MUMBAI: Fox Searchlight, the parent company of Fox Star Studios, India has entrusted British director Stephen Frears to direct the English feature adaptation of The Bengali Detective.

Frears, who had earlier directed films like The Queen and The Grifters will in association with screenwriter D.V. DeVincentis who had earlier worked with him for High Fidelity (2000) and Lay the Favorite.

The original documentary, directed by Philip Cox, was made in Hindi, English and Bengali is the story of a Kolkata-based private detective Rajesh who investigates cases ranging from counterfeit hair products to a brutal triple murder. He also forms a dance troupe with his gang in order to appear on a national talent hunt on television.

Fox Searchlight, the parent company of Fox Star Studios, India, had bought its feature film remaking rights at Sundance 2011.