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{{Short description|Indian Bengali-language web-series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Kaantaye_Kaantaye_Poster.jpg
| caption =
| genre = Suspense Thriller
| creator =
| inspired_by = ''Sonar Kaanta''
| writer = [[Narayan Sanyal]]
| screenplay = Padmanabha Dasgupta
| director = Joydeep Mukherjee
| producer = Shyam Sundar Dey
| starring = [[Saswata Chatterjee]] [[Ananya Chatterjee]] [[Payel Sarkar]] [[Soham Chakraborty]] [[Mir Afsar Ali]] [[Somraj Maity]] [[Ayoshi Talukdar]]
| music = Sovon Mukherjee
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| num_episodes = 10
| executive_producer =
| editor = Maloy Laha
| company = Shadow Films
| network = [[ZEE5]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=y|2024|08|15}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2024}}
}}

'''Kaantaye Kaantaye''' is [[Bengali Language|Bengali]] [[Thriller (genre)|suspense-thriller]] web-series directed by [[Joydip Mukherjee|Joydeep Mukherjee]] and produced by Shyamsundar De.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ananda |first=A. B. P. |date=2022-12-15 |title=কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় সিরিজ এবার ওয়েবের পর্দায়, গল্পে অনন্যা-শাশ্বত |url=https://bengali.abplive.com/entertainment/anannya-saswata-actress-anannya-chatterjee-and-saswata-chatterjee-will-portray-a-story-from-knatay-knatay-series-942134 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=bengali.abplive.com |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title= The teaser of the upcoming Zee5 series Kaantaye Kaantaye promises a thrilling murder mystery|url= https://t2online.in/screen/bengali/the-teaser-of-the-upcoming-zee5-series-kaantaye-kaantaye-promises-a-thrilling-murder-mystery/1058623|access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> It is an adaptation of [[Narayan Sanyal]]'s [[P. K. Basu]] series novel ''Sonar Kaanta'', which is actually inspired by [[The Mousetrap]] of [[Agatha Christie]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-24 |title=Web series Kantay Kantay to feature Saswata Chatterjee, Ananya Chatterjee, Soham Chakraborty and others |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/web-series-kantay-kantay-to-feature-saswata-chatterjee-ananya-chatterjee-soham-chakraborty-and-others/articleshow/96472404.cms |access-date=2024-08-12 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> This is the second time P. K. Basu series has been adapted for the screen, the first time being in 1974 when [[Tarun Majumdar]] made [[Jadi Jantem]] featuring [[Uttam Kumar]] as the protagonist.<ref>{{Citation|title= Barrister P K Basu will be back on screens on 15th August |date=2 August 2024 |url=https://eastindiastory.com/barrister-p-k-basu-will-be-back-on-screens-on-15th-august/|access-date=3 Aug 2024}}</ref>

The series was released on 15 August 2024.<ref>{{Citation|title= ZEE5's 'Kaantaye Kaantaye' to premiere on 15 August
|url= https://indiantelevision.com/iworld/over-the-top-services/zee5%E2%80%99s-%27kaantaye-kaantaye%27-to-premiere-on-15-august-240801|access-date=3 Aug 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title= 'Kaantaye Kaantaye': Latest Bengali murder mystery to premiere on August 15|date=August 2024 |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/cinema/2024/Aug/01/kaantaye-kaantaye-latest-bengali-murder-mystery-to-premiere-on-august-15|access-date=3 Aug 2024}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Saswata Chatterjee]] as [[P.K.Basu]]
* [[Ananya Chatterjee]] as Rani Basu
* [[Payel Sarkar]] as Kaveri Dutta Gupta
* [[Soham Chakraborty]] as Subir Roy
* [[Mir Afsar Ali]] as Inspector Nripen Ghoshal
* [[Somraj Maity]] as Koushik Mitra
* [[Ayoshi Talukdar]] as Sujata Chatterjee
* [[Subrat Dutta]] as Raman Guha
* [[Abhijit Guha (director)|Abhijit Guha]] as Arup
* [[Rachel White (actress)|Rachel White]] as Neena Basu
* Prantik Banerjee as Ajoy Roy
* Kinjal Nanda as Noor Ali Baig

