Mandaar
Mandaar is an Indian Bengali-language crime thriller drama streaming television series created by Anirban Bhattacharya and Pratik Dutta. A loose adaptation of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Bhattacharya makes his directorial debut on the OTT platform through this series. It stars Sohini Sarkar as Laili, Debasish Mondal as Mandaar, Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Dablu Bhai, and Anirban Bhattacharya as Muqaddar Mukherjee, a corrupt police officer.
Mandaar is the first offering from the library of "hoichoi World Classics", an endeavour in which Hoichoi intends to adapt several global works of literature, to recreate them for the modern Bengali milieu in an OTT format. It has been released on Hoichoi on 19 November 2021. It has received critical acclaim, with praise for its cinematography, performances, makeup, and background score.
Premise
Dablu Bhai is a powerful leader in the coastal fishermen's village of Geilpur. He exploits the fishermen with association from local politician Modon Halder. Mandaar is a henchman for Dablu Bhai. Dablu Bhai sends Mandaar to kill a supervisor. While returning after the murder, an old witch tells Mandaar metaphorically that he will take over the reign of Dablu Bhai.Production
The production began in October 2020. The series has been extensively shot at Mandarmani and Tajpur in the Medinipur district of West Bengal.Music
The background score of Mandaar is composed by Subhadeep Guha. In a promotional interview, Guha said, "The world of Macbeth is a bloody one. There's nothing normal there. So is Mandaar for me. Therefore, I thought of sounds that didn't seem to be normal- dissonant, disordered, non-rhythmical. There's a disharmony in the sound of Mandaar."The audio jukebox of the original soundtrack album was released by SVF on 28 December 2021.