Zee5 originals will bring Parambrata Chatterjee, Priyanka Sarkar, Ankush, and others in 10 new web shows

It was nothing short of a gala as celebrities from the Bengali film industry fathered at a city hotel at the announcement party of Zee5. At the event, 10 new web shows, directed by filmmakers like Anjan Dutta, Arindam Sil, Raj Chakraborty, Sahana Dutta, Debaloy Bhattacharya, Sayantan Ghoshal, Joydeep Mukherjee, Sani Ghosh Ray, Nirjhar Mitra, Aritra Sen, and the critically acclaimed Indranil Roychowdhury, were announced. The line-up features some of the biggest stars, including Parambrata Chatterjee, Ankush Hazra, Raima Sen, Priyanka Sarkar, Ushasi Ray, Saswata Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, Soham Chakraborty, Kaushik Ganguly, Vikram Chatterjee, Indrani Haldar, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Arjun Chakrabarty, Ishaa Saha, Oindrila Sen, Ananya Chatterjee, Paayel Sarkar, Koushani Mukherjee, Riddhima Ghosh, Ankitaa Chakraborty among others. 

Ranging from whodunit murder mysteries to crime dramas, psychological thrillers, sleuth adventures, and the quintessential Bengali comedy and romance – the high-octane slate has series from different genres.  

The content line-up features murder-mystery Raktokarabi starring Raima Sen and Vikram Chatterjee, revolving around a Bengali joint family with an ocean of secrets. Nirjhar’s Shikarpur, features multiple National Award-winning actor-director Kaushik Ganguly and Ankush Hazra. This will be Ankush’s debut on OTT.

Kantaye Kantaye is a series based on the detective novel ‘Shonar Kanta’ by Narayan Sanyal featuring National Award-winning actress Ananya Chatterjee and will showcase Saswata Chatterjee in a never-seen-before avatar. Directed by Arindam Sil, Shabash Feluda is about Satyajit Ray’s ace detective Feluda solving a complex crime involving a murder and cross-border espionage featuring Parambrata Chatterjee and Ritwick Chakraborty in a Feluda franchise for the first time.

Chhotolok is another intriguing whodunnit human story that will keep viewers on tenterhooks. It is ace director Indranil Roychowdhury’s first OTT fiction series and features a stellar cast that includes Indrani Haldar, Priyanka Sarkar, Ushasi Ray and Gaurav Chakrabarty. While Abar Proloy will bring back the much-loved Proloy franchise by Raj Chakraborty, Swetkali, an edge-of-the-seat spooky thriller about cold-blooded murders revolving around an age-old goddess idol, will mark Oindrila’s OTT debut. 

Also on the line-up is legendary director Anjan Dutt’s Seven, a thriller showcasing the vices of human nature, starring the director himself. Completing the roster of originals are Teni Madhab Shil er Full Panjika, a quirky musical romantic thriller, and Matsyanyay, which is a story about the scams of a family running a unique medicine business, coming from the house of Parambrata’s Roadshow Movies.