Karagar (2022) S02

Karagar (lit. ’The prison’) is a thriller web series directed by Syed Ahmed Shawki, started streaming on the Bengali OTT platform Hoichoi from 19 August to 15 December 2022. Hoichoi announced their upcoming new five web series, Karagar is one of them, Based on Bangladesh, the series features Chanchal Chowdhury, Intekhab Dinar, Tasnia Farin and FS Nayeem in the lead roles.A prisoner appears in Akashnagar Central Jail’s Cell No.145, which has been shut for 50 years, and claims immortality. Who is this mystery man, and what secrets does he hold inside him?

Akashnagar Jail is a prison in Bangladesh. Cell No. 145 of this jail has been closed from 1971. It is soon known that there is a prisoner inside that cell. Senior authogrities broke the old lock of the cell and entered the cell. When asked how he came to be in this cell, the mute prisoner hinted that he had been imprisoned for killing Mir Jafar in c. 1771 and had been transferred to different prisons at various times including Kala Pani Jail. The first season of Karagar was released on 19 August 2022 with seven episodes. In the first season, Mostak meets the mysterious prisoner who claims that he killed Mir Jafar. Maha is the interpreter who interprets his statement to police.

Neamoth Ullah Masum got the concept for it from “Kaktaal” (lit. ’Coincidence’), a Bangladeshi rock band from the Old Dhaka Central Jail, whose members are temporary and briefly defected to get out of the jail.[4] Before this web series, Syed Ahmed Shawki and Neamoth Ullah Masum worked in the web series Taqdeer. Neamoth suggested the director to make Karagar. The duo completed the web series concept in 3/4 months. The story of the web series was then written for a year. While writing the story, suggestions were taken from the crew and actors of the web series. The director had already decided that Chanchal Chowdhury would be cast in the lead role of the web series.[5] The shooting was done for two consecutive weeks. Chanchal fell ill due to continuous acting in the unsanitary environment of the prison.[6] The production team had to do a lot of historical research to write its plot.[7] In September 2021, Hoichoi announced the release of the Karagar web series to mark its fifth anniversary.[8] The two parts of the web series have been shot simultaneously. Most of its scenes were shot in Old Dhaka Central Jail which is currently closed for renovation work.[9] Atia Rahman did the make-up work of the actors including Chanchal, who tried to make his look realistic.[10] For the story, Chanchal and Farin had to learn sign language for three months. A sign language teacher was present on location during the shooting.[11] After the release of Part 1 on 19 August 2022, post-production work on Part 2 of the web series began in September 2022.

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