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{{Short description|Indian Bengali-language web series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Chhotolok Poster.jpg
| caption = Chhotolok Poster
| genre = Suspense Thriller
| creator = Indranil Roychowdhury
| inspired_by =
| writer =
| screenplay = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
| director = Indranil Roychowdhury
| producer = Patralika Mukherjee, Soumya Mukhopadhyay, Anasua Roychoudhury
| starring = [[Indrani Haldar]] Daminee Benny Basu [[Gaurav Chakrabarty]] [[Priyanka Sarkar]] [[Ushasie Chakraborty]] [[Ushasi Ray]]
| music = Gaurab Gaboo Chatterjee
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| num_episodes = 9
| executive_producer = Samar Ray
| editor = Amit Ray
| company =
| network = [[ZEE5]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
| last_aired =
}}

'''Chhotolok''' is [[Bengali Language|Bengali]] [[Crime film|crime]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] web series starring [[Indrani Haldar]], Daminee Benny Basu, [[Gaurav Chakrabarty]], [[Priyanka Sarkar]], [[Ushashi Ray]], Pratik Dutta and [[Ushasie Chakraborty]]. It was created and directed by Indranil Roychowdhury. It is also the director's first web series.<ref>{{Cite news | title= Web series 'Chhotolok' to stream soon |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/web-series-chhotolok-to-stream-soon/articleshow/104035860.cms |access-date=25 October 2023|website=The Times Of India |date= 29 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title= Actor Ushasi Ray talks about her role in the web series Chhotolok |url= https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/tv/2023/nov/02/actor-ushasi-ray-talks-about-her-role-in-the-web-series-chhotolok-54733.html |access-date=5 November 2023|website=IndulgeExpress |date= 2 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title= Director Indranil Roychowdhury opens up about his web series debut Chhotolok |url= https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/tv/2023/oct/26/director-indranil-roychowdhury-opens-up-about-his-web-series-debut-chhotolok-54503.html |access-date=5 November 2023|website=IndulgeExpress |date= 26 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Desperate to come out of a failing marriage, a married man gets into a whirlwind affair with a glamorous woman who has a criminal past, but ends up as the prime accused when she is murdered. The case falls into a timid but determined cop who unearths a deep buried scandal about the man's family involving his politically affiliated mother.

== Cast ==
*[[Indrani Haldar]]<ref>{{Cite web | title= Chhotolok trailer: Priyanka Sarkar, Ushasi Ray, Gaurav Chakraborty shine in Indranil Roychowdhury's show |url= https://www.ottplay.com/news/chhotolok-trailer-priyanka-sarkar-ushasi-ray-gaurav-chakraborty-shine-in-indranil-roychowdhurys-show/32bca368a3828|access-date=25 October 2023|website=ottplay.com |language=en}}</ref> as Mohor Bhattacharya: A political leader.
*Damini Benny Basu as Sabitri Mondol: Sub-Inspector of Gajipur Police Station; Investigator of the murder case of Rupsha Ghosh.
*[[Gaurav Chakrabarty]] as Raja Bhattacharya: An engineer; Mohor's son; Mallika's husband.
*[[Priyanka Sarkar]] as Mallika Das: An accountant; Raja's wife.
*[[Ushasi Ray]]<ref>{{Cite news | title= Ushasi Ray to entertain the viewers in a new web series |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/ushasi-ray-to-entertain-the-viewers-in-a-new-web-series/articleshow/100870546.cms|access-date=25 October 2023|newspaper=The Times of India |date= 9 June 2023|language=en}}</ref> as Rupsha Ghosh: Model cum actor; Mallika's ex colleague.
*[[Ushasie Chakraborty]]<ref>{{Cite web | title= Exclusive! Ushasie Chakraborty: Lobbying and PR are more important qualities than the acting ability to bag a role in Tollywood |url= https://www.ottplay.com/interview/exclusive-ushasie-chakraborty-lobbying-and-pr-are-more-important-qualities-than-the-acting-ability-to-bag-a-role-in-tollywood/e6206db9b7854|access-date=25 October 2023|website=ottplay.com |language=en}}</ref> as Kasturi Guha: A chartered accountant, who rules many "big fishes".
*[[Debesh Chattopadhyay]] as Tanmay Bagchi: A political leader, MLA; Mohor Bhattacharya's rival.
*Loknath Dey as Farooq.
*[[Joydip Mukherjee]] as Aditya Bhattacharya: Mohor's husband; Raja's father.
*Sumeet Samaddar as Madhusudan: Mohor's younger brother.
*Jeet Sundar Chakrabarty as Basudev Das aka Basu.
*Pratik Dutta as Jamil Sheikh: Junior of Sabitri.
*Tapasya Dasgupta as Pushpo: Putul and Basu's mother.
*Suvrajit Dutta as Rudra Mondal: A medicine shop keeper; Sabitri's husband.
*

