The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika
Original title: দ্য একেন: বেনারসে বিভীষিকা
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 respec...
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- Original title
- দ্য একেন: বেনারসে বিভীষিকা
- Release date
- 16 May 2025
- Runtime
- 118 minutes
- Country
- India
- Languages
- Bengali
- Genres
- Comedy, Adventure, Thriller, Mystery, Crime
- Director
- Joydip Mukherjee, Joydeep Mukherjee
- Writers
- Padmanabha Dasgupta, Sujan Dasgupta
- Cast
- Anirban Chakrabarti, Anirban Chakraborty, Saswata Chatterjee, Suhotra Mukhopadhyay, Ishaa Saha, Somak Ghosh, Biswanath Basu, Gaurav Chakrabarty
- Producers
- Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni, Vishnu Mohta
- Production company
- Hoichoi
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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. The film was officially announced in January 2025, marking the fifth collaboration between Mukherjee and Chakrabarti. Principal photography commenced in March 2025. It was released in the theatres on 16 May 2025. It emerged as the second highest grossing Bengali film of 2025 as well as the highest grossing film of The Eken theatrical franchise. At the end of the series Eken Babu season 9, the pre-credits scene indicated a sequel, The Eken: Keralay Kurukkhetro, which will be releasing on Durga Pujo 2026.