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, Makarand Anaspure, Sachin Khedekar. The show was released on 20 May 2022 and in a very small period of time, it gained popularity with positive response in all over the Maharashtra because of the story is based on true events. It received positive reviews with praise for everyone's performance and criticism for writing and direction.

Plot

In a state government, things get all shaky because two people doing an old job accidentally become super important in a mix of politics, power, and secret plans. The choices these two make mess up the political world, making the stable government start wobbling because of unexpected problems and how people relate to each other. As the story goes on, the government machine that used to run smoothly now struggles with the results, and the state government is almost falling apart. This interesting story shows how personal decisions mix up with big government stuff, showing a lively picture where power structures and people's lives come together in a story that goes beyond what society expects.

Cast

as Ayesha Singh *

as Ratna * Urmilla Kothare as Nisha Jain * Sachin Khedekar as Yusuf Patel *

as Satish Naik * Makarand Anaspure as Appa Divekar *

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as Sayajirao Patil *

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as Joint CP Bantya Raosaheb * Madhuri Pawar as Prerna Patil-Sane aka Taisaheb * Abhijeet Panse as Inspector Charudatta Mokashi * Vaibhav Mangle as Sub-Inspector Palande *

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as Bina Singh *

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as Akka * Prabhakar More as Palande's friend * Vandana Vaknis as Sayajirao's wife * Niranjan Javir as Rupesh Varde * Chaitali Kohli as P. A. Gaikar * Kirti Mahadik as Ayesha Singh

Series overview

Production

Promotion

On 18 May 2022, Planet Marathi released the teaser for RaanBaazaar on YouTube and other social media platforms announcing the release of the series on 20 May 2022. It garnered 1 Million views in just one day. The show will consist of 10 episodes. It is one of the high budget web series of Marathi ever.

Success

It is one of the successful webseries of Marathi industry.

Music

The song composed and written by AV Prafullachandra. ''Yeh Andheri Nagari'' was sung by Aanchal Tyagi and ''Kundi Lagalo'' sung Dr. Pallavi Shyam Sundar. Kundi Lagalo song is become popular in reels due to its Hindi lyrics.

Reception

Upon release, Chitrali Chogale-Anavkar of '' Lokmat'' rated the show 4 out of 5 and said, "In short, the storm in politics created by the two ladies is definitely a must watch and equally entertaining. For Prajakta's acting, Abhijeet Panse's direction, a boldly different story and an entertaining experience, definitely watch 'Raanbazaar..." Shaheen Irani from '' OTTplay'' reviewed that "Raanbaazaar finale is so worth the time it took. The episode comes a full circle, in a way that you would barely expect it to. It is not your happy ending kind of a show but the real elements and how everything is dealt with, is what makes this series so special. Watch this one without fail." Salonee Mistry of ''

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'' rated it 4 stars and stated that the series is clutter breaking and promises edges of the seat thriller and powerful performance.

References

External links

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