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Now, Chorki is poised to cross a new frontier,bringing itsenvelope-pushing contentto India, starting with West Bengal...
Hoichoi may hold the crown for Bengali-language streaming in India, but Chorki has been making serious cross-border inroads since its launch in Bangladesh just over two years ago.Its secret weapon shows that shatter stereotypes of what Bangla content can be..
The courage to tell such stories came from the conviction that Bangladeshistories should be told by Bangladeshi platforms and not by Netflix and Amazon, Rony said.. Foreign OTT platforms sell us quality content..
For instance,the 2023 Eid releaseMyself Allen Swapansent shockwaves across Bangladesh and became the platforms most-streamed content yet.The series featuresa middle-classhomemaker called Shayla (played by Rafiath Rashid Mithila) who ends up placingher sexual and financialneeds aboveconventional morality.Caught in the middle ofa game of cat and mouse between drug lords and government agents, Shayla discovers that an imposter has beensharing her home and bedher husbands twin, a wanted criminal.But rather than recoiling in horror,Shayla accepts him for the passion and financial stability that was missing in her marriage...
But Chorki has maintained a consistency in quality content that should be a yardstick for everyone working in this space, he said.. Chatterjee,known for his own work in channelling thepower of local stories,added thatChorkistands out forits deep understanding of Bangladeshi society and culture.This is evident in several productions, such as the narco-thrillerShaaticup..
