Birohi (web series)

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Birohi
Genre Comedy Drama
Directed byPradipta Bhattacharyya
Music by Satyaki Banerjee
Country of origin India
Original language Bengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producers Ritwick Chakraborty
Pradipta Bhattacharyya
Production companyOne Eighty Degree
Release
Original networkUribaba
Original release10 September 2021 (2021-09-10)

Birohi is a Bengali Comedy drama web 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 web series of director Bhattacharya and producer Ritwick Chakraborty. [8] [9] [10] Media compared Birohi with the popular Hindi web series Panchayat. [11] [12]

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Plot

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. [13] [14]

Cast

Season 1 (2021)

The first season of the web series started streaming from 10 September 2021 with six episodes. [15]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byOriginal release date
1"Episode 1"Pradipta Bhattacharyya10 September 2021 (2021-09-10)
2"Episode 2"Pradipta Bhattacharyya17 September 2021 (2021-09-17)
3"Episode 3"Pradipta Bhattacharyya24 September 2021 (2021-09-24)
4"Episode 4"Pradipta Bhattacharyya1 October 2021 (2021-10-01)
5"Episode 5"Pradipta Bhattacharyya6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)
6"Episode 6"Pradipta Bhattacharyya12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)

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