Chhotolok

Chhotolok is Bengali crime thriller drama web series starring Indrani Haldar, Daminee Benny Basu, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Priyanka Sarkar, Ushashi Ray, Pratik Dutta and Ushasie Chakraborty. It was created and directed by Indranil Roychowdhury. It is also the director's first web series.

The series premiered on ZEE5 on 3 November 2023.

Plot
Desperate to come out of a failing marriage, a married man gets into a whirlwind affair with a glamorous woman who has a criminal past, but ends up as the prime accused when she is murdered. The case falls into a timid but determined cop who unearths a deep buried scandal about the man's family involving his politically affiliated mother.

Cast

 * Indrani Haldar as Mohor Bhattacharya: A political leader.
 * Damini Benny Basu as Sabitri Mondol: Sub-Inspector of Gajipur Police Station; Investigator of the murder case of Rupsha Ghosh.
 * Gaurav Chakrabarty as Raja Bhattacharya: An engineer; Mohor's son; Mallika's husband.
 * Priyanka Sarkar as Mallika Das: An accountant; Raja's wife.
 * Ushasi Ray as Rupsha Ghosh: Model cum actor; Mallika's ex colleague.
 * Ushasie Chakraborty as Kasturi Guha: A chartered accountant, who rules many "big fishes".
 * Debesh Chattopadhyay as Tanmay Bagchi: A political leader, MLA; Mohor Bhattacharya's rival.
 * Loknath Dey as Farooq.
 * Joydip Mukherjee as Aditya Bhattacharya: Mohor's husband; Raja's father.
 * Sumeet Samaddar as Madhusudan: Mohor's younger brother.
 * Jeet Sundar Chakrabarty as Basudev Das aka Basu.
 * Pratik Dutta as Jamil Sheikh: Junior of Sabitri.
 * Tapasya Dasgupta as Pushpo: Putul and Basu's mother.
 * Suvrajit Dutta as Rudra Mondal: A medicine shop keeper; Sabitri's husband.

Production
Director Indranil Roychowdhury started shooting for the show in October 2022 after a year of scripting and workshops with his actors.

Marketing
The show was officially announced by ZEE5 on December 11, 2022. Following that, a teaser poster of the show was first revealed on Jun 8, 2023. The trailer of the show was launched on October 12, 2023.

Reception
The show drew positive reactions across board from critics. The Indian Express call it "Bengal’s best web series" rating it 4 out of 5. OTTPlay commented, "Chhotolok is one of the finest Bengali content available in India in the OTT space."