| Mandaar | |
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| Bengali | মন্দার |
| Genre | Crime thriller drama |
| Created by | Anirban Bhattacharya & Pratik Dutta[1] |
| Inspired by | Macbeth by William Shakespeare |
| Screenplay by | Pratik Dutta |
| Story by | Anirban Bhattacharya & Pratik Dutta |
| Directed by | Anirban Bhattacharya[2] |
| Starring | Sohini Sarkar Debasish Mondal Debesh Roy Chowdhury Anirban Bhattacharya |
| Composer | Subhadeep Guha |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Soumik Haldar |
| Editor | Sanglap Bhowmick |
| Running time | 39–52 minutes |
| Production company | SVF Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hoichoi |
| Release | 19 November 2021 |
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Mandaar (Bengali: মন্দার) is an Indian Bengali-language crime thriller drama streaming television series created by Anirban Bhattacharya and Pratik Dutta.[3] A loose adaptation of Macbeth by William Shakespeare,[4] Bhattacharya makes his directorial debut on the OTT platform through this series.[5] It stars Sohini Sarkar as Laili (Lady Macbeth), Debasish Mondal as Mandaar (Macbeth), Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Dablu Bhai (King Duncan), and Anirban Bhattacharya as Muqaddar Mukherjee, a corrupt police officer.[6]
Mandaar is the first offering from the library of "hoichoi World Classics", an endeavor in which Hoichoi intends to adapt several global works of literature, to recreate them for the modern Bengali milieu in an OTT format.[7] It has been released on Hoichoi on 19 November 2021.[8] It has received critical acclaim, with praise for its cinematography, performances, makeup, and background score.[9]
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- ^ "Cherishing every moment of making Mandaar, says Anirban Bhattacharya". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Reinterpretation of Macbeth was the challenge in Mandaar: Actor-turned filmmaker Anirban Bhattacharya". India Blooms. 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Mandaar On Hoichoi: Anirban Bhattacharya's Directorial Debut Is Dark As Night". Binged. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Hoichoi Releases Trailer of Anirban Bhattacharya Directorial Mandaar". UNI. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Who is Sohini Sarkar? The Actor In Macbeth-Inspired Bengali Film Mandaar". She the People. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Anirban Bhattacharya's s Mandaar, a hard hitting thriller". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Mandaar Review: শুরুতেই ছক্কা পরিচালক অনির্বাণের! গেইলপুরের 'রাক্ষস' বাস্তব জীবনেও সবটা খেতে পারে? প্রশ্ন উস্কে দিল 'মন্দার'". Aajtak (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.