Indubala Bhaater Hotel is a 2023 drama Bengali web series available on the streaming platform Hoichoi. The series, based on the eponymous Bengali novel by Kallol Lahiri,[1] is about the life and struggles of Indubala, the protagonist woman.[2] Her somber life, punctuated with fleeting hopes of happiness, exemplifies a human's yearning to return to one's roots, only to be shackled by the heaviness of responsibilities and the vagaries of geopolitics.
| Indubala Bhaater Hotel | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Kallol Lahiri |
| Directed by | Debaloy Bhattacharya |
| Starring | Subhashree Ganguly Rahul Banerjee Sneha Chatterjee |
| Composer | Amit Chatterjee |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Hoichoi |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hoichoi |
| Release | 8 March 2023 – present |
Plot edit
The series explores the trials and tribulations of Indubala, born in a village of East Bengal who gets married to an urban man from Kolkata (in Western Bengal) and leaves her ancestral village. She has to adjust to the new way of life in the city. She becomes a widow at an early age and brings up her two sons singlehandedly.
With guidance from a few well-wishers, Indubala–an experienced cook–starts a home-based small restaurant mainly catering to local workers and commuters. Gradually her restaurant becomes popular thanks to word of mouth, and much later due to shares in social media from its aficionados. With the earnings from the restaurant, her life slowly stabilizes. Her children grow up and settle into their lives.
Throughout all these years, Indubala reminisces about her childhood in the village of East Bengal and yearns to return there one day, but can not because of her familial responsibilities and also because the village belongs to another country Bangladesh (stemming from the 1947 partition of India and 1971 independence of Bangladesh).
Cast edit
- Subhashree Ganguly as Indubala Mallick
- Sneha Chatterjee as Lachhmi
- Debapratim Dasgupta as Dhananjay alias Dhana
- Parijat Chaudhuri as young Indubala
- Angana Roy as Sanchari
- Rahul Banerjee as Pradip, Indubala's younger son
- Pratik Dutta as Ratanlal Mallick, Indubala's husband
Soundtrack edit
| Indubala Bhaater Hotel | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Amit Chatterjee | |
| Released | 30 April 2023 |
| Recorded | 2021-2022 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 54:36 |
| Language | Bengali |
| Label | SVF Music |
| Official audio | |
| Indubala Bhaater Hotel - Full Album on YouTube | |
The music of the film has been composed by Amit Chatterjee.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pakhider Smriti (orchestral Version)" | Debaloy Bhattacharya, Atul Prosad | Iman Chakraborty | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Pakhider Smriti" | Debaloy Bhattacharya, Atul Prosad | Ikkshita Mukherjee | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Dhiki Dhiki" | Debaloy Bhattacharya, Ritam Sen | Ikkshita Mukherjee | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Dehotori" | Debaloy Bhattacharya | Chakropani Dev | 5:47 |
| 5. | "Ami Eka Chini" | Debaloy Bhattacharya | Jayati Chakraborty | 6:16 |
| 6. | "Shunyo E Buke" | 4:29 | ||
| 7. | "Kakhana Haribe Dukho Mor + Majhi Baiya Jao Re" | 5:01 | ||
| 8. | "Kothay Tomay Pai" | 5:23 | ||
| 9. | "Tore Chinono Na Jay" | 5:59 | ||
| 10. | "Dana Kata Pori" | Debaloy Bhattacharya | Anirban Bhattacharya | 9:58 |
| Total length: | 54:36 | |||
Reception edit
The series received generally positive reviews.[2][3][4][5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Indubala Bhater Hotel". Goodreads. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Indubala Bhaater Hotel Season 1 Review: Of melancholia and the mundane". The Times of India. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ বসু, কুণাল (14 March 2023). "OTT Review: ইন্দুবালা ভাতের হোটেলে কেমন রান্না, খেয়েছেন?". Eisamay Gold (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Indubala Bhaater Hotel Part 1 Review: A Heartbreaking Tale of Food and Memories". Leisurebyte. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ ডেস্ক, নিউজবাংলা (11 March 2023). "কেমন হলো 'ইন্দুবালা ভাতের হোটেল'". Newsbangla24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Goswami, Ranita (12 March 2023). "পাখির জীবন ছেড়ে খাঁচাবন্দি, চোখের জলে ভেজে ইন্দুবালার স্মৃতিপট". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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