Mahabharat Murders

Mahabharat Murders
Genre	Thriller
Based on	The Mahabharata Murders by Arnab Ray
Screenplay by	Anirban Bhattacharya Sougata Basu
Directed by	Soumik Halder
Starring	Priyanka Sarkar Arjun Chakrabarty Saswata Chatterjee Rajdeep Gupta Debasish Mondal Rishav Basu Koushik Sen
Music by	Amit-Ishan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Cinematography	Ramyadip Saha
Editor	Sanglap Bhowmik
Running time	17-25 minutes
Production company	SVF Entertainment
Original release
Network	Hoichoi
Release	13 May (2022-05-13) – 3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

Mahabharat Murders is a Bengali thriller series streaming on Hoichoi[1] from 13 May 2022, based on the book The Mahabharata Murders by Arnab Ray.[2] The series is directed by Soumik Halder and stars Priyanka Sarkar, Arjun Chakrabarty, Saswata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Rajdeep Gupta.[2][3][4]

Plot

The story happens in Kolkata and follows a serial killer who considers himself as modern-day Duryodhana and takes a dramatic spin over the Mahabharata’s narrative.[2]

Cast

• Priyanka Sarkar as Ruksana Ahmed, I.P.S., an investigating officer at Kolkata Police detective department
• Arjun Chakrabarty as Siddhanth Singha, Ruksana's side-kick
• Saswata Chatterjee as Pabitra Chatterjee, a politician
• Kaushik Sen as Abirlal, Pabitra's advisor
• Shankar Debnath as Laltu Mama
• Rajdeep Gupta as Prakash Sharma, CEO of Ycon Consultancy
• Rishav Basu as Vicky Patel
• Arna Mukhopadhyay as Dr. Bipul Bannerjee
• Debasish Mondal as Javed, Ruksana's estranged partner
• Sudip Mukherjee as Surojit Mukherjee, Police Commissioner at Kolkata Police and Ruksana's senior
• Satyam Bhattacharya as Joy, a cyber specialist at Kolkata Police detective department and an Indian classical music enthusiast
• Arpita Ghosh as Devika Lahiri
• Riyaa Ganguly as Tania, Devika's flatmate
• Aparajita Ghosh as Kanika Basu, Director at YCon and Prakash's ex
• Jammy Bannerjee as Shamsuddin
• Bihaan Saha Dalal as Salim, Ruksana’s son

Season 1

This season will take the viewers on a mysterious and suspenseful trip based on Arnab Ray’s novel ‘Mahabharat Murders’,[5][6][7] the series was released on 13 May 2022. hoichoi will release three episodes every week till June 3.[8] This season was directed by Soumik Haldar.

References

1. "Mahabharat Murders - Trailer". hoichoi.tv. 8 May 2022.
2. "Web series Mahabharat Murders to start streaming soon". indiatimes.in. 8 May 2022.
3. "Mahabharata Murders: সমকালীন দৃষ্টিতে মহাভারতের গল্প নিয়ে আসছে 'মহাভারত মার্ডার্স'". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). 8 May 2022.
4. "Hoichoi's new content slate promises lots to explore". telegraphindia.com. 8 May 2022.
5. "Shooting begins for Hoichoi series Mahabharat Murders". Cinestaan. 29 October 2022. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022.
6. "Mahabharat Murders". Digit.in. 13 May 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
7. "Arjun Chakraborty, Priyanka Sarkar play investigating officers in hoichoi web series Mahabharat Murders". Indiablooms. 29 October 2022.
8. "Mahabharat Murders Part 1 Review: Priyanka Sarkar, Saswata Chatterjee Might Be in an Interesting Show!". Leisurebyte. 13 May 2022.

External links

• Mahabharat Murders at IMDb