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Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni
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Also known as	REKKA (siddhant ka)
Genre	Thriller
Based on	Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asenni by Mohammad Nazim Uddin
Written by	Mohammad Nazim Uddin
Screenplay by	Srijit Mukherji
Directed by	Srijit Mukherji
Starring	Azmeri Haque Badhon Rahul Bose Anirban Bhattacharya Anjan Dutt Alexx O'Nell Anirban Chakraborty
Composer	Joy Sarkar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producer	Siddhant Sheth
Cinematography	Indranath Marick
Editor	Sujay Datta Roy
Running time	20-30 minutes
Production companies	SVF Entertainment TVwala Media
Original release
Network	Hoichoi
Release	13 August 2021 (2021-08-13)

Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni (English: Rabindranath never came to eat here) is a Bengali web series based on the thriller novel of the same name written by Bangladeshi writer Mohammad Nazim Uddin. The series has been released on West Bengal-based Bengali language OTT platform Hoichoi. It is directed by Indian director Srijit Mukherji. This is the second complete web series directed by Srijit Mukherji and his first work in Hoichoi. Initially, shooting was planned in both countries with the participation of several actors from Bangladesh and India, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, shooting was done only in India. However, Azmeri Haque Badhon is the only Bangladeshi playing the central character "Mushkan Zuberi".

Cast

• Azmeri Haque Badhon as Mushkan Zuberi
• Rahul Bose - Nirupam Chanda (Noore Sofa in the original book)
• Anirban Bhattacharya as Ator Ali
• Anjan Dutt as Kharaj Khashnobish (KSK or Khodadad Shahbaz Khan in the original book)
• Alexx O'Nell as Norman
• Anirban Chakraborty as IC Tapan Sikder (Tofazzal Hosain in the original book)
• Richard Bhakti Klein as Andrew
• Akshay Kapoor as Javed
• Debopriyo Mukherjee as Phalu

Production

Background

In 2015, the book "Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asenni" written by Bangladeshi writer Mohammad Nazim Uddin was published by Batighar Prakashani of Bangladesh. The Indian version of the book was later published by Abhijan Publishers of India. Soon after its publication, the book received a wide response in Bangladesh and West Bengal. When the Kolkata-based TVwala Media expressed interest in producing the web series, they signed an agreement with the author in February 2019. Through this, the TVwala Media bought the audio-visual rights of the novel.

But then, Srijit Mukherji informed the author of his interest in making a web series based on this novel. But because of the earlier agreement with TVwala Media, it was decided to make the series by Srijit Mukherji under the production of TVwala. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not possible to make the series with the help of Bangladeshi artists. So, later it was decided to make the series with the help of Indian artists in a joint production of Shree Venkatesh Films and TVwala Media.

Character selection

The series was initially supposed to be dominated by Bangladeshi actors. Jaya Ahsan's name comes up first as the central character "Mushkan Juberi". Mohammad Nazim Uddin, the author of the novel, made the offer to the director and the production company. But a few days later, it was heard that Pori Moni would replace Jaya Ahsan in the lead role. Also, the name of Chanchal Chowdhury as Atar Ali and the name of Mosharraf Karim as an unknown character came up for discussion. Despite rumors circulating at different times about the different characters, it was later confirmed by the director Srijit Mukherji that he had actually chosen Chanchal Chowdhury as Atar Ali. He also thought of Fazlur Rahman Babu. However, these plans could not be implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it was decided to make the series only with indian actors. That is, no one from Bangladesh was supposed to be in the series.

Anirban Bhattacharya's name came first as Ator Ali after the decision to team up with Indian actors. Paoli Dam was the first choice of the director as Mushkan Zubairi. But later, when there was a problem with her schedule, Bangladeshi actress Azmeri Haque Badhon was surprisingly chosen. Rahul Bose as investigating officer Nirupam Chanda, Anirban Chakraborty as police officer Tapan Sikdar and Anjan Dutt as Kharaj Khasanbish have been selected finally.

The first look of the characters in this series was revealed on 26 December 2020.

Visualization

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic shooting had to be done in India. The shooting of the series started from 16 December in Burdwan, Hooghly and Durgapur region of West Bengal.

Episodes

Season 1 (2021)

Awards

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External links

• Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni at IMDb

• Bengali-language web series
• Web series directed by Srijit Mukherji
• Indian drama web series
• Thriller web series
• Hoichoi original programming