Kangal Malsat OTT release: When and where to watch Suman Mukhopadhyay’s adaptation of Nabarun’s literary marvel

Nabarun Bhattacharya’s Kangal Malsat is considered to be one of his finest literary works. Time and again the novel has been adapted on stage. Based on the novel, Suman Mukhopadhyay released his film in 2013. The film features Kaushik Ganguly, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Shantilal Mukherjee and others. Now, the film is available online. On September 1, Kangal Malshat was dropped on Hoichoi.

On Wednesday, Hoichoi announced on its social media handle. Suman also took to social media to announce the news. Along with Hoichoi's post, he wrote, “Finally Kangal Malsat premiering on Hoichoi TV tomorrow. Thank you Hoichoi TV. Hoichoi. The film was completed in 2013 and released in Kolkata after a major tussle with the censor board. It took 9 years after that to release this sanitised, censored version on a digital platform. But anyway, released. Based on a novel by Nabarun Bhattacharya … Producer: Pawan Kanodia DoP: Abhik Mukherjee, Editing: Arghyakamal Mitra Music: Mayookh Bhaumik Sound Design: Sukanta Majumdar. Main Cast: Kabir Suman, Kaushik Ganguly, Kamalika Hiya Banerjee, Sankar Debnath, Santilal Mukhopadhyay, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Ashoke Ganguly, Bimal Chakraborty, Samir Biswas, Jojo Mukherjee. The film has cameos by Arun Mukhopadhyay, Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, Dilip Sarkar, Subratanath Mukhopadhyay Poulami Bose, Nasreen Khan, Raju Raman, Kunal Padhi and many other friends.” 

Meanwhile, theatre personality Debesh Chattopadhyay has also announced that he will be making a film on Fyataru – his acclaimed stage production. Fyataru is partially based on Kangal Malsat.  

Author Nabarun Bhattacharya’s fictional characters Fyatarus have a deep political background. The characters are essentially described as insignificant, subaltern and often ignored entities, who attack the pulpit out of the blue. According to the literary works, their attacks are often impromptu – equivalent to guerrilla attacks by socio-political activists. In the garb of deep, dry humour, Nabarun Bhattacharya’s satire Kangal Malshat and others that have the Fyatarus as important characters are significant political novels in Bengali literature.