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Mumbai: Dibaker Banerjee and Sushant Singh Rajput unveiled the all new trailer of the highly anticipated 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy' today. Although the makers have still managed to keep the identity of the film's antagonist under wraps, we do have a vague idea of what to expect. When asked about the villain's identity director Dibaker said, they didn't want to reveal too much in the second trailer but still wanted to tease the audience a little.

It is known only to a few that Dibaker originally approached Aamir khan to play the villain in the film. Aamir even had a look at the script, but passed the offer and then went on to play a villain in 'Dhoom 3', thus making it a win or lose kind of situation for Yash Raj Films. 

Dibaker is very keen on making 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy' a franchise and if all goes well with the first film, he will definitely think of making more films. He said, "We would love to make it a franchise. We are waiting for the first film to do well, because a film like has never been made in a long time in Indian cinema." He went on to add, "If the audience acquires a taste for these new age detective films, then we are ready to expand." 

From the first look of the trailer it was pretty evident that the film features a couple of bold scenes, but that doesn't scare Dibaker from the Censor Board. He said, "It's definitely not aggressive like 'Love Sex aur Dokha', so I am not worried about passing the Censor Board."

Sushant who transformed into a completely different person to get into character for the film revealed that there will be a dance sequence in the film. The music video of which will release next week, and will feature Sushant's drastic transformation. The film also stars Swastika Mukherjee, Anand Tiwari and Meiyang Chang and is all set to hit the screens on April 3.

Will 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!' become franchise?

Director Dibakar Banerjee, who is gearing up for the release of "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!", the big screen adaptation of a fictional book character, says he's ready to make it a franchise if it rings a bell with the audiences.

Director Dibakar Banerjee, who is gearing up for the release of "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!", the big screen adaptation of a fictional book character, says he's ready to make it a franchise if it rings a bell with the audiences.

"We would love to (make it a franchise), but we are waiting for the first film to do well. This is because fortunately or unfortunately, a film like this has not been made," Dibakar said here Monday at the second trailer launch of "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!".

"If audiences' hunger and thirst for such films increases and our first Byomkesh story catches on, then our franchise is ready and we would love this franchise to go forward," he added.

He further admits films based on spying were made in 1950s, but "with 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!', the attempt was to bring newness to this genre".

"Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!" is based on the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi created by the Bengali writer Saradindu Bandyopadhyay.

Featuring actor Sushant Singh Rajput in the titular role, the movie is slated to release April 3.