Kaantaye Kaantaye is Bengali suspense-thriller web-series directed by Joydeep Mukherjee and produced by Shyamsundar De.[1][2] It is an adaptation of Narayan Sanyal's P. K. Basu series novel Sonar Kaanta, which is actually inspired by The Mousetrap of Agatha Christie.[3] This is the second time P. K. Basu series has been adapted for the screen, the first time being in 1974 when Tarun Majumdar made Jadi Jantem featuring Uttam Kumar as the protagonist.[4]
| Kaantaye Kaantaye | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Suspense Thriller |
| Inspired by | Sonar Kaanta |
| Written by | Narayan Sanyal |
| Screenplay by | Padmanabha Dasgupta |
| Directed by | Joydeep Mukherjee |
| Starring | Saswata Chatterjee Ananya Chatterjee Payel Sarkar Soham Chakraborty Mir Afsar Ali Somraj Maity Ayoshi Talukdar |
| Music by | Sovon Mukherjee |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Shyam Sundar Dey |
| Editor | Maloy Laha |
| Production company | Shadow Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | ZEE5 |
| Release | 15 August 2024 |
Cast
edit- Saswata Chatterjee as P.K.Basu
- Ananya Chatterjee as Rani Basu
- Payel Sarkar as Kaveri Dutta Gupta
- Soham Chakraborty as Subir Roy
- Mir Afsar Ali as Inspector Nripen Ghoshal
- Somraj Maity as Koushik Mitra
- Ayoshi Talukdar as Sujata Chatterjee
- Subrat Dutta as Raman Guha
- Abhijit Guha as Arup
- Rachel White as Neena Basu
- Prantik Banerjee as Ajoy Roy
- Kinjal Nanda as Noor Ali Baig
Casting
editA movie adaption of the same story was announced in 2018, starring Ranjit Mullick as PK Basu. The rest of the cast included Rachel White.[7] The film never released. In 2022, ZEE5 announced that they were working on a web series around the same story with Saswata Chatterjee as the protagonist. Rachel White was announced to be a part of the cast of the series as well.[8]
Marketing
editThe teaser of Kaantaye Kaantaye was released on July 25, 2024.[9] The trailer was released on July 31.[10]
Reception
editKaantaye Kaantaye received mixed reviews. The Times of India gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 calling it a " binge-worthy watch".[11] Subhash K. Jha writing for Times Now also gave it a thumbs up, commenting, "Apart from some good performances, Kaantaye Kaantaye plays some ear-soothing songs in the background about grief, loss and hope."[12]
Scroll.in on the other hand was critical about the series and called it "An overstretched whodunit".[13] HT Media too gave it a 2 out of 5 and termed the show a missable.[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ananda, A. B. P. (2022-12-15). "কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় সিরিজ এবার ওয়েবের পর্দায়, গল্পে অনন্যা-শাশ্বত". bengali.abplive.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ The teaser of the upcoming Zee5 series Kaantaye Kaantaye promises a thrilling murder mystery, retrieved 28 July 2024
- ^ "Web series Kantay Kantay to feature Saswata Chatterjee, Ananya Chatterjee, Soham Chakraborty and others". The Times of India. 2022-12-24. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ Barrister P K Basu will be back on screens on 15th August, retrieved 3 Aug 2024
- ^ ZEE5’s 'Kaantaye Kaantaye' to premiere on 15 August, retrieved 3 Aug 2024
- ^ ‘Kaantaye Kaantaye’: Latest Bengali murder mystery to premiere on August 15, retrieved 3 Aug 2024
- ^ PK Basu to return to the big screen this Bengali New Year after 44 years, retrieved 28 July 2024
- ^ Web series Kantay Kantay to feature Saswata Chatterjee, Ananya Chatterjee, Soham Chakraborty and others, retrieved 28 July 2024
- ^ Kaantaye Kaantaye Teaser: Saswata Chatterjee and Ananya Chatterjee starrer Kaantaye Kaantaye Official Teaser, retrieved 28 July 2024
- ^ The trailer of Kaantaye Kaantaye is out, retrieved 3 Aug 2024
- ^ "Kaantaye Kaantaye season 1 review", TimesofIndia, retrieved 28 Aug 2024
- ^ "Kaantaye Kaantaye: Saswata Chatterjee's Engrossing Whodunit Deserves A Better Ending", TimesNowNews, retrieved 28 Aug 2024
- ^ "'Kaantaye Kaantaye' review: An overstretched whodunit", Scroll.in, retrieved 28 Aug 2024
- ^ "Kaantaye Kaantaye review: Saswata Chatterjee's web series is too long", OTTPlay, retrieved 28 Aug 2024