Eken Babu (TV series)

Eken Babu is a Bengali-language web series streaming on Hoichoi. The web series is based on Ekenbabu detective story, which is written by Sujan Dasgupta^[1] Anirban Chakraborti plays the title role, with Shoumyo Banerjee and Debapriyo Bagchi in supporting roles.^[2][3][4][5]

Eken Babu
Promotional Poster
Genre	Detective Crime Mystery Comedy Thriller
Based on	Ekenbabu
Screenplay by	Padmanabha Dasgupta
Directed by	Joydip Mukherjee Surajit Chatterjee Anupam Hari Anirban Mallik Abhijit Chowdhury
Theme music composer	Mayukh Mainak
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	53
Production
Production company	Eyewash Production
Original release
Network	Hoichoi
Release	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) – present

Cast

• Anirban Chakrabarti as Ekenbabu
• Shoumo Banerjee as Bapyaditya or Bapi
• Debapriyo Bagchi (Bubble) as Promotho
• Suhotra Mukhopadhyay as Bapi (Since Season 6)
• Somak Ghosh as Promotho (Since Season 6)
• Shreya Sinha as Rupal Mehra
• Yash Roshan as Mamud (in Season 3)
• Shahdul Alam Sachchu as Jamal (in Season 3)
• Ziaul Hasan Kislu as Masud (in Season 3)
• Shimul Khan as Mr. Khan (in Season 3)
• Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed as Meherunisa (in Season 3)
• Anuradha Mukherjee (in Season 4)
• Kaushik Chatterjee as Tunganath Burman (in Season 4)
• Kaushiki Guha as Arundhati Burman (in Season 4)
• Debopriyo Mukherjee as Riddhi Burman (in Season 4)
• Chitra Vanu Basu (in Season 4)
• Kinjal Kumar Nanda as Satyakam Javed Chowdhury (in Season 4)
• Mridul Chandra Sen (in Season 4)
• Sohini Banerjee (in Season 4)
• Sourav Chatterjee as Suresh Mitra (in Season 5)
• Mimi Dutta as Soma Mitra (in Season 5)
• Krishnendu Dewanji as Ajay (in Season 5)

Episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
1	10		3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
2	6		10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)
3	5		28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)
4	6		2 October 2020 (2020-10-02)
5	6		8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)
6	6		23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)
7	7		8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)
8	7		23 January 2025 (2025-01-23)

Season 1 (2018)

Directed by Anirban Mallik, the Season 1 streamed on Bengali OTT platform hoichoi from 3 March 2018.^[2][6][7] It was based on the story "Manhattane Moonstone".

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"Two deaths, one mystery"	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
2	"Suicide or Murder?"	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
3	"Doubt... Doubt..."	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
4	"An Astrologer's Day"	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
5	"The Diary"	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
6	"Murder He Says"	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
7	"The Missing Friday"	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
8	"Pink Elephant"	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
9	"Hard Rock"	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
10	"Final Showdown"	Anirban Mallik	3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)

Season 2 (2018)

The Season 2 released on 10 November 2018; all the episodes were directed by Anupam Hari.The story is based on "Manhattan ey Man hunt".^[8]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"Bentumashir Goendagiri"	Anupam Hari	10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)
2	"Natural death, ami penguin"	Anupam Hari	10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)
3	"Dui Mrityu Ekdine"	Anupam Hari	10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)
4	"This Man Is Something"	Anupam Hari	10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)
5	"Sunglass Pore Rajnikanth"	Anupam Hari	10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)
6	"Bhol Bodoler Rongo"	Anupam Hari	10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)

Season 3 (2019)

Season 3 launched on 28 November 2019; all the five episodes were directed by Abhijit Chowdhury. The story is set in Bangladesh, and most of the shooting is also done in Bangladesh.^[9] It was based on the story, "Dhaka Rahasyo Unmochito".

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"Destination Dhaka"	Abhijit Chowdhury	28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)
2	"Mrityu Mystery"	Abhijit Chowdhury	28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)
3	"Ekengiri"	Abhijit Chowdhury	28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)
4	"Highly Suspicious"	Abhijit Chowdhury	28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)
5	"Kolkata Chalo"	Abhijit Chowdhury	28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)

Season 4 (2020)

On 2 October 2020, hoichoi released Season 4 with six new episodes directed by Joydip Mukherjee and Surajit Chatterjee.^[10] It was based on the story "Ekenbabu O Barman Bari Rahasya".