==Casting==
A movie adaption of the same story was announced in 2018, starring [[Ranjit Mullick]] as PK Basu. The rest of the cast included Rachel White.<ref>{{Citation|title= PK Basu to return to the big screen this Bengali New Year after 44 years|work= The Times of India |date= 5 April 2018 |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/pk-basu-to-return-to-the-big-screen-this-bengali-new-year-after-44-years/articleshow/63626321.cms |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> The film never released. In 2022, [[ZEE5]] announced that they were working on a web series around the same story with [[Saswata Chatterjee]] as the protagonist. Rachel White was announced to be a part of the cast of the series as well.<ref>{{Citation|title= Web series Kantay Kantay to feature Saswata Chatterjee, Ananya Chatterjee, Soham Chakraborty and others |work= The Times of India|date= 24 December 2022|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/web-series-kantay-kantay-to-feature-saswata-chatterjee-ananya-chatterjee-soham-chakraborty-and-others/articleshow/96472404.cms|access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
== Marketing ==
The teaser of Kaantaye Kaantaye was released on 25 July 2024.<ref>{{Citation|title= Kaantaye Kaantaye Teaser: Saswata Chatterjee and Ananya Chatterjee starrer Kaantaye Kaantaye Official Teaser|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/web-series/bengali/kaantaye-kaantaye-teaser-saswata-chatterjee-and-ananya-chatterjee-starrer-kaantaye-kaantaye-official-teaser/videoshow/112007770.cms|access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> The trailer was released on 31 July.<ref>{{Citation|title= The trailer of Kaantaye Kaantaye is out|work= The Times of India|date= August 2024|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/the-trailer-of-kaantaye-kaantaye-is-out/articleshow/112196780.cms|access-date=3 Aug 2024}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Kaantaye Kaantaye received mixed reviews. [[The Times of India]] gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 calling it a " binge-worthy watch".<ref>{{Citation|title= Kaantaye Kaantaye season 1 review|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/the-trailer-of-kaantaye-kaantaye-is-out/articleshow/112196780.cms|website= TimesofIndia |date= August 2024|access-date=28 Aug 2024}}</ref> Subhash K. Jha writing for Times Now also gave it a thumbs up, commenting, "Apart from some good performances, Kaantaye Kaantaye plays some ear-soothing songs in the background about grief, loss and hope."<ref>{{Citation|title= Kaantaye Kaantaye: Saswata Chatterjee's Engrossing Whodunit Deserves A Better Ending|url= https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/web-series/kaantaye-kaantaye-saswata-chatterjees-engrossing-whodunit-deserves-a-better-ending-article-112786269| website= TimesNowNews |date= 25 August 2024| access-date=28 Aug 2024}}</ref>

[[Scroll.in]] on the other hand was critical about the series and called it "An overstretched whodunit".<ref>{{Citation|title= 'Kaantaye Kaantaye' review: An overstretched whodunit|url=https://scroll.in/reel/1072169/kaantaye-kaantaye-review-an-overstretched-whodunit| website= Scroll.in|date=19 August 2024 | access-date=28 Aug 2024}}</ref> [[OTTPlay | HT Media]] too gave it a 2 out of 5 and termed the show a missable.<ref>{{Citation|title= Kaantaye Kaantaye review: Saswata Chatterjee's web series is too long|url= https://www.ottplay.com/review/kaantaye-kaantaye-review-saswata-chatterjees-web-series-is-too-long/aac5acdc69330| website= OTTPlay| access-date=28 Aug 2024}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Feluda]]
*[[Byomkesh Bakshi]]
*[[Dipak Chatterjee]]
*[[Parashor Barma]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=tt33037780}}
* [https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/kaantaye-kaantaye/0-6-4z5598539 ''Kaantaye Kaantaye''] on [[ZEE5]]

[[Category:ZEE5 original programming]]
[[Category:2024 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:Indian web series]]
[[Category:Thriller web series]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Adaptations of works by Narayan Sanyal]]
[[Category:Bengali-language web series]]

Kaantaye Kaantaye - Revision history

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