The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika

The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika (2025)

দ্য একেন: বেনারসে বিভীষিকা

Eken Babu arrives in Benaras with Bapi and Pramatha and soon finds himself entangled in a perplexing mystery. Strange coded messages lead him to a sinister conspiracy threatening the Masaan Holi festival. Racing against time, he must outsmart shadowy figures to save the sacred city from chaos.

Date of release
2025-05-16
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Mystery, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Director
Joydeep Mukherjee
Collection
The Eken Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika is a 2025 Indian Bengali-language black comedy action thriller film co-written and directed by Joydip Mukherjee. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films and Hoichoi Studios, the film is based on Sujan Dasgupta's novel Ideal Jewellery, and serves as the third instalment in the Eken Babu franchise. It stars Anirban Chakrabarti, Suhotra Mukherjee and Somak Ghosh reprising their roles as Eken Babu, Bapi and Pramatha respectively, alongside Saswata Chatterjee, Gaurav Chakrabarty and Ishaa Saha in another pivotal roles.

Production

The first look of the principle characters in the film were released on 18 March 2025. The official motion poster announcing the release date of the film was released on 15 April 2025, on the occasion of Pohela Boisakh. Saswata Chatterjee was roped in to play the role of Belal Malik, who is a master of disguises and play 11 disguises in the film.

The film has been majorly shot in the city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh while minor parts have been shot in Kolkata. The culture and tradition of Varanasi, particularly the Ghats in Varanasi by the Ganga, Holi, the vibrant alleys, paan, evening chants, sadhus and sandhya aratis have been focused upon in the cinematography.

The teaser of the film was released on 19 April 2025. The trailer was released on 6 May 2025.

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