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"Shiraz-er Biriyani"	Joydip Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee	2 October 2020 (2020-10-02)
2	"Agontuk"	Joydip Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee	2 October 2020 (2020-10-02)
3	"Chitro Bichitro"	Joydip Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee	2 October 2020 (2020-10-02)
4	"Jolponar Kolpona"	Joydip Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee	2 October 2020 (2020-10-02)
5	"Porda Phash"	Joydip Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee	2 October 2020 (2020-10-02)
6	"Shunani"	Joydip Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee	2 October 2020 (2020-10-02)

Season 5 (2021)

On 8 October 2021, hoichoi released Season 5 with six new episodes directed by Anirban Mullick.^[11] It is based on the story, "Sankhyar Sanket". Eken Babu season 5, titled "Eken Babu: Santiniketan Shanket Mochon,"

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"Thik Duppurbela"	Anirban Mallik	8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)
2	"Kothay Pabo Tare?"	Anirban Mallik	8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)
3	"Outhouse-ey Henyali"	Anirban Mallik	8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)
4	"Ulot Puran"	Anirban Mallik	8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)
5	"Female Moumachhi"	Anirban Mallik	8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)
6	"National Anthem"	Anirban Mallik	8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)

Season 6 (2022)

On 20 September 2022, hoichoi announced Season 6. The series started streaming from 23 December 2022. It was based on the story "Asol Khunir Sondhane". From this season the actors of the role of both Bapi and Promotho were changed.Eken Babu season 6, titled "Eken Babu Ebar Kolkatay,"

Season 6 Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"Kolkatay Kelenkari"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)
2	"Picnic"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)
3	"Doping"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)
4	"Badminton"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)
5	"Destination Ranchi"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)
6	"Tribhuj na Choturbhuj"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)

Season 7 (2023)

Eken Babu season 7, titled "Tungkulung E Eken," premiered on December 8th, 2023. The season follows Eken Babu, Bapi, and Promotho on vacation in Tungkulung."Tungkulung E Eken" is based on the detective story "Khuner Age Khuni Khoja".^[12][13]

Season 7 Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"Tungkulung"	Joydeep Mukherjee	8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)
2	"Rail Roko"	Joydeep Mukherjee	8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)
3	"Bish"	Joydeep Mukherjee	8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)
4	"Ondher Joshthi"	Joydeep Mukherjee	8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)
5	"Hirer Sandhaney"	Joydeep Mukherjee	8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)
6	"Otit-er Khonjey"	Joydeep Mukherjee	8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)
7	"Bhanumotir Khel"	Joydeep Mukherjee	8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)

Season 8 (2025)

Detective Eken Babu and his partners chase a killer while his Oriya accent and foodie nature add charm to their investigation. Series was Titled "Puro Puri Eken". As title suggests, the story is based on Puri. The series is based on the book "Nrityoshilpir Mrityu Tadonte Ekenbabu".

Season 8 Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"Raghurajpure Rawktopaat"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 January 2025 (2025-01-23)
2	"Khondogirir Laash"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 January 2025 (2025-01-23)
3	"Guest House-ey Khun"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 January 2025 (2025-01-23)
4	"Samudra Phiriye Dey"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 January 2025 (2025-01-23)
5	"Plot Bordhon"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 January 2025 (2025-01-23)
6	"Shakkhigopal"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 January 2025 (2025-01-23)
7	"Khuner Panda"	Joydip Mukherjee	23 January 2025 (2025-01-23)

Season 9

In an interview makers said they are doing preproduction on season 9.

Movies

Film adaptations

Year	Title	Based on
2022	The Eken	"Manhattaner Madman"
2023	The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan	"Sosommane Bidai"
2025	The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika	"Ideal Jewellery"

On 19 November 2021, Shree" Venkatesh Films, announced the first film of the franchise, The Eken. The film released in theatres on 14 April 2022. The film was shot in the hill station of Darjeeling. It was based on the story "Manhattaner Madman".^[14]

On 1 November 2022, SVF announced the second film, which will be shot in December 2022, in Rajasthan. Titled The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan and directed by Joydip Mukherjee, the movie stars Anirban Chakrabarti, Suhotra Mukhopadhyay, Somak Ghosh, Sandipta Sen and Rajatava Dutta in central roles.^[15][16][17] The film released in theatres worldwide on 14 April 2023.^[18] It was loosely based on the story "Sosommane Bidai".

The third film titled The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika was announced on January 2025. The film is directed by Joydip Mukherjee and produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films and Hoichoi Studios. It was released in the theatres on 16 May 2025. It is based on the novel "Ideal Jewellery".