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Hello (2017 TV series)

Hello! (Bengali: হ্যালো!) is an Indian Bengali-language psychological thriller web series that premiered on the streaming platform hoichoi on 25 September 2017 as the platform's first Original web series.¹^•² It stars Raima Sen as Nandita, Priyanka Sarkar as Nina, and Joy Sengupta as Anonyo, in a story about a married woman whose life is upended by anonymous MMS videos.³ The series ran for three seasons, ending in 2021.⁴

Key fact	Detail
Premiere	25 September 2017, on hoichoi, as the platform's first Original web series¹^•²
Lead cast	Raima Sen as Nandita, Priyanka Sarkar as Nina, Joy Sengupta as Anonyo³
Directors	Anirban Mallik (season 1) and Soumik Chattopadhyay (later seasons)⁵
Format	Thriller; season 1 has 8 episodes of roughly 17 to 20 minutes each³^•⁶
Run	3 seasons, 28 episodes, 2017 to 2021⁷
IMDb rating	6.2/10 from about 514 users⁷
Producer	Eyewash³

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Premise

Nandita, a married woman, receives a series of MMS videos from an unknown number showing her husband Anonyo in bed with a mysterious woman named Nina. As she tries to find out who is sending the videos and why, she is pulled into a web of secrets, lies, and surprises, and comes to realize that the MMS messages may actually be aimed at her rather than merely exposing her husband's affair.³^•⁷

The first season's eight episodes follow Nandita's investigation. Anonyo hunts for the sender of the videos, a stranger sends Nandita a gift box containing a ring that is not her size, and a later MMS reveals the sender's name as Debol Shome, whose identity becomes the season's central mystery. Nandita spots Nina at a Puja pandal and later at a pub, where Nina appears dressed just like her, before the season closes on a shock that leaves Nandita's plans in disarray.³

Production and release

hoichoi, the Bengali-language streaming service founded in 2017 by SVF New Media, launched on 20 September 2017 with Hello as its first Original web series.¹ Season 1 was directed by Anirban Mallik, with Soumik Chattopadhyay also credited as director on the series; Aditi Majumdar is credited as writer on season 1.⁵^•⁸ Supporting cast includes Pamela Bhutoria, Saheb Bhattacharya, Ambarish Bhattacharya, Suranjana Roy, and Judhajit Sarkar.³^•⁸

Season 2. On hoichoi's first anniversary in 2018, the platform announced 30 Original Shows and 12 Original Films for 2018-2019, including the second season of Hello. The official trailer was launched at a press conference in Kolkata on 24 November 2018 in the presence of Raima Sen, Priyanka Sarkar, and director Soumik Chattopadhyay, and the season began streaming that December. The teaser, released a week earlier, trended at number one on YouTube for 24 hours straight.¹ Season 2 picks up where season 1 ended: Anonyo is at the doorstep of his girlfriend Nina, demanding that she let his wife Nandita out, and then accuses both women of having a lesbian relationship behind his back.¹

Season 3. The third season, 12 episodes, premiered on hoichoi on 22 January 2021.⁹ Its premise shifts the focus to the relationship between Nina and Nandita: Ananyo is no longer the only obstacle in their love story, as a mysterious man from the past returns to torment them, with the plot moving through a college reunion and a masquerade event.¹⁰ The season finale, "Check Mate", aired on 5 March 2021.⁴

Reception

On IMDb the series holds a rating of 6.2 out of 10 from about 514 users, with the season 1 finale "The line is busy" and the episode "Inbox full" among its highest-rated episodes at 7.1 each.⁷ A review on MyMovieRack described the series as a thriller of love, betrayal, blackmail, and war, praising the performances of Raima Sen and Priyanka Sarkar and the handling of Nandita's growth as she learns to stand up for herself, while noting that the treatment slackens midway, with repetitive dialogues and slow, non-gripping flashbacks.¹¹

The series is frequently cited as one of hoichoi's prominent early Originals, helping establish the platform's slate of Bengali web series.¹² A spin-off, Hello! Remember Me?, starring Ishaa Saha, Paayel Sarkar, and Sourav Chakraborty and directed by Abhimanyu Mukherjee, followed the same format of a married couple whose lives are upended by the arrival of a mystery woman.¹³

Availability and namesakes

The series streams on hoichoi and, in India, is also available through the Hoichoi Amazon Channel and free with ads on MX Player and Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads.¹⁴ In the United States it streams on Hoichoi and can be purchased as a download on Amazon Video.⁵

The title Hello is shared by several other 2017 releases, most notably a Telugu romantic thriller film of the same year starring Akhil Akkineni and Kalyani Priyadarshan, directed by Vikram K. Kumar, which is a separate work.¹⁵

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Web-native and streaming-original series › Indian and South Asian web series › Premiered 2003 to 2020

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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