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From Clues to Cracks: Social Faultlines in the World of Byomkesh Bakshi tales

Author(s) Ms. SHRISTI ROY
Country India
Abstract This paper examines Byomkesh Pawrbo (2016) as a cinematic text that uses the detective genre to critique underlying currents of social decay in postcolonial Bengali society. Detective narratives usually, focuses on solving the crime by the detective but in the process lies some underlying social issues which are often not highlighted. The role of the detective here then becomes more than just a crime solver. While addressing these issues he becomes a social critique. Byomkesh pawrbo is a murder mystery set in a remote and picturesque locale where the film unfolds layers of corruption, moral ambiguity, and the erosion of ethical values beneath the surface of a seemingly tranquil community. Byomkesh, operating as a Satyanweshi or truth-seeker, becomes a lens through which the audience encounters the social fissures that traditional institution like law, family, and community fails to address. The paper argues that crime depicted in the film is not an isolated act but a part of a larger societal trouble, including the exploitation of power, the commodification of relationships, and the fragility of trust in a nation that is still grappling with evolution from a colonial to post independent era. Through this analysis, the study situates the detective narrative as a critical space for interrogating the tensions between appearance and reality, tradition and change, and justice and decay in contemporary Indian discourse.
Keywords detective fiction, social critic, detective, Byomkesh Bakshi Satyanewshi, film studies
Field Arts > Movies / Music / TV
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-05-18
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.45253
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9kvff
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