkar reviewing for ''Cinestaan'' rated 2/4 and opined that the movie has multiple twists, however, said that, the writing is weak and the executing of twists to be, at some instances, boring. She praised the performances of Mukhopadhay and Ghosh but criticized that of others.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eken, The Bengali-language Indian films Indian detective films 2020s Bengali-language films