Birohi is a Bengali-language streaming television series[1] directed by Pradipta Bhattacharyya,[2] the National award-winning director of Bakita Byaktigato[3] released on the Uribaba OTT platform,[4] first independent free content station of West Bengal.[5][6][7] This is the debut streaming series of director Bhattacharya and producer Ritwick Chakraborty.[8][9][10] Media compared Birohi with the popular Hindi streaming series Panchayat.[11][12] Season 2 of Birohi was released in December 2022.[13][14][15]
| Birohi | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Directed by | Pradipta Bhattacharyya |
| Music by | Satyaki Banerjee |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ritwick Chakraborty Pradipta Bhattacharyya |
| Production company | One Eighty Degree |
| Original release | |
| Network | Uribaba |
| Release | 10 September 2021 |
Plot edit
The story revolves with the life of a timid unemployed person Krishnakanta Haldar. He gets a job as a primary school teacher in a remote village Birohi. It presents a hurdles crossing journey of a teacher who faces the real features of rural Bengal, politics, love and compassion.[16][17]
Cast edit
- 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) edit
The first season of the series started streaming from 10 September 2021 with six episodes.[18]
Episodes edit
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | Pradipta Bhattacharyya | 10 September 2021 |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Pradipta Bhattacharyya | 17 September 2021 |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Pradipta Bhattacharyya | 24 September 2021 |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Pradipta Bhattacharyya | 1 October 2021 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Pradipta Bhattacharyya | 6 October 2021 |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Pradipta Bhattacharyya | 12 October 2021 |
References edit
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