Kolkata's
iconic
Howrah
Bridge,
which
was
commissioned
72
years
ago
on
February
3,
witnessed
a
unique
tribute
on
its
birthday
Tuesday
with
a
flash
mob
act
by
50
dancers
on
a
Detective
Byomkesh
Bakshy!
(DBB)
soundtrack.
"On
the
occasion
of
Howrah
Bridge's
birthday
today,
50
dancers
did
a
flash
mob
at
the
Howrah
Bridge
on
the
film
sound
track
'Calcutta
Kiss'
wishing
a
Happy
Birthday
to
the
Bridge
early
in
the
morning.
The
dancers
shook
a
leg
on
the
song
from
the
film," read
a
statement.
Commissioned
in
1943,
it
was
a
replacement
of
the
pontoon
bridge
linking
Kolkata
and
Howrah,
over
the
river
Hooghly.
It
was
the
fourth
longest
cantilever
suspension
bridge
in
the
world
at
the
time.
It
stretches
for
2,150
feet
and
rises
up
to
280
feet
from
its
foundation
and
ranks
as
the
sixth
longest
bridge
in
the
world
now.
The
landmark
finds
mention
in
English
author
Rudyard
Kipling's
works.
Filmmaker
Shakti
Samanta's
cult
movie
was
named
after
the
26,500
tonne
structure
that
ferries
a
lakh
of
vehicles
everyday.
It
can
also
be
seen
on
the
poster
of
Detective
Byomkesh
Bakshy!.
"The
bridge
is
a
very
important
element
in
the
film
and
it
was
also
seen
in
the
poster
image.
And
Byomkesh
Bakshy
being
the
most
iconic
character
of
Calcutta,
he
wished
the
bridge
a
very
Happy
Birthday.
"The
Bridge
was
constructed
on
February
3,
1943
and
was
never
inaugurated
due
to
security
issues
as
the
Japanese
were
on
an
aerial
attack.
Detective
Byomkesh
Bakshy!
is
set
in
the
same
time
zone
as
the
birth
of
Howrah
Bridge
and
the
team
was
keen
to
honor
the
bridge
in
their
way,"
the
statement
read
further.
Directed
by
Dibakar
Banerjee,
Detective
Byomkesh
Bakshy
stars
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
in
the
lead
role
and
it
is
slated
to
release
April
3,
2015.