Soumyajit Majumdar

After his Benaras sojourn, Byomkesh Bakshi is back in action with a new riveting case. Santagola has become a hub of illegal weapons trade and Bengal Government requests sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi to investigate the case. On arrival, Byomkesh, his wife Satyabati and his friend Ajit are welcomed at the state guest house. As soon as Byomkesh Bakshi starts his investigation, he zeroes in on few well-known people of this city, who could be possible suspects. However, he realizes that these men are way too powerful and he will never be able to search their warehouses and mills. In the meantime, a demented man named Amrito claims that he has seen a demonic horse-riding figure roaming around the jungle. Amrito is sent to the jungle to observe this phenomenon. Next morning, his bullet ridden dead body is found inside the jungle. As Byomkesh delves deep into the case, a lot of well-respected men will be unmasked as he uncovers the dark mystery of Santagola.

Kolkata is ablaze with Hindu-Muslim riots in 1946, when the newly-married Byomkesh Bakshi visits Banaras with wife Satyabati and Ajit on police inspector Purandar Pandey`s invitation. There, the trio is invited to a grand party thrown by zamindar Dipnarayan Singh. But the next morning, Dipnarayan dies and Byomkesh is called in to solve the case. In due course, he finds that Dipnarayan`s pretty wife, Shakuntala, is pregnant. But the discovery only adds to the confusion. Was Dipnarayan murdered for money or was a secret love affair involved?

Every happy Family Album is picture-perfect with smiley pics of the caring Ma, successful Baba, the responsible older sister, and of course the highly brilliant soon-to-be-going to IIT younger brother. What if you clicked on a hidden link that exposes everyone`s crazy secrets and lies? What if your sister, soon-to-be-married, has a girl friend who is not just a friend? What if your aimless brother just wants to chill out, get high and not really want to do much with life? What if your loving nagging Ma is worrying about losing her youth as a woman? What if your responsible father has his own bag of skeletons in his closet? Why hide? Why pretend? This is a movie that exposes the not-so picture-perfect Family Album... a hilarious and sad and eccentric concoction of the truth.