hoichoi brings Bengal’s first web sitcom
‘Gariahat-er Ganglords’ – A comic take on Kolkata underworld to start streaming soon
Kolkata, January 10, 2018: hoichoi, world’s largest digital platform exclusively for Bengali content, announced the launch of Bengal’s first web sitcom, a comic take on Kolkata underworld- ‘Gariahat-er Ganglords’ which will start streaming on the platform January 13 onwards.
The press conference to announce the 10th hoichoi Originals was held at a unique setting, under the Gariahat flyover today. It provided an apt backdrop for the crime-comic sitcom, with a skit involving thugs and police playing full throttle in front of the media just before the news conference.
Directed by Atreyee Sen and produced by SVF Entertainment, Gariahat-er Ganglords is a comic take on Kolkata underworld, is the first web sitcom in Bengali.
With a slightly dark tone that mirrors the happenings in the underworld, Gariahat-er Ganglords is a comedy-of-errors revolving around a young wannabe gang-lord called Jonny and his blind-and-partly-deaf partner Bunty. Chaos starts with the arrival of Jonny’s young cousin Buchku from Malda, West Bengal. It is an epochal event that will change their lives for the better or worse, depending on how you look at it. Buchku moves in with the gangster duo, filling their lives with a blend of his naivety, stupidity and wildness. As the comic gangsters live together, it leads to a series of unlucky yet hilarious incidents.
While Saurav Das and Ayan Bhattacharjee play Jonny and Bunty respectively, Debmalya Gupta plays Buchku.
Hoichoi has recently released a song from Gariahat-er Ganglords, featuring Kanchan Mullick called ‘Gorom Gorilla’. Listen to the song here.
The cast also includes:
- Chandan Sen as Agent Mondal
- Kanchan Mullick as Kumar Prem
- Shweta Chowdhury as Bipasha
- Akshay Kapoor as Mr Ahluwalia
- Jonardan Bose as Thomas Kaka
- Anindita Bose as Monalisa
- Sudipa Basu as Mashima
- Dolly Basu as Disco Dida
- Saqi Banerjee as Jim
About hoichoi:
hoichoiis the world’s largest digital content platform exclusively for Bengalis. It showcases the best in Bengali entertainment content with Original Web Series, over 500 movies and more than 1000 songs coming soon. Founded in 2017, it is SVF New Media’s maiden venture. hoichoi is headed by Co-Founder, Vishnu Mohta who is also the Executive Director, SVF.
Apart from a vast Content Library, AD free Seamless Viewing Experience with unlimited HD video streaming and Multi-Device Capability are important features of hoichoi. It is available for download on Android and iOS and supports viewing across all popular platforms – Mobiles, PCs, Laptops and Tablets. It is also Chromecast and AirPlay enabled and will be coming soon on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku.
hoichoi is available for download on iTunes – http://bit.ly/iTunesHCDownload and Android – http://bit.ly/AndroidHCDownload.
