''Birohi'' is a
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
-language
streaming television
Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as films and television series, streamed over the Internet. Standing in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable t ...
series directed by Pradipta Bhattacharyya, the National award-winning director of ''
Bakita Byaktigato'' released on the Uribaba
OTT platform, the first independent free content station of
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
. This is the debut streaming series of director Bhattacharya and producer
Ritwick Chakraborty
Ritwick Chakraborty is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Pagal Premi in 2007.
Career
Chakraborty was associated with Bengali theatre from a very early age. As he grew older he became passi ...
. Media compared ''Birohi'' with the popular
Hindi
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streaming series
''Panchayat''. Season 2 of Birohi was released in December 2022.
Plot
The story revolves around the life of a timid, unemployed person, Krishnakanta Haldar. He gets a primary school teacher job in a remote village of Birohi. It presents a hurdles-crossing journey of a teacher who faces the real features of rural Bengal: politics, love, and compassion.
Cast
* Sayan Ghosh as Krishnakanta
* Satakshi Nandy as Radha
* Amit Saha as Tyapa Mondal
* Srabanti Bhattacharya as Jamidar
* Dipak Halder as Bom Bolai
* Anuradha Mukherjee as Kalpana
* Soham Maitra as Arun
* Nilay Samiran Nandi as Pokai
* Sk. Sahebul Haque as Ranjit
Season 1 (2021)
The series' first season started streaming on 10 September 2021 with six episodes.
Episodes
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 15453972
Indian web series
Bengali-language web series
2021 web series debuts
Indian comedy-drama television series