Indu (web series)

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Indu
Indu poster.jpg
Release poster
Created bySahana Dutta
Written bySahana Dutta
Screenplay bySahana Dutta
Directed by
  • Sayantan Ghosal - Season 1
  • Abhimanyu Mukherjee -Season 2
Creative directorSahana Dutta
Starring
Theme music composerBinit Ranjan Moitra
ComposerBinit Ranjan Moitra
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producers
  • Mahendra Soni
  • Srikanth Mohta
Producers
  • Sahana Dutta
  • Rohit Samanta
Production location Kolkata
Cinematography
  • Sudipta Majumdar - Season 1
  • Anujit Kundu - Season 2
Editors
  • Sanglap Bhowmik - Season 1
  • Rabiranjan Maitra - Season 2
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time18 - 37 minutes
Production companyMissing Screw
Original release
Network Hoichoi
Release2021 (2021) –
present

Indu is an Indian Bengali mystery thriller drama web series streaming on Hoichoi. [1] Written and created by Sahana Dutta, the series stars Ishaa Saha in the titular role. Suhotra Mukhopadhyay, Manali Manisha Dey and Chandraniv Mukhopadhyay play other pivotal roles. [2] It revolves around Indu, a newly-wed wife, who unfurls the dark secrets and mysteries of her new family. [3]

Contents

Produced by Sahana Dutta under the banner of "Missing Screw", two seasons of the series has streamed till date on the Bengali OTT platform Hoichoi. [4] Dutta also worked as the creative director of the series. Sayantan Ghosal directed the first season while the second season was directed by Abhimanyu Mukherjee. Subrata Banik was the art director while Anujeet Kundu did the cinematography. [5]

Overview

In the first season, Indu gets married into a bonedi family residing in their ancestral mansion. But soon she realises that there is some mysterious about the house and the members when she found poisonous Datura leaves inside the twatter machh and stepped on a bowl of blood while entering the house instead of the usual vermillion liquid. The mystery gets more intensified after the mysterious death of Laboni. She started her own investigation since the family tried to hush her death as an accident. Her search revealed that every member of the family is a suspect and carries a motive. [6]

The second season picks from the cliffhanger where the first season ended; Sujato asks Indu if she would be able to solve the mystery and find the culprit. As she further investigates the death, Indu comes to know about the family's dark past and a pattern of violence that has affected the family for generations. Mysteries become more intensified as Datura seeds are found inside a pumpkin and her husband Sougato dies mysteriously. After a frenzy of events, Poushali revealed that she along with Koushali tried to scare Indu away, from the very first day. Charu's dead body is found at the courtyard, which paves way for the third season, to search for Sougato and Charu's murderer. [7]

Cast

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
1 822 October 2021 (2021-10-22)
2 820 January 2023 (2023-01-20)

Season 1 (2021)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Dodhi Mangal"Sayantan GhosalSahana DuttaOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
2"Shajabo Jotoney"Sayantan GhosalSahana DuttaOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
3"Bashor Ghawr"Sayantan GhosalSahana DuttaOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
4"Kaalratri"Sayantan GhosalSahana DuttaOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
5"Phulshojya"Sayantan GhosalSahana DuttaOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
6"Bish pata"Sayantan GhosalSahana DuttaOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
7"Biswash - Sandeho"Sayantan GhosalSahana DuttaOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
8"Bhalo Meye, Bhalo Na"Sayantan GhosalSahana DuttaOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)

Season 2 (2023)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Parbe Sherlock Holmes?"Abhimanyu MukherjeeSahana DuttaJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
2"Rohoshyer Gawrbhey Rohoshyo"Abhimanyu MukherjeeSahana DuttaJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
3"Sandeho Rog"Abhimanyu MukherjeeSahana DuttaJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
4"Post-mortem"Abhimanyu MukherjeeSahana DuttaJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
5"Dhnowa"Abhimanyu MukherjeeSahana DuttaJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
6"Devil Maane Bhoy"Abhimanyu MukherjeeSahana DuttaJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
7"O Bhoy Payena"Abhimanyu MukherjeeSahana DuttaJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
8"Shesh Tobu Shesh Noy"Abhimanyu MukherjeeSahana DuttaJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)

Production

Announcement

The second season of Indu was announced by Hoichoi along with 25 other of its upcoming shows on 21 September 2022. [9] [10] The release date for the second season was announced as 20 January 2023 with a poster on 6 January 2023. [11] [12]

