Mahabharat Murders

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Mahabharat Murders
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Genre Thriller
Based onThe Mahabharata Murders
by Arnab Ray
Screenplay byAnirban Bhattacharya
Sougata Basu
Directed bySoumik Halder
Starring Priyanka Sarkar
Arjun Chakrabarty
Saswata Chatterjee
Rajdeep Gupta
Debasish Mondal
Rishav Basu
Koushik Sen
Music byAmit-Ishan
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
CinematographyRamyadip Saha
EditorSanglap Bhowmik
Running time17-25 minutes
Production company SVF Entertainment
Original release
NetworkHoichoi
Release13 May (2022-05-13) 
3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

Mahabharat Murders is a Bengali thriller series streaming on Hoichoi [1] from 13 May 2022, based on the book The Mahabharata Murders by Arnab Ray. [2] The series is directed by Soumik Halder and stars Priyanka Sarkar, Arjun Chakrabarty, Saswata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Rajdeep Gupta. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Plot

The story happens in Kolkata and follows a serial killer who considers himself as modern-day Duryodhana and takes a dramatic spin over the Mahabharata’s narrative. [2]

Cast

Season 1

This season will take the viewers on a mysterious and suspenseful trip based on Arnab Ray’s novel ‘Mahabharat Murders’, [5] [6] [7] the series was released on 13 May 2022. hoichoi will release three episodes every week till June 3. [8] This season was directed by Soumik Haldar.

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