| Director: | Sayantan Ghosal Soumik Chattopadhyay Soumik Halder Sudipto Roy |
| Starring: | Anirban Bhattacharya Subrat Dutta Suprobhat Das Bhaswar Chatterjee Riddhima Ghosh |
| Country: | India |
| Genre: | Detective Thriller |
| Based On: | Byomkesh Bakshi by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay |
| Num Seasons: | 8 |
| Num Episodes: | 20 |
| Language: | Bengali Hindi |
| Company: | SVF |
| Network: | Hoichoi |
Byomkesh is a Bengali streaming television series based on the Byomkesh Bakshi character created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Set in the 1930s, the series is based on the adventures of Byomkesh, and his friend and biographer Ajit, who usually accompanies Bakshi during his investigations. Anirban Bhattacharya portrays the lead role of Byomkesh, with Subrat Dutta in the role of Byomkesh's trusted friend-turned-aide, Ajit. The first episode premiered on Saturday, 14 October 2017, being the first Byomkesh series[1] to be available on OTT platform hoichoi worldwide.[2] [3]
Season 1 of the Byomkesh[4] is based on four stories, 'Satyaneshi', 'Pather Kanta, 'Artham Anartham' and 'Makorshar Rosh' written by Bengali author Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The season was released on 14 October 2017 with two episodes, this season was directed by Sayantan Ghoshal and the second series was released on 16 December 2017.[5] [6] [7]
In Season 2, Byomkesh will solve the mystery of Satyakam's murder. This series is based on 'Raketr Dag' another best seller in the Byomkesh. The first episode of the Season 2 was launched on 16 December 2017, later on, two other episodes are also being released by hoichoi. First two episodes were directed by Soumik Chattopadhyay, and the third episode was directed by Sayantan Ghoshal.[8] [9] [10]
Season 3 of the Byomkesh is based on the story Shajaru’r Kanta written by author Sharadindu Bandopadhyay. In this season Byomkesh investigates a series of murders that were committed by someone using a sharpened porcupine quill.
Byomkesh season 4 is based on Bengali author Sharadindu Bandopadhyay's ‘Agnibaan’. The story starts with a young girl Rekha, Byomkesh's neighbor, who dies under some mysterious circumstances in her kitchen. Byomkesh takes charge of this investigation and from here the investigation of Byomkesh begun.[11]
Byomkesh season 5 started streaming from 10 January 2020. The season is directed by Soumik Halder based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's original story 'Dushtochakra' and 'Khnuji Khnuji Nari'. All the cast remains the same except this time Suprobhat Das plays the role of Ajit.[12]
Byomkesh season 6 started streaming from 8 January 2021. The season is directed by Soumik Halder based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's original story 'Mogno Mainak'.
Byomkesh season 7 released on 4 November 2021 at Diwali eve. The season is directed by Soumik Halder based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's original story 'Chorabali'.
On 7 April 2023, Hoichoi released the eighth season of Byomkesh, titled Byomkesh O Pinjrapol. It is based on Chiriyakhana. This time, Bhattacharya became the creative director of the show. Pratik Dutta wrote the adapted screenplay and dialogues. It is directed by Sudipto Roy.