Abhishek rivastava of Moneycontrol rated the series 3/5 stars and highlighted "‘Khakee: The Bengal Chapter’ blends politics and crime but struggles with predictability.Read at source
Khakee: The Bengal Chapter 2025 
Synopsis
Khakee: The Bengal Chapter
Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language period political thriller television series created by Neeraj Pandey. It is directed by Debatma Mandal and Tushar Kanti Ray, and co-written by Pandey, Mandal and Samrat Chakraborty. Produced by Shital Bhatia under the banner of Friday Storytellers, the series features an ensemble cast including Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jeet, Saswata Chatterjee, Ritwik Bhowmik, Chitrangada Singh, Mahaakshay Chakraborty and Aadil Zafar Khan, with Parambrata Chatterjee appearing in a special role.
- Director
- Neeraj Pandey
- Release
- 20 Mar 2025
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 50 min
- Language
- —
Reviews
10 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Critics' aggregate for Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is 65/100 from 8 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 11 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- writing
Positive 10
A critic from Bollywood Hungama rated the series 3.5/5 stars and wrote "On the whole, Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is a gripping thriller that works due to the subject, ensemble cast, gritty narrative and plenty of twists and turns."Read at source
Lachmi Deb Roy of Firstpost rated the series 3/5 stars and wrote "Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is not only a storm, but I just hope that it is able to bring Bengal cinema back on the global map.Read at source
Rahul Desai of The Hollywood Reporter India reviewed the series and termed it as "A Crime Drama That’s More Algorithm Than Rhythm."Read at source
Sakshi Verma of India TV rated the series 3/5 stars and wrote "Khakee: The Bengal Chapter series is good, but the story is not new.Read at source
Shubham Kulkarni of OTTplay rated the series 3/5 stars and opined "Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is Neeraj Pandey’s attempt to reveal a hidden side of Kolkata.Read at source
Sonal Pandya of Times Now rated the series 3.5/5 stars and noted "However, despite the engaging political twists that play like a needle drop at the end of every episode, Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is unnecessarily violent.Read at source
Sugandha Rawal of Hindustan Times reviewed the series and remarked "Second chapter of Neeraj Pandey’s franchise doesn’t start on a promising note.Read at source
Troy Ribeiro of The Free Press Journal rated the series 3.5/5 stars and opined "The narrative's ambition is one of its most striking qualities, embracing a non-linear structure that adds depth and intrigue.Read at source
Zinia Bandyopadhyay of India Today rated the series 3.5/5 stars and highlighted "Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is an engrossing, binge-worthy crime thriller that you might find yourself finishing in one sitting.Read at source
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Run time
- 50 min
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Neeraj Pandey
- Distributor
- Netflix
Trivia
- Khakee: The Bengal Chapter marks the Hindi-language debut of actor Jeet, who also dubbed for his portions in Bengali.
- The series is the first Bengali-origin show to stream on Netflix, premiering on 20 March 2025.
- The production marks the largest casting of major Bengali actors together, featuring Jeet and Prosenjit Chatterjee on screen for the first time.
- Neeraj Pandey stated that the series exclusively focuses on the 'pada' culture, a neighborhood club system in West Bengal that acts as party foot soldiers.
- Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly was featured in a promotional video performing action scenes but denied rumors that he would act in the film.
- The series was announced on 29 February 2024, with filming taking place extensively in Kolkata and some scenes shot in Mumbai.
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Indian Series2025Crime DramaReleasedNot listed in source page
