After getting immense love and appreciation for his web journey, detective Ekendra Sen (Anirban Chakrabarti) is set to win hearts with the April 14 film The Eken. The thriller takes place in the hills of Darjeeling where Eken Babu gets a chance to meet the famous movie star Bipasha Mitra and an offer to investigate a case that takes a gruesome turn when a murder takes place in the hills. “It has been almost four years since I’ve been playing the character of Eken Babu and the immense love which I have received from the audience is unmatchable. It is the result of their love that we are coming to the theatres this time with our new adventure,” said Anirban.
The Telegraph snapshots the key characters...
ANIRBAN CHAKRABARTI
The lovable detective is quirky, quick-witted, and his courage is his armour in a moment of crisis. He gets entangled in such situations at times that can only elicit laughter. Unlike other private eyes, Eken is extremely effervescent, also a connoisseur of food but this time while vacationing in the hills, he stumbles upon events that trigger the quest for the investigation.
PAAYEL SARKAR
Paayel Sarkar plays the elusive Bipasha Mitra, the famous movie star who gets Ekendra Sen deep into a convoluted case of a missing ancestral painting.
SUHOTRA MUKHOPADHYAY
Suhotra Mukhopadhyay plays Bappaditya in the film. Bappaditya aka Bapi is Eken Babu’s favourite companion whom he met during an investigation in Bangalore and was in awe of his work since then. But this time something happens in Darjeeling which makes Eken wonder: Is Bapi also involved in the mystery or is he a victim of an unpleasant situation?
SOMAK GHOSH
RJ Somak Ghosh plays the role of Pramatha in this thriller. Pramatha is Eken’s companion along with Bapi. He is an empiricist at the University of Chicago. As the investigation is under a shroud of mystery, a sudden point made by Pramatha makes Eken Babu feel that something is fishy and he wonders if Pramatha is the man behind the crime.
DEBASISH MONDAL
Debasish Mondal will be seen playing the role of Bipasha Mitra’s friend Devraj Singh.
Devraj is the only one who visits Bipasha in her room as her close friend. And suspiciously he also offers to investigate a murder right after Bipasha Mitra seeks Eken’s help.