Eken Babu (TV series)
Eken Babu is a Bengali web series streaming on Hoichoi. The web series is based on Ekenbabu detective story which is written by Sujan Dasgupta.[1] It's quite hard to believe Eken Babu as detective who actually looks like an ordinary Bengali man who earns a little by solving matters as a detective.[2] Produced by the Eyewash Production season 1 of Eken Babu was released on 3 March 2018 With 6 episodes directed by Anirban Mallik. Later on 10 November in the same year hoichoi released the second season of the web series but this time the series was directed by Anupam Hari. The series stars Anirban Chakraborti in the titular role, Shoumyo Banerjee, and Debapriyo Bagchi in the main roles.[3][4][5][6] The production company, Shree Venkatesh Films, announced, in 2021, that a film titled The Eken will be made for a theatrical release in 2022. After five successful seasons, Eken Babu will return for the sixth time in the web space in December 2022, as mentioned on 20 September 2022, at Hoichoi season 6— this time the centre of the adventure being Kolkata itself. Also, on 1 November 2022, SVF officially announced that The Eken is returning for its second installment in 2023.
| Eken Babu | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Detective, Comedy |
| Based on | Ekenbabu |
| Screenplay by | Padmanabha Dasgupta |
| Directed by | Joydeep Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee, Anupam Hari, Anirban Mallik, Abhijit Chowdhury |
| Theme music composer | Mayukh Mainak |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Eyewash Production |
| Release | |
| Original network | Hoichoi |
| Original release | 3 March 2018 – present |
Cast
- Anirban Chakraborty as Eken Babu
- Shoumo Banerjee as Bapyaditya or Bapi
- Debapriyo Bagchi (Bubble) as Promotho
- Suhotra Mukhopadhyay as Bapi (Since Season 6)
- Somak Ghosh as Promotho (Since Season 6)
- Shreya Sinha as Rupal Mehra
- Yash Roshan as Mamud (in Season 3)
- Shahdul Alam Sachchu as Jamal (in Season 3)
- Ziaul Hasan Kislu as Masud (in Season 3)
- Shimul Khan as Mr. Khan (in Season 3)
- Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed as Meherunisa (in Season 3)
- Anuradha Mukherjee (in Season 4)
- Kaushik Chatterjee (in Season 4)
- Kaushiki Guha (in Season 4)
- Debopriyo Mukherjee (in Season 4)
- Chitra Vanu Basu (in Season 4)
- Kinjal Kumar Nanda (in Season 4)
- Mridul Chandra Sen (in Season 4)
- Sohini Banerjee (in Season 4)
Episodes
Season 1 (2018)
Directed by Anirban Mallik the Season 1 of Eken Babu was started streaming on Bengali OTT platform hoichoi from 3 March 2018.[3][7][8] It was based on the story Manhattane Moonstone.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Two deaths, one mystery" | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
| 2 | "Suicide or Murder?" | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
| 3 | "Doubt... Doubt..." | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
| 4 | "An Astrologer's Day" | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
| 5 | "The Diary" | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
| 6 | "Murder He Says" | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
| 7 | "The Missing Friday" | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
| 8 | "Pink Elephant" | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
| 9 | "Hard Rock" | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
| 10 | "Final Showdown" | Anirban Mallik | 3 March 2018 |
Season 2 (2018)
Season 2 of Eken Babu was released on 10 November 2018 with brand new six episodes directed by Anupam Hari.[9]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bentumashir Goendagiri" | Anupam Hari | 10 November 2018 |
| 2 | "Natural death, ami penguin" | Anupam Hari | 10 November 2018 |
| 3 | "Dui Mrityu Ekdine" | Anupam Hari | 10 November 2018 |
| 4 | "This Man Is Something" | Anupam Hari | 10 November 2018 |
| 5 | "Sunglass Pore Rajnikanth" | Anupam Hari | 10 November 2018 |
| 6 | "Bhol Bodoler Rongo" | Anupam Hari | 10 November 2018 |
Season 3 (2019)
The third season of Eken Babu web series was launched on 28 November 2019 with brand new five episodes but this time the series was directed by Abhijit Chowdhury. In the third season of Eken Babu the story is mainly based on Bangladesh and most of the shooting is also done in Bangladesh.[10] It was based on the story Dhaka Rahasyo Unmochito.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Destination Dhaka" | Abhijit Chowdhury | 28 November 2019 |
| 2 | "Mrityu Mystery" | Abhijit Chowdhury | 28 November 2019 |
| 3 | "Ekengiri" | Abhijit Chowdhury | 28 November 2019 |
| 4 | "Highly Suspicious" | Abhijit Chowdhury | 28 November 2019 |
| 5 | "Kolkata Chalo" | Abhijit Chowdhury | 28 November 2019 |
Season 4 (2020)
On 2 October 2020 hoichoi released the 4th season of Eken Babu with six new episodes.[11]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Shiraz-er Biriyani" | Joydeep Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee | 2 October 2020 |
| 2 | "Agontuk" | Joydeep Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee | 2 October 2020 |
| 3 | "Chitro Bichitro" | Joydeep Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee | 2 October 2020 |
| 4 | "Jolponar Kolpona" | Joydeep Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee | 2 October 2020 |
| 5 | "Porda Phash" | Joydeep Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee | 2 October 2020 |
| 6 | "Shunani" | Joydeep Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee | 2 October 2020 |
Season 5 (2021)
On 8 October 2021, hoichoi released the 5th season of Eken Babu with six new episodes. The season is directed by Anirban Mullick.[12] It is based on Santiniketane Osanti.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Thik Duppurbela" | Anirban Mallik | 8 October 2021 |
| 2 | "Kothay Pabo Tare?" | Anirban Mallik | 8 October 2021 |
| 3 | "Outhouse-ey Henyali" | Anirban Mallik | 8 October 2021 |
| 4 | "Ulot Puran" | Anirban Mallik | 8 October 2021 |
| 5 | "Female Moumachhi" | Anirban Mallik | 8 October 2021 |
| 6 | "National Anthem" | Anirban Mallik | 8 October 2021 |
Season 6 (2022)
On 20 September 2022, hoichoi announced the 6th season of Eken Babu. The series started streaming from 23rd December 2022.
Season 6 Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kolkatay Kelenkari" | Joydeep Mukherjee | 23 December 2022 |
| 2 | "Picnic" | Joydeep Mukherjee | 23 December 2022 |
| 3 | "Doping" | Joydeep Mukherjee | 23 December 2022 |
| 4 | "Badminton" | Joydeep Mukherjee | 23 December 2022 |
| 5 | "Destination Ranchi" | Joydeep Mukherjee | 23 December 2022 |
| 6 | "Tribhuj na Choturbhuj" | Joydeep Mukherjee | 23 December 2022 |
Movie
On 19 November 2021, Shree Venkatesh Films, the production company that heads hoichoi, announced that a film titled The Eken will be made with the same cast and crew. The film was released in theatres on 14 April 2022. The film was shot in the hill station of Darjeeling. It was based on the story Manhattan a Madman.[13] On 1 November 2022, SVF officially announced that the second installment of this film will be shot in December 2022, in Rajasthan. The name of the film will be 'The Eken: Ruddhoshwash Rajasthan. The director will be Joydeep Mukherjee and Anirban Chakrabarti, Suhotra Mukhopadhyay, Somak Ghosh, Sandipta Sen and Rajatava Dutta will be cast in the central roles.
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