Eken Babu (TV series)

Eken Babu is a Bengali web series streaming on Hoichoi. The web series is based on Ekenbabu detective story, which is written by Sujan Dasgupta. Anirban Chakraborti plays the title role, with Shoumyo Banerjee and Debapriyo Bagchi in supporting roles.

Cast

 * Anirban Chakraborty as Ekenbabu
 * Shoumo Banerjee as Bapyaditya or Bapi
 * Debapriyo Bagchi (Bubble) as Promotho
 * Suhotra Mukhopadhyay as Bapi (Since Season 6)
 * Somak Ghosh as Promotho (Since Season 6)
 * Shreya Sinha as Rupal Mehra
 * Yash Roshan as Mamud (in Season 3)
 * Shahdul Alam Sachchu as Jamal (in Season 3)
 * Ziaul Hasan Kislu as Masud (in Season 3)
 * Shimul Khan as Mr. Khan (in Season 3)
 * Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed as Meherunisa (in Season 3)
 * Anuradha Mukherjee (in Season 4)
 * Kaushik Chatterjee as Tunganath Burman (in Season 4)
 * Kaushiki Guha as Arundhati Burman (in Season 4)
 * Debopriyo Mukherjee as Riddhi Burman (in Season 4)
 * Chitra Vanu Basu (in Season 4)
 * Kinjal Kumar Nanda as Satyakam Javed Chowdhury (in Season 4)
 * Mridul Chandra Sen (in Season 4)
 * Sohini Banerjee (in Season 4)
 * Sourav Chatterjee as Suresh Mitra (in Season 5)
 * Mimi Dutta as Soma Mitra (in Season 5)
 * Krishnendu Dewanji as Ajay (in Season 5)
 * Krishnendu Dewanji as Ajay (in Season 5)

Season 1 (2018)
Directed by Anirban Mallik, the Season 1 streamed on Bengali OTT platform hoichoi from 3 March 2018. It was based on the story Manhattane Moonstone.

Season 2 (2018)
The Season 2 released on 10 November 2018; all the episodes were directed by Anupam Hari.The story is based on Manhattan ey Man hunt.

Season 3 (2019)
Season 3 launched on 28 November 2019; all the five episodes were directed by Abhijit Chowdhury. The story is set in Bangladesh, and most of the shooting is also done in Bangladesh. It was based on the story, Dhaka Rahasyo Unmochito.

Season 4 (2020)
On 2 October 2020, hoichoi released Season 4 with six new episodes directed by Joydip Mukherjee and Surajit Chatterjee.

Season 5 (2021)
On 8 October 2021, hoichoi released Season 5 with six new episodes directed by Anirban Mullick. It is based on the story, Santiniketane Osanti.

Season 6 (2022)
On 20 September 2022, hoichoi announced Season 6. The series started streaming from 23 December 2022.

Movies
On 19 November 2021, Shree Venkatesh Films, announced the first film of the franchise, The Eken. The film released in theatres on 14 April 2022. The film was shot in the hill station of Darjeeling. It was based on the story Manhattaner Madman.

On 1 November 2022, SVF announced the second film, which will be shot in December 2022, in Rajasthan. Titled The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan and directed by Joydip Mukherjee, the movie stars Anirban Chakrabarti, Suhotra Mukhopadhyay, Somak Ghosh, Sandipta Sen and Rajatava Dutta in central roles. The film released in theatres worldwide on 14 April 2023.