Srijit Mukherji to bring Sherlock Holmes’ creator to life in new film ‘Elementary, My Dear Holmes’

National Award-winning filmmaker Srijit Mukherji is stepping into a new world; not of fiction, but of the man who created one of literature’s greatest detectives, Arthur Conan Doyle. His upcoming feature film ‘Elementary, My Dear Holmes’ will explore the life and struggles of writer behind ‘Sherlock Holmes’.

The project is a British-Indian co-production with backing of the Conan Doyle Estate as an associate producer. It will be joint production by Shahnaab Alam of London-based Invisible Thread Media and Mukherji’s own Matchcut Productions from India.

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The film comes under the production of UK-India Co-Production Treaty, supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) and India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).

Set in London in 1906, the story follows Doyle at a turning point in his life. He is burdened by emotional conflict; his wife lies on her deathbed urging him to marry another woman after she’s gone. In the midst of this heartbreak, Doyle becomes drawn into the case of George Edalji, a man of Indian origin wrongfully convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.

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The narrative also weaves in the real-life story of Oscar Slater who is another victim of miscarriage of justice. Both cases pushed Doyle to use his famous deductive reasoning not for fiction this time but to fight for truth in the real world.

Speaking about the project, Mukherji reflected on his deep connection with Doyle’s legacy. “I first met Sherlock Holmes as a boy, not in Baker Street, but in the quiet between pages,” he said.

Srijit Mukherji is popular for pushing cinematic boundaries He has already built an impressive body of work in Indian cinema. His films such as ‘Jaatishwar’, ‘Chotushkone’, ‘Rajkahini’, and ‘Gumnaami’ have earned critical acclaim for their storytelling and vision. He even won the National Award for Best Director for ‘Chotushkone’ in 2015.