Arindam Sil reveals why ‘Byomkesh Gowtro is set in Mussoorie

In Arindam Sil’s Puja release ‘Byomkesh Gowtro’, based on

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

’s ‘Rakter Daag’, Abir Chatterjee will once again be seen as Byonkesh Bakshi with his best friend Ajit played by Rahul Banerjee and wife Satyabati played by Sohini Sarkar.

Although the main story had a backdrop of post colonial Calcutta, Arindam Sil always prefers to take his Byomkesh out of Kolkata. So, in the next Byomkesh installment also the iconic sleuth travels to

Mussoorie

.

While elaborating on the film, the director revealed why its story has been set in the hill station instead of Kolkata. “The original story introduces a post colonial Calcutta. We decided to go with Mussoorie as my earlier Byomkesh films released with a refreshing feel of travelogue. The first one ‘Har Har Byomkesh’ is against the backdrop of Benaras, the second ‘

Byomkesh Pawrbo

’ is set in the jungles of north Bengal. To shoot in a modern-day Kolkata and show it as a 1952 Calcutta could have been extremely difficult. One day I was having a chat with one of my friends and asked him where I would find a location that still has cobbled roads. He suggested I can shoot in Landour in Mussoorie and I just loved the place. The locations I had planned came out matched well. So, I started working on the script after we saw the locations,” said Arindam Sil.

‘Byomkesh Gowtro’ also stars Priyanka Sarkar, Anjan Dutt, Arjun Chakraborty, Indrashish Roy, Anindita Bose, Joydip Kundu and many others.