RaanBaazaar

RaanBaazaar is an Indian Marathi-language thriller-drama web series written and directed by Abhijeet Panse. The show features Tejaswini Pandit, Prajakta Mali, Mohan Agashe, Makarand Anaspure, Sachin Khedekar. The series was launched on May 20, 2022, garnered acclaim across Maharashtra due to its compelling narrative rooted in real-life events.

Plot
In a state government, things get all shaky because two people doing an old job accidentally become super important in a mix of politics, power, and secret plans. The choices these two make mess up the political world, making the stable government start wobbling because of unexpected problems and how people relate to each other.

As the story goes on, the government machine that used to run smoothly now struggles with the results, and the state government is almost falling apart. This interesting story shows how personal decisions mix up with big government stuff, showing a lively picture where power structures and people's lives come together in a story that goes beyond what society expects.

Cast

 * Tejaswini Pandit as Ayesha Singh
 * Prajakta Mali as Ratna
 * Urmilla Kothare as Nisha Jain
 * Sachin Khedekar as Yusuf Patel
 * Mohan Agashe as Satish Naik
 * Makarand Anaspure as Appa Divekar
 * Mohan Joshi as Sayajirao Patil
 * Anant Jog as Joint CP Bantya Raosaheb
 * Madhuri Pawar as Prerna Patil-Sane aka Taisaheb
 * Abhijeet Panse as Inspector Charudatta Mokashi
 * Vaibhav Mangle as Sub-Inspector Palande
 * Vanita Kharat as Bina Singh
 * Surekha Kudachi as Akka
 * Prabhakar More as Palande's friend
 * Vandana Vaknis as Sayajirao's wife
 * Niranjan Javir as Rupesh Varde
 * Chaitali Kohli as P. A. Gaikar
 * Kirti Mahadik as Ayesha Singh

Promotion
On 18 May 2022, Planet Marathi released the teaser for RaanBaazaar on YouTube and other social media platforms announcing the release of the series on 20 May 2022. It garnered 1 Million views in just one day. The show will consist of 10 episodes. It is one of the high budget web series of Marathi ever.

Success
It is one of the successful webseries of Marathi industry.

Music
The song composed and written by AV Prafullachandra. Yeh Andheri Nagari was sung by Aanchal Tyagi and Kundi Lagalo sung Dr. Pallavi Shyam Sundar. Kundi Lagalo song is become popular in reels due to its Hindi lyrics.

Reception
Upon release, Chitrali Chogale-Anavkar of Lokmat rated the show 4 out of 5 and said, "In short, the storm in politics created by the two ladies is definitely a must watch and equally entertaining. For Prajakta's acting, Abhijeet Panse's direction, a boldly different story and an entertaining experience, definitely watch 'Raanbazaar..."

Shaheen Irani from OTTplay reviewed that "Raanbaazaar finale is so worth the time it took. The episode comes a full circle, in a way that you would barely expect it to. It is not your happy ending kind of a show but the real elements and how everything is dealt with, is what makes this series so special. Watch this one without fail."

Salonee Mistry of Pune Mirror rated it 4 stars and stated that the series is clutter breaking and promises edges of the seat thriller and powerful performance.