''Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Aseni'' (

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: ''

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never came to eat here'') is a

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based on the

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of the same name written by

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writer Mohammad Nazim Uddin. The series has been released on

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-based

language OTT platform Hoichoi. It is directed by Indian director

Srijit Mukherji Srijit Mukherji (born 23 September 1977) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. His regular collaboration with veteran actor Prosenjit Chatterjee brought him into the limelight. His first featur ...

. This is the second complete web series directed by

and his first work in Hoichoi. Initially, shooting was planned in both countries with the participation of several actors from

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and

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, but due to the

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, shooting was done only in

. However, Azmeri Haque Badhon is the only

playing the central character "Mushkan Zuberi".

Cast

* Azmeri Haque Badhon as Mushkan Zuberi *

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- Nirupam Chanda (''Noore Sofa'' in the original book) *

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as Ator Ali *

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as Kharaj Khashnobish (''KSK'' or ''Khodadad Shahbaz Khan'' in the original book) *

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as Norman *

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as IC Tapan Sikder (''Tofazzal Hosain'' in the original book) * Richard Bhakti Klein as Andrew * Akshay Kapoor as Javed * Debopriyo Mukherjee as Phalu

Production

Background

In 2015, the book "''Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asenni''" written by

writer Mohammad Nazim Uddin was published by Batighar Prakashani of

. The

n version of the book was later published by Abhijan Publishers of

. Soon after its publication, the book received a wide response in

and

. When the

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-based TVwala Media expressed interest in producing the web series, they signed an agreement with the author in February 2019. Through this, the TVwala Media bought the audio-visual rights of the novel. But then,

informed the author of his interest in making a

based on this novel. But because of the earlier agreement with TVwala Media, it was decided to make the series by Srijit Mukherji under the production of TVwala. However, due to the

, it was not possible to make the series with the help of

artists. So, later it was decided to make the series with the help of

n artists in a joint production of

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and TVwala Media.

Character selection

The series was initially supposed to be dominated by

actors. Jaya Ahsan's name comes up first as the central character "Mushkan Juberi". Mohammad Nazim Uddin, the author of the novel, made the offer to the director and the production company. But a few days later, it was heard that

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would replace

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in the lead role. Also, the name of

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as Atar Ali and the name of

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as an unknown character came up for discussion. Despite rumors circulating at different times about the different characters, it was later confirmed by the director

that he had actually chosen

as Atar Ali. He also thought of

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. However, these plans could not be implemented due to the

. Therefore, it was decided to make the series only with

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n actors. That is, no one from

was supposed to be in the series.

's name came first as Ator Ali after the decision to team up with

n actors.

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was the first choice of the director as Mushkan Zubairi. But later, when there was a problem with her schedule,

actress Azmeri Haque Badhon was surprisingly chosen.

as investigating officer Nirupam Chanda, Anirban Chakraborty as police officer Tapan Sikdar and

as Kharaj Khasanbish have been selected finally. The first look of the characters in this series was revealed on 26 December 2020.

Visualization

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic shooting had to be done in India. The shooting of the series started from 16 December in

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, Hooghly and

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region of

Episodes

Season 1 (2021)

Awards

References

External links

* {{Srijit Mukherji Bengali-language web series Web series directed by Srijit Mukherji Indian drama web series Thriller web series Hoichoi original programming