''Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni'' (

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never came to eat here'') is a

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based on the

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of the same name written by

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writer Mohammad Nazim Uddin. The series has been released on

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-based

language OTT platform

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. It is directed by Indian director

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. This is the second complete web series directed by

and his first work in

. Initially, shooting was planned in both countries with the participation of several actors from

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and

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, but due to the

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, shooting was done only in

. However,

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is the only

playing the central character "Mushkan Zuberi".

Cast

as Mushkan Zuberi *

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- Nirupam Chanda (''Noore Sofa'' in the original book) *

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as Ator Ali *

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as Kharaj Khashnobish (''KSK'' or ''Khodadad Shahbaz Khan'' in the original book) *

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as Norman *

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as IC Tapan Sikder (''Tofazzal Hosain'' in the original book) * Richard Bhakti Klein as Andrew * Akshay Kapoor as Javed * Debopriyo Mukherjee as Phalu

Production

Background

In 2015, the book "''Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asenni''" written by

writer Mohammad Nazim Uddin was published by Batighar Prakashani of

. The

n version of the book was later published by Abhijan Publishers of

. Soon after its publication, the book received a wide response in

and

. When the

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-based TVwala Media expressed interest in producing the web series, they signed an agreement with the author in February 2019. Through this, the TVwala Media bought the audio-visual rights of the novel. But then,

informed the author of his interest in making a

based on this novel. But because of the earlier agreement with TVwala Media, it was decided to make the series by Srijit Mukherji under the production of TVwala. However, due to the

, it was not possible to make the series with the help of

artists. So, later it was decided to make the series with the help of

n artists in a joint production of

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and TVwala Media.

Character selection

The series was initially supposed to be dominated by

actors. Jaya Ahsan's name comes up first as the central character "Mushkan Juberi". Mohammad Nazim Uddin, the author of the novel, made the offer to the director and the production company. But a few days later, it was heard that

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would replace

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in the lead role. Also, the name of

Chanchal Chowdhury Suchinta Chowdhury Chanchal ( bn, সুচিন্ত চৌধুরী চঞ্চল), known as Chanchal Chowdhury ( bn, চঞ্চল চৌধুরী), is a Bangladeshi actor. Critically acclaimed for his performances in ''Rupkothar ...

as Atar Ali and the name of

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as an unknown character came up for discussion. Despite rumors circulating at different times about the different characters, it was later confirmed by the director

that he had actually chosen

as Atar Ali. He also thought of

Fazlur Rahman Babu Fazlur Rahman Babu (born 22 August 1960) is a Bangladeshi actor and singer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 4 times for his roles in the films ''Shonkhonaad'' (2004), '' Meyeti Ekhon Kothay Jabe'' (2017), ''Fagun ...

. However, these plans could not be implemented due to the

. Therefore, it was decided to make the series only with

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n actors. That is, no one from

was supposed to be in the series.

's name came first as Ator Ali after the decision to team up with

n actors.

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was the first choice of the director as Mushkan Zubairi. But later, when there was a problem with her schedule,

actress

was surprisingly chosen.

as investigating officer Nirupam Chanda, Anirban Chakraborty as police officer Tapan Sikdar and

as Kharaj Khasanbish have been selected finally. The first look of the characters in this series was revealed on December 26, 2020.

Visualization

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic shooting had to be done in India. The shooting of the series started from December 16 in

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, Hooghly and

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region of

Episodes

Season 1 (2021)

Awards

References

External links

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