Byomkesh (web series)
Byomkesh is the Bengali web television series based on the Byomkesh Bakshi character created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Set in the 1930s, the series is based on the adventures of Byomkesh, and his friend and biographer Ajit, who usually accompanies Bakshi during his investigations. Anirban Bhattacharya portrays the lead role of Byomkesh, with Subrat Dutta in the role of Byomkesh's trusted friend-turned-aide, Ajit. The first episode premiered on Saturday, October 14, 2017, being the first Byomkesh series to be available on OTT platform hoichoi worldwide.[1][2]
Byomkesh web series | |
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Genre | Detective Thriller |
Directed by | Sayantan Ghosal, Soumik Chattopadhyay, Soumik Halder |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Bengali & Hindi |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Production | |
Production company | SVF |
Release | |
Original network | Hoichoi |
Original release | 14 October 2017 – present |
Cast
- Anirban Bhattacharya as Byomkesh Bakshi
- Subrat Dutta as Ajit Kumar Banerjee (Season 1 to Season 3)
- Ridhima Ghosh as Satyabati, Byomkesh's wife
- Suprobhat Das as Ajit Kumar Banerjee (Since Season 4)
- Aryann Bhowmik as Satyakam Das
- Bhaskar Banerjee as Nripati Laha
- Monu Mukherjee as Nandadulal Babu
- Indrasish Roy as Abhay Ghoshal
- Mrinal Mukherjee as Maharaj Ramendra Singha
- Parthasarathi Deb as Ashutosh Deb
- Koushik Kar as Prafulla Ray
- Dulal Lahiri as Korali Babu
- Amrita Chattopadhyay as Deepa Bhatta
- Raja Goswami as Debasish Bhatta
- Tamal Roy Chowdhury as Deepa's Grandfather
- Debdut Ghosh as Dr. Rudra
- Arun Bannerjee as Rameshwar Roy
- Debshankar Haldar as Santosh Samddar
- Krishnendu Dewanji as Ravi Verma
- Darshana Banik as Heena Mullick
- Rukma Roy as Sukumari
Season 1
Season 1 of the Byomkesh is based on four stories, 'Satyaneshi','Pather Kanta,'ArthamAnartham' & 'Makorshar Rosh' written by Bengali author Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The season was released on 14 October 2017 with two episodes, this season was directed by Sayantan Ghoshal and the second series was released on 16 December 2017.[3][4][5]
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
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1 | "Satyanweshi Pother Kanta" | Sayantan Ghosal | 14 October 2017 |
2 | "Makorshar Rosh Arthamanartham" | Sayantan Ghosal | 14 October 2017 |
Season 2
In Season 2, Byomkesh will solve the mystery of Satyakam's murder. This series is based on 'Raketr Dag' another best seller in the Byomkesh. The first episode of the Season 2 was launched on 16 December 2017, later on, two other episodes are also being released by hoichoi. First two episodes were directed by Soumik Chattopadhyay, and the third episode was directed by Sayantan Ghoshal.[6][7][8]
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
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1 | "Rakter Daag Part 1" | Soumik Chattopadhyay | 25 December 2017 |
2 | "Rakter Daag Part 2" | Soumik Chattopadhyay | 25 December 2017 |
3 | "Raktamukhi Neela" | Sayantan Ghosal | 25 December 2017 |
Season 3
Season 3 of the Byomkesh is based on the story Shajaru’r Kanta written by author Sharadindu Bandopadhyay. In this season Byomkesh investigates a series of murders that were committed by someone using a sharpened porcupine quill.
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
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1 | "Shajaru'r Kanta - Part 1" | Sayantan Ghosal | 14 April 2018 |
2 | "Shajaru'r Kanta - Part 2" | Sayantan Ghosal | 14 April 2018 |
Season 4
Byomkesh season 4 is based on Bengali author Sharadindu Bandopadhyay's ‘Agnibaan’. The story starts with a young girl Rekha, Byomkesh's neighbor, who dies under some mysterious circumstances in her kitchen. Byomkesh takes charge of this investigation and from here the investigation of Byomkesh begun.[9]
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
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1 | "Agnibaan Part 1" | Soumik Chattopadhyay | 12 April 2019 |
2 | "Agnibaan Part 2" | Soumik Chattopadhyay | 12 April 2019 |
Season 5
Byomkesh season 5 started streaming from 10 January 2020. The season is directed by Soumik Halder based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's original story 'Dushtochakra' and 'Khnuji Khnuji Nari'. All the cast remains the same except this time Suprobhat Das plays the role of Ajit.[10]
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
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1 | "Tetallisher Monnontor" | Soumik Halder | 10 January 2020 |
2 | "Khnuji Khnuji Nari" | Soumik Halder | 10 January 2020 |
Season 6
Byomkesh season 6 started streaming from 8 January 2021. The season is directed by Soumik Halder based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's original story 'Mogno Mainak'.
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
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1 | "Hena-Monyota" | Soumik Halder | 8 January 2021 |
2 | "Rohoshyomoy Mouth Organ" | Soumik Halder | 8 January 2021 |
3 | "Deshbhager Khesharawd" | Soumik Halder | 8 January 2021 |
References
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- "Byomkesh Season 2 web series debuts today". India Today. December 16, 2017.
- "No Need to Maintain Continuity Between Different Episodes in a Web Series: Anirban Bhattacharya". News18. October 18, 2017.
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