== Episodes ==
{{series overview

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| episodes1 = 9
| start1 = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
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=== Season 1 (2023) ===
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = A Respectable Residential Complex
|DirectedBy = Indranil Roychowdhury
|WrittenBy = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
|Aux4 = 30 Minutes
|ShortSummary = A young woman is found dead in her apartment. Sub Inspector Sabitri Mondal and ASI Jamil Sheikh from the Gazitala Police Station are assigned to the case.
|LineColor = 000
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = An Open And Shut Case
|DirectedBy = Indranil Roychowdhury
|WrittenBy = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
|Aux4 = 30 Minutes
|ShortSummary = The police arrest the victim's secret lover, but he denies committing the crime. Is he telling the truth?
|LineColor = 000
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = The Little Mercies of an Antacid
|DirectedBy = Indranil Roychowdhury
|WrittenBy = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
|Aux4 = 30 Minutes
|ShortSummary = The interrogation continues as the police dive deep into Raja Bhattacharya's past. They find more details about his family and a brief affair with Rupsa.
|LineColor = 000
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Darling, Come to Me
|DirectedBy = Indranil Roychowdhury
|WrittenBy = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
|Aux4 = 30 Minutes
|ShortSummary = The police start interrogating Mallika and find out about Rupsa's double life. An unnatural death from Mohor's past resurfaces.
|LineColor = 000
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Patiala to Patuli
|DirectedBy = Indranil Roychowdhury
|WrittenBy = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
|Aux4 = 30 Minutes
|ShortSummary = Rupsa's murder case goes to court. Raja's married life comes to the forefront. Police start investigating the stories and plots surrounding the murder.
|LineColor = 000
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = City of Dogs
|DirectedBy = Indranil Roychowdhury
|WrittenBy = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
|Aux4 = 30 Minutes
|ShortSummary = An unexpected meeting of two old acquaintances reveals further details about the Bhattacharya family's murky past.
|LineColor = 000
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = A Big Fish
|DirectedBy = Indranil Roychowdhury
|WrittenBy = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
|Aux4 = 30 Minutes
|ShortSummary = Madhu gets a reality check, and more skeletons from the past tumble out. The investigation leads the police to an influential person.
|LineColor = 000
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = An Undelivered Package
|DirectedBy = Indranil Roychowdhury
|WrittenBy = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
|Aux4 = 30 Minutes
|ShortSummary = Sub Inspector Sabitri Mondal is about to take a chance that could potentially end her career. What will her next step be?
|LineColor = 000
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = Egg Mutton Roll
|DirectedBy = Indranil Roychowdhury
|WrittenBy = Sugata Sinha, Indranil Roychowdhury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|03|df=yes}}
|Aux4 = 30 Minutes
|ShortSummary = Familiar faces emerge in unfamiliar territories as Sabitri wraps up the case. But is the case really solved?
|LineColor = 000
}}
}}

