Indubala Bhaater Hotel

Indubala Bhaater Hotel
Genre	Drama
Written by	Kallol Lahiri
Directed by	Debaloy Bhattacharya
Starring	Subhashree Ganguly Rahul Banerjee Sneha Chatterjee
Composer	Amit Chatterjee
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Production company	Hoichoi
Original release
Network	Hoichoi
Release	8 March 2023 (2023-03-08) – present

Indubala Bhaater Hotel is a 2023 drama Bengali web series available on the streaming platform Hoichoi. The series, based on the eponymous Bengali novel by Kallol Lahiri,[1] is about the life and struggles of Indubala, the protagonist.[2] Her somber life, punctuated with fleeting hopes of happiness, exemplifies a human's yearning to return to one's roots, only to be shackled by the heaviness of responsibilities and the vagaries of geopolitics.

Plot

The series explores the trials and tribulations of Indubala, born in a village of East Bengal who marries an urban man from Kolkata (in Western Bengal) and leaves her ancestral village. She has to adjust to the new way of life in the city. She becomes a widow at an early age and brings up her two sons singlehandedly.

With guidance from a few well-wishers, Indubala–an experienced cook–starts a home-based small restaurant mainly catering to local workers and commuters. Gradually her restaurant becomes popular thanks to word of mouth, and much later due to shares in social media from its aficionados. With the earnings from the restaurant, her life slowly stabilizes. Her children grow up and settle into their lives.

Throughout all these years, Indubala reminisces about her childhood in the village of East Bengal and yearns to return there one day, but can not because of her familial responsibilities and also because the village belongs to another country Bangladesh (stemming from the 1947 partition of India and 1971 independence of Bangladesh).

Cast

• Subhashree Ganguly as Indubala Mallick
  • Parijat Chaudhuri as young Indubala
• Sneha Chatterjee as Lachhmi
• Debapratim Dasgupta as Dhananjay alias Dhana
• Angana Roy as Sanchari
• Rahul Banerjee as Pradip: Indubala's younger son
• Pratik Dutta as Ratanlal Mallick: Indubala's husband

Soundtrack

Indubala Bhaater Hotel
Soundtrack album by Amit Chatterjee
Released	30 April 2023
Recorded	2021–2022
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	54:36
Language	Bengali
Label	SVF Music
Official audio
Indubala Bhaater Hotel - Full Album on YouTube

The music of the film was composed by Amit Chatterjee.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Pakhider Smriti (orchestral Version)"	Debaloy Bhattacharya, Atul Prosad	Iman Chakraborty	4:36
2.	"Pakhider Smriti"	Debaloy Bhattacharya, Atul Prosad	Ikkshita Mukherjee	4:03
3.	"Dhiki Dhiki"	Debaloy Bhattacharya, Ritam Sen	Ikkshita Mukherjee	3:38
4.	"Dehotori"	Debaloy Bhattacharya	Chakropani Dev	5:47
5.	"Ami Eka Chini"	Debaloy Bhattacharya	Jayati Chakraborty	6:16
6.	"Shunyo E Buke"			4:29
7.	"Kakhana Haribe Dukho Mor + Majhi Baiya Jao Re"			5:01
8.	"Kothay Tomay Pai"			5:23
9.	"Tore Chinono Na Jay"			5:59
10.	"Dana Kata Pori"	Debaloy Bhattacharya	Anirban Bhattacharya	9:58
Total length:				54:36

Reception

The series received generally positive reviews.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

1. "Indubala Bhater Hotel". Goodreads. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
2. "Indubala Bhaater Hotel Season 1 Review: Of melancholia and the mundane". The Times of India. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
3. বসু, কুণাল (14 March 2023). "OTT Review: ইন্দুবালা ভাতের হোটেলে কেমন রান্না, খেয়েছেন?". Eisamay Gold (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
4. "Indubala Bhaater Hotel Part 1 Review: A Heartbreaking Tale of Food and Memories". Leisurebyte. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
5. ডেস্ক, নিউজবাংলা (11 March 2023). "কেমন হলো 'ইন্দুবালা ভাতের হোটেল'". Newsbangla24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
6. Goswami, Ranita (12 March 2023). "পাখির জীবন ছেড়ে খাঁচাবন্দি, চোখের জলে ভেজে ইন্দুবালার স্মৃতিপট". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 April 2023.

External links

• Indubala Bhaater Hotel at IMDb