Chhotolok is
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
crime thriller
Thriller may refer to:
* Thriller (genre), a broad genre of literature, film and television
** Thriller film, a film genre under the general thriller genre
Comics
* ''Thriller'' (DC Comics), a comic book series published 1983–84 by DC Comics i ...
drama web series starring
Indrani Haldar, Daminee Benny Basu,
Gaurav Chakrabarty,
Priyanka Sarkar
Priyanka Sarkar is an Indian film and television actress who mosty works in Bengali films. Her first successful film was ''Chirodini Tumi Je Amar'' (2008) directed by Raj Chakraborty. She was married to actor Rahul Banerjee.
Filmography
Te ...
,
Ushashi Ray
Ushasi Ray ( bn, ঊষসী রায়) is an Indian TV actress and model. She is well known for her lead role as 'Ahona' in Star Jalsha's '' Milon Tithi'' as well as for playing the titular lead as 'Bokul' in ''Bokul Kotha''. She has played ...
, Pratik Dutta and
Ushasie Chakraborty. It was created and directed by Indranil Roychowdhury. It is also the director's first web series.
Plot
Desperate to come out of a failing marriage, a married man gets into a whirlwind affair with a glamorous woman who has a criminal past, but ends up as the prime accused when she is murdered. The case falls into a timid but determined cop who unearths a deep buried scandal about the man's family involving his politically affiliated mother.
Cast
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Indrani Haldar as Mohor Bhattacharya: A political leader.
*Damini Benny Basu as Sabitri Mondol: Sub-Inspector of Gajipur Police Station; Investigator of the murder case of Rupsha Ghosh.
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Gaurav Chakrabarty as Raja Bhattacharya: An engineer; Mohor's son; Mallika's husband.
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Priyanka Sarkar
Priyanka Sarkar is an Indian film and television actress who mosty works in Bengali films. Her first successful film was ''Chirodini Tumi Je Amar'' (2008) directed by Raj Chakraborty. She was married to actor Rahul Banerjee.
Filmography
Te ...
as Mallika Das: An accountant; Raja's wife.
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Ushasi Ray
Ushasi Ray ( bn, ঊষসী রায়) is an Indian TV actress and model. She is well known for her lead role as 'Ahona' in Star Jalsha's ''Milon Tithi'' as well as for playing the titular lead as 'Bokul' in ''Bokul Kotha''. She has played ...
as Rupsha Ghosh: Model cum actor; Mallika's ex colleague.
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Ushasie Chakraborty as Kasturi Guha: A chartered accountant, who rules many "big fishes".
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Debesh Chattopadhyay
Debesh Chattopadhyay (also Chatterjee) is an Indian Bengali film & theatre director and actor. He has also acted in a few Bengali films.
Career
Chattopadhyay is associated with theatre since 1984. At that time he was 18 years old. In 1989 ...
as Tanmay Bagchi: A political leader, MLA; Mohor Bhattacharya's rival.
*Loknath Dey as Farooq.
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Joydip Mukherjee
Joydeep Mukherjee is an Indian film director, actor and writer primarily associated with Bengali language films.
Career
In 2008, Joydeep started his career with directed television drama serial. Then he directed two more dramas. In 2016, he d ...
as Aditya Bhattacharya: Mohor's husband; Raja's father.
*Sumeet Samaddar as Madhusudan: Mohor's younger brother.
*Jeet Sundar Chakrabarty as Basudev Das aka Basu.
*Pratik Dutta as Jamil Sheikh: Junior of Sabitri.
*Tapasya Dasgupta as Pushpo: Putul and Basu's mother.
*Suvrajit Dutta as Rudra Mondal: A medicine shop keeper; Sabitri's husband.
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Episodes
Season 1 (2023)
Production
Director Indranil Roychowdhury started shooting for the show in October 2022 after a year of scripting and workshops with his actors.
Marketing
The show was officially announced by ZEE5 on December 11, 2022. Following that, a teaser poster of the show was first revealed on Jun 8, 2023. The trailer of the show was launched on October 12, 2023.
Reception
The show drew positive reactions across board from critics.
The Indian Express call it "Bengal’s best web series" rating it 4 out of 5.
OTTPlay
HT Media is an Indian mass media company based in Delhi, India. It has holdings in print, electronic and digital media.
HT Media's flagship newspaper is the ''Hindustan Times'', the second most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The ...
commented, "Chhotolok is one of the finest Bengali content available in India in the OTT space."
References
Indian web series
thriller web series
External links
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''Chhotolok Trailer''on
Youtube
''Chhotolok''on
ZEE5
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2023 Indian television series debuts
ZEE5 original programming
Indian thriller television series
Indian crime television series