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Dainee

Dainee (ডাইনী, transl. It follows two estranged sisters, Pata and Lata, who are caught in a witch-hunt in rural Bengal after Lata is branded a witch, and it combines psychological horror, suspense, and social commentary on superstition¹.

Key fact	Detail
Format	1 season, 6 episodes of roughly 20 to 24 minutes each¹
Lead cast	Mimi Chakraborty as Pata, Koushani Mukhopadhyay as Lata²
Reception	IMDb 6.9/10; Hindustan Times review 4/5 stars²

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Premise and plot

Pata (Mimi Chakraborty), long detached from her roots, returns to her ancestral hometown to settle a property dispute with her estranged sister Lata (Koushani Mukhopadhyay). She arrives to find a mob preparing to burn a woman alive after branding her a witch, and with her driver Badsha (Sujit Kumar Barman) she intervenes, putting herself at odds with the mob and its leader, Jaan Baba (Biswajit Das)³. The sisters, never close during childhood, must overcome their differences and fight for survival against the villagers and the superstitions that drive them².

The six episodes trace the siege that follows. After Pata rescues Lata in "Ashani Shanket", vengeful villagers surround them; the conflict centers on a locked local health center that becomes a physical and symbolic barrier between the two sides, with negotiations in which family members are used as bargaining chips⁴. The episode titles are "Otit-er Taaney", "Ashani Shanket", "Chaal Bodol", "Biswashghatok", "Obhaagi", and "Shesh Sanghat", all released on 14 March 2025⁴.

Themes

Director Nirjhar Mitra said in an interview that he conceived the story in 2014-15 and was initially hesitant about the topic's relevance in the 21st century, but that research data and statistics validated its continued presence; he described the show as a hardcore survival drama spanning only 12 to 14 hours of story time⁵.

Sisterhood and structure. Mimi Chakraborty described her character as the elder sister standing up for her younger sister who has been labeled a witch, framing the story as a fight against the taboo and victimization of women in a strongly patriarchal society⁶.

Production and release

Chakraborty said she enjoyed shooting there and performing action sequences on streets with crowds, after roughly 15 years in the industry⁶. The series was produced by No Country Films Production, with cinematography by Turja Ghosh and editing by Subhajit Singha¹^•⁷.

Mitra's previous web series was the crime thriller Shikarpur, which dropped on ZEE5 in 2023⁸.

Reception

In its review, The Times of India described the series as a bleak and hard-hitting tale drawn from actual witch-hunt cases, a social evil that persists in rural India yet is frequently ignored, and saw it as continuing Hoichoi's run of women-centered social dramas alongside Sampurna, Lajja, Indu, and Noshtonir³. TV9 Bangla gave it 3.5 out of 5⁹. On IMDb the series holds a 6.9/10 rating², and Chakraborty received a nomination for Best Actor (Female) at the 22nd Tele Cine Awards 2025¹⁰.

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 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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