In September 2024, the makers announced that the third season of Indu is in the pre production stage and filming will commence soon. [13] [14] On 28 February, Indu 3 was officially announced by Shree Venkatesh Films as its Hoichoi venture among the "Golper Parbon 1432" announcements. [15] [16]

Filming

The shooting of the second season was scheduled to begin in August 2022. [17] Owing to pre production issues, its was delayed and the filming was started on 11 November 2022. [18] Most of the filmography of both the seasons have been done at Belgachia Rajbari in North Kolkata. [5] [19]

The third season of the series, Indu 3 was announced with an announcement video in August 2025. [20] The filming for Indu 3 was scheduled to start in September 2023, but was delayed owing to date issues of Ishaa Saha. [21] fter multiple production delays, the filming for the third season was started on 10 August 2025 at Belgachia Rajbari. [22]

Marketing

The trailer of the first season was released on 11 October 2021. [23] The trailer of Indu 2; the second season of the series, was released on 8 January, 2023. [24] [25] It revealed that the story will continue from the point where Sougato asked Indu if she would be able to solve the mysteries, which get more intensified as poisonous Datura seeds are found inside a whole pumpkin, after a poisonous leaf was found inside a gifted fish in the first season. [26] [27]

Reception

Critical reception

Season 1

Shaheen Irani of OTTplay rated the series 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Indu is not your regular damsel-in-distress story. While it begins like that, the story unfolds beautifully. It is among those Bengali web series that take its own time to develop but leave a mark once the setup is clear. By the end of it all, Ishaa Saha becomes quite the attraction, right after Suhotra Mukhopadhyay's." She also applauded Chandraniv and Payal's performances, the mystery factor maintained around Laboni's character and the non sexual spark between Isha and Suhotra during their on screen moments. [28]

A critic from Binged reviewed the series and opined "On the surface, Indu is a suspense drama, with a murder, several attempts to murder, an unhinged woman and a mystery woman thrown into the mix. But scratch beneath the surface, and the stench of misogyny and patriarchy pervades the plot in every scene." Ishaa's flawless portrayal as Indu, Suhotra's screen presence, the world building, cinematography and the background score were praised. But the slow pace and not so great suspense build up were criticized. [29]

Season 2

Agnivo Niyogi of The Telegraph reviewed the series and wrote "The show holds on to the suspense, packs in a few twists and ends with yet another cliffhanger. Where it falls short of is in threading the incidents together and coming up with answers to questions raised in Season 1." He criticized the slow pace, dragging on of the suspense and a comparatively weak storyline than the first season. [30]

Shamayita Chakraborty of OTTplay rated the series 3/5 stars and highlighted "It builds suspense, presents a stellar star cast, endlessly beats around the bushes, and finally doesn’t reach its resolution. Since the makers and writers hold back most of the explanations, the season becomes bland despite the garnishing of acting, et al." She applauded the effortless chemistry between Ishaa and Suhotra and mentioned that as the only reason to watch the series. She criticized the excessive stretching of the storyline which makes the lack of content evident. [31]

Archi Sengupta of Leisurebyte reviewed the series and opined "Indu 2 is another great addition to the genre that keeps the audience hooked to the storyline. Although you don’t get the answers to some of the biggest questions, you are given an inkling to make up your own minds until the next season (hopefully) answers them." She praised Ishaa's performance but bemoaned the mystery for getting convoluted with every episode and criticized the makers for dragging the story and killing more people in the lieu of creating a new season. [32]

Remake

A OTTplay report in July 2022 said that Disney+ Hotstar has obtained the remake rights of the series. It was going to be remade in Hindi. [33] Later, it was declared that Indu would be remade in Telugu instead of Hindi. Avika Gor was roped in to play the titular role in the series. [34] The Telugu remake was titled Vadhuvu . The teaser was released on 14 November 2023 and the trailer was released on 24 November 2023. It streamed on Disney+ Hotstar on 8 December 2023. [35] [36]

References

  1. ↑ Bhattacharya, Arani (10 August 2025). "অপেক্ষার অবসান, শুরু হল 'ইন্দু ৩'র শুটিং, কবে আসছে ওয়েব প্ল্যাটফর্মে?". Sangbad Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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  3. ↑ Sengupta, Archi (20 January 2023). "Indu 2 Ending Explained: What Happened at the End of the Thriller?". Leisurebyte. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Ghosh, Arpan (23 October 2021). "Indu: All you need to know about Isha Saha's Bengali family drama on Hoichoi". OTTplay . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 "রহস্য এবার আরও জটিল, আসছে ইশা-পায়েলের ইন্দু সিজন ২". Ei Samay (in Bengali). 8 November 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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