Damayanti (TV series)

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Damayanti
Genre Detective
Story byManoj Sen
Directed byAritra Sen, Rohan Ghose
Country of originIndia
Original languagesBengali
Hindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes7 + 7 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerRiddhie Basak
CinematographyTuban
EditorSumit Chowdhury
Production companyRoadshow Films
Original release
NetworkHoichoi
Release22 October 2020 (2020-10-22) 
present

Damayanti is a Bengali television-series released on Bengali OTT platform Hoichoi on 22 October 2020. [1] On season 4 announcement Hoichoi announced their upcoming twenty-five web series, Damayanti based on the story of Manoj Sen [2] is one of them. [3] [4] Directed by Aritra Sen and Rohan Ghosh the series features Tuhina Das, Indrasish Roy, Soumya Banerjee, Chandrayee Ghosh, Amrita Chattopadhyay in the lead roles. Second season of this series titled Nokol Heere released on 2021.

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Plot

In this series a professor of history; a computer hacker – Damayanti married to a lovable husband Samaresh. Damayanti's passion lies in cracking psychological mysteries. They move to Santiniketan for an outing and stay in the Guest house of Mr.Roy. Damayanti observes that something unusual is happening in the Roy family. She starts the investigation on her own. Samaresh's friend Shiben, a police officer helps Damayanti. [5]

Cast

Overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
1 7October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22)
2 7March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12)

Season 1 (2020)

On October 6, 2020, Hoichoi released the official teaser of the series. On 11 October Hoichoi also released the title track of the series. [6] The season started streaming from 22 October 2020. [7] On 29th October 2020 hoichoi released all the remaining episodes on their platform.

Nokol Heere (2021)

On 12 March 2021, Hoichoi released the second season of Damayanti, titled Nokol Heere.

Episodes

Season 1

No.TitleDirected byOriginal release date
1"Rahasya Sandhani"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose22 October 2020 (2020-10-22)
2"Bipod Sonket"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose22 October 2020 (2020-10-22)
3"Abhisar"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose22 October 2020 (2020-10-22)
4"Sholo Kola"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose22 October 2020 (2020-10-22)
5"Bonhi Potongo"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose29 October 2020 (2020-10-29)
6"Jobonika"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose29 October 2020 (2020-10-29)
7"Unmochon"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose29 October 2020 (2020-10-29)

Nokol Heere

No.TitleDirected byOriginal release date
1"Pratyabartan"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose12 March 2021 (2021-03-12)
2"Itibritto"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose12 March 2021 (2021-03-12)
3"Nibhrite"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose12 March 2021 (2021-03-12)
4"Phire Dekha"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose12 March 2021 (2021-03-12)
5"Somikoron"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose12 March 2021 (2021-03-12)
6"Bishbrikkho"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose12 March 2021 (2021-03-12)
7"Kistimat"Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghose12 March 2021 (2021-03-12)

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