| Varanasi Junction | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Crime & Thriller |
| Story by | Arnab Riingo Banerjee |
| Directed by | Arnab Riingo Banerjee |
| Starring | Amrita Chattopadhyay, Jeet Sundor Chakraborty, Riddhish Chowdhury, Judhajit Sarkar, Arup Zaigirdar, Agniva Banerjee |
| Music by | Tirthankar Majumdar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Ohendrila Banerjee and Ring a Bell Films |
| Cinematography | Arnab Riingo Banerjee |
| Release | |
| Original network | Klikk |
| Original release | 23 March 2023 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Varanasi Junction is a 2023 Indian Bengali language thriller and crime streaming television series written and directed by Arnab Riingo Banerjee. The series is produced by Ohendrila Banerjee and Ring a Bell Films.[1][2] The series was released on 23 March 2023.[3][4][5]
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Amrita Chattopadhyay as Supriya Chowdhury
- Jeet Sundor Chakraborty as Ronodip Sen
- Riddhish Chowdhury as Roy
- Judhajit Sarkar as Wajib Suleman
- Arup Zaigirdar as Gokul Pandey
- Agniva Banerjee as Ashwin Pathak
- Korak Samanta as Ranga
- Abhijit Sengupta as Abdul
- Md Kareem as Taya
Plot[edit | edit source]
Varanasi Junction is a pursuit thriller set in the heart of Varanasi, in which a teenage YouTube blogger recognises a missing girl in the news and passes information, only to become a target in one of the most violent criminal rackets operating in the holy city. Every step he makes is being watched, and he doesn't know who to trust in a place where he doesn't belong.[6][7]
Episodes[edit | edit source]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A Murder On Camera" | Arnab Riingo Banerjee | 23 March 2023 | |
| Ronodip, a Youtube vlogger, travels to Varanasi and, while vlogging, sees a murder and chooses to investigate, only to discover that the perpetrators are after him. | ||||
| 2 | "Clues And Secrets" | Arnab Riingo Banerjee | 23 March 2023 | |
| Freelance journalist Supriya is set to disclose breaking news on a crime ring operating in Varanasi when her partner is pursued and killed. She resolves to go against her racket alone, and she quickly becomes a marked victim like Ronodip. | ||||
| 3 | "Find The Criminals" | Arnab Riingo Banerjee | 23 March 2023 | |
| When Ronodip and Supriya meet paths, the killings begin, and it is only a matter of time before they, too, fall victim to the gang's gunfire. | ||||
| 4 | "A Trap Is Set" | Arnab Riingo Banerjee | 23 March 2023 | |
| When bodies start to fall, Supriya realises she has a chance to save Ronodip, and they both go incognito to save themselves. However, as a team, they both have their own strategies for cracking the case. | ||||
| 5 | "The Verdict" | Arnab Riingo Banerjee | 23 March 2023 | |
| The case's twists are disclosed, and Ronodip sacrifices himself to allow Supriya to receive her due since she will identify the ones running the scam. | ||||
References[edit | edit source]
- â "Riingo's next 'Varanasi Junction' is an action-packed chase thriller". The Times of India. 20 February 2023.
- â "Kolkata boy Jeet Sundor to debut as a lead in Klikk's Varanasi Junction". Indulgexpress.com.
- â "āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ! āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ". News18 Bengali (in Bengali). 25 March 2023.
- â "Director Arnab Riingo Banerjee on upcoming web series: It's an edge-of-the-seat thriller". The Times of India. 28 February 2023.
- â "āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ, āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻ¸āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ 'āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻļāĻ¨'". bengali.abplive.com (in Bengali). 16 February 2023.
- â "āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§āĻ, āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 16 February 2023. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023.
- â "Riingo is back with a new series shot on mobile phone for Klikk". OTTPlay.