The screening of Kolkata’s first sitcom Panchphoron’s took place in the presence of the cast and crew.

The comedy is set in North Kolkata in a typical messbari. Dhaneshwar Pachal, the proprietor, is an elderly man who enjoys watching daily soaps and drinking country liquor. Dhaneshwar, the owner, has some rules for the tenants, one of which is that no girls are allowed inside.

The mess bari is home to five young tenants with diverse backgrounds: a researcher, singer, café worker, photographer, aspiring actor, and employee whose boss keeps him on edge. These young men frequently cause problems for the proprietor. Dhaneshwar is determined to make these young men follow his rules, but they are not in the mood to do so. What happens next?

The sitcom is written, directed, and created by Indranil Banerjee.

Presented by MojoPlex, the show is produced by Mohul Sinha.

The cast consists of Paran Bondopadhay, Samya Samadder, Arka Bhattacharjee, Sumit Pramanik, Subhashis Sikdar, Sounak Ray, Rajrani Das, Priyanka Bose, and Subhranil Samadder.

Sounak Ray plays Pradeep in this sitcom. “I am both nervous and excited about this sitcom. There are Bollywood and Hollywood sitcoms. But there was no such sitcom in Bengali. With this sitcom, we wanted to make the people laugh. We have faced many adversities along the way. We have overcome them and now we have come forward with this sitcom”.

The DOP is Tuhin Dasgupta and the editor of the sitcom is Indrnail Banerjee.

The web series will stream on MojoPlex from 27th May 2022.

Priyanka Dutta