== Production ==
Director Indranil Roychowdhury started shooting for the show in October 2022 after a year of scripting and workshops with his actors.<ref>{{Cite web | title= Indranil Roychowdhury on Chhotolok: I want to make a pure Bengali thriller without any influence of Hollywood, Nordic or Korean style |url= https://www.ottplay.com/news/indranil-roychowdhury-on-chhotolok-i-want-to-make-a-pure-bengali-thriller-without-any-influence-of-hollywood-nordic-or-korean-style/3e318ac015940 |access-date=25 October 2023|website=ottplay.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Marketing ==
The show was officially announced by ZEE5 on December 11, 2022.<ref>{{Citation|title= ZEE5 announces new Bengali shows with popular directors and actors|url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/zee5-announces-new-bengali-shows-with-popular-directors-and-actors/cid/1903667 |access-date=25 October 2023 |website= The Telegraph (India) |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title= ZEE5 to strengthen regional play with original content slate in Bengali|url= https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/zee5-to-strengthen-regional-play-with-original-content-slate-in-bengali/article66251590.ece |access-date=25 October 2023 |website= TheHinduBusinessline.com |date= 11 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Following that, a teaser poster of the show was first revealed on Jun 8, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web | title= Chotolok Poster Out: ওটিটিতে এবার স্ক্রিনশেয়ার শ্রীময়ী-জুন আন্টির, মুক্তি পেল নতুন সিরিজের মোশন পোস্টার |url= https://www.etvbharat.com/bengali/west-bengal/entertainment/movie/indrani-halder-and-ushasi-chakrabortys-web-series-new-poster-out/wb20230608213840940940357 |access-date=25 October 2023|website=etvbharat.com |date= 8 June 2023 |language=bn}}</ref> The trailer of the show was launched on October 12, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web | title= Zee 5 Series Chhotolok Trailer: গোয়েন্দা গিন্নির পর রাজনীতির ময়দানে ইন্দ্রানী, রহস্য-যৌনতায় ঠাসা 'ছোটলোক'-র ট্রেলার |url= https://eisamay.com/entertainment/tv-news/zee-5-originals-upcoming-web-series-chhotolok-will-be-streaming-from-3-november-trailer-out-now/articleshow/104359570.cms |access-date=25 October 2023|website=eisamay.com |date= 12 October 2023 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title= 'Chhotolok' trailer: Indranil Roychowdhury's thriller promises a riveting murder mystery |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/chhotolok-trailer-indranil-roychowdhurys-thriller-promises-a-riveting-murder-mystery/articleshow/104389903.cms?from=mdr|access-date=25 October 2023|newspaper=The Times of India | date=13 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==
The show drew positive reactions across board from critics. [[The Indian Express]] call it "Bengal's best web series" rating it 4 out of 5.<ref>{{Cite web | title= Caste, class and a special brand of sexism: Chhotolok, Bengal's best web series is defiantly feminist|url= https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/caste-class-and-a-special-brand-of-sexism-chhotolok-bengals-best-web-series-is-defiantly-feminist-9011862/|access-date=5 November 2023|website=IndianExpress.com |date= 3 November 2023|language=en}}</ref> [[OTTPlay]] commented, "Chhotolok is one of the finest Bengali content available in India in the OTT space."<ref>{{Cite web | title= Chhotolok review: Daminee Basu shines bright in Indranil Roy Chowdhury's unputdownable cop drama
|url= https://www.ottplay.com/review/chhotolok-review-daminee-basu-shines-bright-in-indranil-roy-chowdhurys-unputdownable-cop-drama/628bec8cb832|access-date=5 November 2023|website=OTTplay.com |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=tt29458434 }}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDSto24CaVI ''Chhotolok Trailer''] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/chhotolok/0-6-4z5379682 ''Chhotolok''] on [[ZEE5]]

[[Category:Indian web series]]
[[Category:Thriller web series]]
[[Category:2023 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:ZEE5 original programming]]
[[Category:Indian thriller television series]]
[[Category:Indian crime television series]]

Chhotolok - Revision history

FerminDodson605 at 01:31, 10 November 2025