Gora (TV series)

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Gora
Genre Thriller
Directed by Sayantan Ghosal
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Production companySVF Entertainment
Release
Original network Hoichoi
Original release7 January (2022-01-07) 
7 January 2022 (2022-01-07)

Gora is a Bengali-language streaming television series streaming on Hoichoi [1] from January 7, 2022. The series is directed by Sayantan Ghosal and stars Ritwick Chakraborty (who makes his streaming series debut), Ishaa Saha, Suhotra Mukhopadhyay, and others. [2] [3] [4]

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Plot

A serial killer is targetting 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

Overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
1 8January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)

Season 1 (2022)

The series started streaming on the OTT platform hoichoi from 7th January 2022 with eight episodes.[ citation needed ]

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