First poster of Rituparno Ghosh's last film 'Satyanweshi' out

One of the many reasons why filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh emerged as one of the strongest voices in contemporary Bengali cinema was the intensity with which he engaged in every aspect of his films. From the embroidery on his actress’ sari borders to each word he chose while talking about a film, Ghosh’s passion for the art was intense and almost overwhelming if you’re not used to that kind passion. The last film he lived to shoot was his adaptation of Chorabali, a story by writer Sharadindu Bandopadhyay with detective Byomkesh Bakshi as its hero. Ghosh wrapped up the shoot of the film just a few days before he breathed his last. One of his last tweets was about the experience of shooting the film he chose to call Satyanweshi (which loosely translates to ’the one in search of truth’).  The tweet read:[caption id=“attachment_999969” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The poster of Byomkesh Bakshi.[/caption] For his fans, Ghosh’s tweet might come across as an indicator of what they had come to expect of this films - a story told sensitively and through evocative visual metaphors. Now Shree Venkatesh Films, producers of Satyanweshi, have offered a first look at poster of the film, which has Kahaani-director Sujoy Ghosh playing Byomkesh. While there were rumours that Sujoy would supervise the post production of Satyanweshi after Ghosh’s death, it was cinematographer Aveek Mykhopadhyay who finally saw the film to completion. The poster of Satyanweshi shows a close-up of a pensive Sujoy Ghosh in thick-rimmed glasses, lost in thought. The styling and expression make Sujoy’s Byomkesh seem closer to the stereotype of a morose Bengali poet than the quick-witted sleuth that is Byomkesh. But this is, after all, only a poster. We’ll have to wait for the film to know just how Rituparno Ghosh had imagined the private detective. Satyanweshi is expected to release later this year.