Secrets in the smoke: Every face hides a clue in The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika

Time of India

25-04-2025

In 'The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika,' director Joydeep Mukherjee crafts a suspenseful narrative set in Benaras, where Eken Babu's vacation turns into a quest to unravel layers of deceit. As Eken, Bapi, and Pramatha navigate shifting motives and hidden secrets among a cast of intriguing characters like Belal Mallik, Damini, and Subimal, the audience is kept guessing.
In
The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika
, director
Joydeep Mukherjee
weaves a gripping tale where every character is a potential suspect. Set against the mystical backdrop of Benaras, the story is a maze of shifting motives, secrets, and suspense. The narrative deftly leverages its ensemble, with each figure harbouring secrets, motives, and shadows that heighten the sense of unease.As the story unfolds, the spotlight moves fluidly between characters. A suspect one moment may seem innocent the next, as new alibis emerge and actions cast fresh doubts. Just as one mystery appears to unravel, another takes its place—ensuring the plot remains tense, layered, and thoroughly unpredictable.
The characters are intricately and thoughtfully crafted—none purely virtuous, none entirely villainous. Their histories, desires, and insecurities are tightly woven into the fabric of the plot, each interaction adding depth to the mounting tension. A seemingly harmless figure may suddenly arouse suspicion, while a presumed antagonist slowly unveils unexpected complexity. This constant play of appearances and revelations keeps the audience in a state of uncertainty, ensuring the narrative remains gripping.
Here's a little sneak peek into the characters:
Eken Babu
(Anirban Chakrabarti) returns — quirky, sharp, and unafraid to laugh in the face of danger. What starts as a vacation soon plunges into darkness as he uncovers layers of deceit.
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Bapi
(Suhotra Mukhopadhyay) and
Pramatha
(Somak Ghosh) are back as Eken's steadfast allies, though the mystery tests even their loyalty and wits.
New faces raise new questions:
Belal Mallik
(
Saswata Chatterjee
) – many disguises, one enigma.
Damini
(Ishaa Saha) – a young wife hiding more than sorrow.
Subimal
(Gaurav Chakrabarty) – the scholar who might know too much.
Sukhdev
(Biswanath Basu) – a charming shop owner with shady layers.
Bireswar
(Debesh Chattopadhyay) – ailing, forgetful… but is he also hiding something?
Samiran
(Rishav Basu) – the assistant with a secret life in art.
Radhika
(Swikriti Majumder) – quiet, polite, but oddly inconsistent.
In Benaras, nothing is as it seems — and no one is beyond suspicion.