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Directed by the late veteran actor Nipon Goswami, Dr. Bezbaruah 2, just like the first one, offers the story of the return of the prodigal son back to his roots. After seven years, Shantanu (played by Siddharth Goswami) returns to Assam to attend his sister's wedding. But with an insoluble truth of the not-so-distant past, can the demons be far behind?

Produced by Dr Sanjive Narain and Dr Akshata Narain, Dr. Bezbaruah 2 is stylish and its exuberant display of production value evidences the amount of money invested in it. It offers layers of thrills, and the pacing is just right enough to hold boredom at bay. And the expositions are placed at successive intervals which make this suspenseful thriller with many twists and turn not so difficult to understand.

However, the issue with the screenplay is how the twists and turns are revealed. Because the characters want to reveal their actions for themselves, Dr. Bezbaruah 2 makes for a classic case of poor writing. Both Ranjan Goswami and Shantanu admit to doing whatever it is that they had done in front of each other. It would have been far more engaging and entertaining if the characters had used their own investigative capacities to arrive at that information about each other. Instead, there are scenes where the characters now awkwardly stand in the frame while one explains how he outwitted the other.

In order to stay true to the classic film written and directed by Brajen Barua in 1969 and to tickle the awe of the people who have actually seen the first part, the script of Dr. Bezbaruah 2 attempts to incorporate twists from the original film. For the benefit of the readers of this review, I will want to highlight that spoilers for both the movies will be provided from this point. Therefore, continue reading it at your own risk.

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