MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films is all set to do what they have never done before. They have lots to say about its upcoming noteworthy detective venture with one of Bollywood‘s successful director Dibakar Banerjee.

After Bombay Talkies, Dibakar Banerjee has zeroed down on India‘s first detective series made by Basu Chatterjee, Byomkesh Bakshi, a fictional character created by Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. He is also co- producing the movie along with Yash Raj Films and Sushant Singh Rajput has been signed on to reprise the lead role.

The background of the movie is set against the backdrop of early 40s and sketching the college life of Byomkesh in order to feature how he came into being. The film will also have Byomkesh being pitted against the devil who is about to destroy the world. The film will go on floor in January next year and will release by end of 2014.