Gora (TV series)

For the 1938 film by Naresh Mitra, see Gora (film).

Gora
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Genre	Comedy Crime Thriller
Created by	Sahana Dutta
Written by	Sahana Dutta
Screenplay by	Sahana Dutta
Directed by	Sayantan Ghosal - Season 1 Joydeep Mukherjee - Season 2
Creative director	Sahana Dutta
Starring	Ritwick Chakraborty Suhotra Mukhopadhyay
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Cinematography	Ayan Singha
Editor	Swarup Sanyal
Running time	19-27 minutes
Production company	Missing Screw
Original release
Release	7 January 2022 (2022-01-07) – present

Gora is an Indian Bengali comedy crime thriller web series streaming on the Bengali OTT platform "Hoichoi". ^[1] Produced under the banner Missing Screw, the series stars Ritwick Chakraborty in the lead role, in his web series debut, while Ishaa Saha and Suhotra Mukhopadhyay play other pivotal roles. Season 1 of the series has been directed by Sayantan Ghosal while Joydeep Mukherjee has directed the Season 2. ^[2]

Sahana Dutta served as the creative director for the series, besides being the script and screenplay writer for both the seasons. ^[3] The music for the series has been composed by Chandril Bhattacharya. The editing has been done by Swarup Sanyal while Ayan Singha handled the cinematography. The film deals with the story of an eccentric detective, who takes on the responsibility to catch a serial killer in Kolkata. ^{[4] [5]}

Overview

A serial killer is targeting the literary greats of Kolkata. Private detective Gourab Sen, aka Gora, has a reputation of being a serial-killer specialist. Now it falls upon the eccentric detective to catch the killer.

Cast

• Ritwick Chakraborty as Gourab Sen, aka Gora
• Ishaa Saha as Somlata
• Suhotra Mukhopadhyay as Sarathi, Gora's side-kick and sister's fiancée
• Ananya Sen as Konka, Gora's sister
• Anuradha Roy as Gora's mother
• Abhijit Guha as Inspector Tarapada Sarkhel
• Payel De as Supriya
• Debraj Bhattacharya as Supriya's Brother
• Koushik Chattopadhyay as Tanmoy Talukder, a writer

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
1	8		January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)
2	8		June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)

Season 1 (2022)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Daanter Kolom"	Sayantan Ghosal	Sahana Dutta	January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)
2	"Maya'r Khela"	Sayantan Ghosal	Sahana Dutta	January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)
3	"Aparichita"	Sayantan Ghosal	Sahana Dutta	January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)
4	"Anadhikar Prabesh"	Sayantan Ghosal	Sahana Dutta	January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)
5	"Kaalmrigaya"	Sayantan Ghosal	Sahana Dutta	January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)
6	"Shesher Ratri"	Sayantan Ghosal	Sahana Dutta	January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)
7	"Shasti"	Sayantan Ghosal	Sahana Dutta	January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)
8	"Samapti"	Sayantan Ghosal	Sahana Dutta	January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)

Season 2 (2023)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Paatri Chai."	Joydeep Mukherjee	Sahana Dutta	June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)
2	"Paagri Pasand Hua!"	Joydeep Mukherjee	Sahana Dutta	June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)
3	"Too Many Women!"	Joydeep Mukherjee	Sahana Dutta	June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)
4	"Hok Kinara, Mrs. Gora."	Joydeep Mukherjee	Sahana Dutta	June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)
5	"Payer Tolay Shorshe."	Joydeep Mukherjee	Sahana Dutta	June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)
6	"Shesher Kobita."	Joydeep Mukherjee	Sahana Dutta	June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)
7	"Prize Kobe Debe?."	Joydeep Mukherjee	Sahana Dutta	June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)
8	"Aaloy Kaate Andhokar."	Joydeep Mukherjee	Sahana Dutta	June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)

Reception

Critical reception

Season 1

Madhumanti Pait Chowdhury rated the series 5.5 out of 10 stars and wrote "The film ends being a juxtaposition of a huge number of could have beens." She mentioned that the film is good but could have done better. She applauded Ritwick's performance as Gora, his appearance in the series, Ritwick's camaraderie with Suhotra and the performance of the remaining ensemble cast. But she criticized the weak character development for Ritwick's character, vague subplot, over-lengthy scenes and the poor execution. ^[6]

Archi Sengupta of Leisure Byte rated the series 3.5/5 stars and noted "Gora series flows well, the mystery is tight and the interactions between the detective and the sidekick are mostly hilarious, sans some disturbing verbal and physical abuse." She praised the comedy in the series, the rapport between Ritwick and Suhtra's characters, the short runtime, well written murders, Suhotra's performance, the suspense maintained throughout the series and the production quality. But she criticised the over display of eccentricities, the usage of an age-old reason for a revenge and the multiple loopholes in the storyline. ^[7] High on Films and OTTplay have also given mixed reviews to the series. ^{[8] [9]}

Season 2

Poorna Banerjee of The Times of India rated the series 3/5 stars and highlighted "Ritwick-Suhotra’s duo is quite naturally magnetic, but the end is quite rushed and could have been explained and formed better." She praised Sahana Dutta for writing the character of Gora in a way that reduces the seriousness and brutality of a situation and the poetic dialogues but bemoaned Gora's over forgetfulness, unnecessary confusion, unaddressed loopholes in the plot, excessive editing, overacting on Ritwick's part, Ushashie Ray's weak performance and the overdone theatrics in certain parts. ^[10]

References

1. "'Gora is helplessly forgetful,' says director Sayantan Ghosal". The Telegraph. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
2. "The second season of Gora on Hoichoi unravels a new mystery filled with humour, twists and turns". t2Online. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
3. Dutta, Hia (25 September 2021). "Announcement: Hoichoi unveils the first look of Ritwick Chakraborty's series Gora". OTTplay. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
4. "Ritwick Chakraborty makes his web debut as a 'defective' detective in 'Gora'". The Telegraph. 8 May 2022.
5. "Gora: What makes Ritwick Chakraborty's upcoming detective web series different from Byomkesh, Eken Babu". OTTplay . 6 June 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
6. পৈত চৌধুরী, মধুমন্তী (8 May 2022). "Gora: সিরিজ়ে আগাগোড়াই ঋত্বিক". Anandabazar (in Bengali).
7. Sengupta, Archi (8 May 2022). "Gora (2022) Review: Ritwick Chakraborty Series is Extremely Watchable". Leisure Byte.
8. Acharya, Amartya (15 March 2024). "Gora (Season 1) Review: A by-the-numbers detective series with a standout Ritwick Chakraborty performance". High on Films. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
9. "Gora review: Ritwick Chakraborty's series is entertaining to the core". OTTplay. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
10. Banerjee, Poorna (5 July 2023). "Ritwick-Suhotra Pull Off a Rather Gruesome Tale Review". The Times of India . Retrieved 11 December 2025.

External links

• Gora at IMDb