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Birangana

Birangana (বীরাঙ্গনা) is a Bengali-language crime thriller web series created and directed by Nirjhar Mitra for the streaming platform hoichoi, starring Sandipta Sen as police officer Chitra Basu. Its first season premiered on 25 July 2025 and follows Chitra's investigation of bride deaths staged as suicides; its second season, released on 15 October 2026, turns to a predator targeting social media influencers.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Format	Bengali thriller and crime web series on hoichoi; 2 seasons, 14 episodes, total runtime 5 hours 26 minutes, individual episodes 17 to 29 minutes³
Season 1 premiere	25 July 2025, seven episodes, rated U/A 13+¹
Season 2 premiere	15 October 2026, seven episodes, rated U/A 16+⁴
Lead cast	Sandipta Sen as Inspector Chitra Basu; Niranjan Mondal (the content creator Laughtersane) as the florist Chirayu, in his screen debut⁵
Key crew	Story, screenplay and dialogues by Sreejib; cinematography by Turja Ghosh; music and background score by Nabarun Bose; production house No Country Films⁶
Hindi version	Dubbed as Madam Inspector, it reached No. 2 on Netflix's Top 10 Shows in India²
Audience ratings	6.4/10 on IMDb (171 votes); 6.8/10 on Digit Binge⁷^•¹

Spoilers

Season 1 (2025)

Season 1 centers on sub-inspector Chitra Basu, who suspects murder in the death of a bride while her senior officers insist it is suicide. As more bodies pile up, each tied to a remarrying bride, a pattern of serial killings emerges, and a silent florist lurks at every turn.¹⁰ The episode arc traces Chitra's suspension for digging too deep, her reinstatement to a special task force, her meeting with the florist Chirayu at a wedding, an attack on Chitra and her husband, and a finale in which she sets a trap for the real killer while risking her sister's life.¹

The seven episodes are titled Dariye Dekhchi Sheshta, Swapner Lash, Rawkte Mangshe, Jhorer Shobdo, Chhadmabesi, Lukono Aghat, and Pichhu Daak.¹⁰ Niranjan Mondal, known online as Laughtersane, plays Chirayu Talukdar, a soft-spoken florist whose stillness makes him the season's central enigma; the role marked his transition from digital comedian to actor.¹^•¹¹

Season 2 (2026)

Season 2 premiered on hoichoi on 15 October 2026, during the Puja festive season. The new case begins with the death of a woman named Pritha and expands into a manhunt for a killer who targets social media and beauty influencers, disfiguring them by cutting their noses, in what the streamer describes as a scheme of control that Chitra must dismantle before unmasking the mastermind.⁴^•¹² Chitra now works with a newly formed special task force, and the season's themes include power, control, and the policing of women's identities in the digital age.² The episodes are titled Nakkata, Ekei Noksha, Guptodorshok, Khuner Khoje Khuni, Deri Hoye Gelo, Rokter Hisheb, and Shesh Khela.⁴ Tathagata Chowdhury, Preeti Sarkar, Bishaljit Sarkar, Pratik Dutta, and Aditya Sengupta join the cast.⁴

Title and background

The word birangana (often spelled Birangona in Bangladesh) means "brave woman" and is associated with "war heroine". On 22 December 1971, days after Bangladesh's victory in the Liberation War, the new government awarded this honorary title to women who had been assaulted during the war.⁸ The series borrows the word for a story about violence against women and a policewoman's fight for recognition.

Director Nirjhar Mitra described the project before release as "a hardcore thriller and female cop story revolving around serial killings" set in a semi-urban setting.⁹ hoichoi announced the series as part of its slate of Bengali originals, and the trailer launch in July 2025 was attended by the women's team of Kolkata Police, who were felicitated at the event.⁵

Reception and distribution

The series drew moderate audience ratings, 6.4/10 on IMDb and 6.8/10 on Digit Binge.⁷^•¹ Reviewing season 2 for Ei Samay, Debolina Ghosh praised the performances of Sandipta Sen and Tathagata Chowdhury as the serial killer, but criticized a story that gives away its answer early, dialogue that has police speaking too informally with civilians, and a subplot about Chitra's husband Aniruddho's scam that adds little.¹²

Under a strategic partnership between hoichoi and Netflix, hoichoi originals are being made available on Netflix in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Birangana's Hindi dub, Madam Inspector, reached No. 2 on Netflix's Top 10 Shows in India, while hoichoi described season 2's festive-season debut as its biggest Puja opening.²

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › South and Southeast Asian serials › South Asian web serials

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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