Mahabharat Murders Explained

Director:	Soumik Halder
Starring:	Priyanka Sarkar Arjun Chakrabarty Saswata Chatterjee Rajdeep Gupta Debasish Mondal Rishav Basu Koushik Sen
Screenplay:	Anirban Bhattacharya Sougata Basu
Music:	Amit-Ishan
Country:	India
Genre:	Thriller
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	12
Language:	Bengali
Cinematography:	Ramyadip Saha
Editor:	Sanglap Bhowmik
Runtime:	17-25 minutes
Company:	SVF Entertainment
Network:	Hoichoi

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. 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.

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.

Notes and References

Web site: 2022-05-08. Mahabharat Murders - Trailer. hoichoi.tv. en.
Web site: 2022-05-08. Web series Mahabharat Murders to start streaming soon. indiatimes.in. en.
Web site: 2022-05-08. Mahabharata Murders: সমকালীন দৃষ্টিতে মহাভারতের গল্প নিয়ে আসছে 'মহাভারত মার্ডার্স'. anandabazar.com. bn.
Web site: 2022-05-08. Hoichoi's new content slate promises lots to explore. telegraphindia.com. en.
Web site: 2022-10-29. Shooting begins for Hoichoi series Mahabharat Murders. https://web.archive.org/web/20220513085837/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2021/oct/29/31918/shooting-begins-for-hoichoi-series-mahabharat-murders. live. 13 May 2022. Cinestaan. en.
Web site: 2022-05-13. Mahabharat Murders. Digit.in. en. 30 September 2022. 29 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220629174901/https://www.digit.in/digit-binge/shows/mahabharat-murders-793949.html. dead.
Web site: 2022-10-29. Arjun Chakraborty, Priyanka Sarkar play investigating officers in hoichoi web series Mahabharat Murders. Indiablooms. en.
Web site: 2022-05-13. Mahabharat Murders Part 1 Review: Priyanka Sarkar, Saswata Chatterjee Might Be in an Interesting Show!. Leisurebyte. en.