Dainee (ডাইনি) | Mimi Chakraborty | Nirjhar Mitra | 14 Mar | hoichoi

 Dainee 

Basic Info

Title: Dainee (ডাইনি)

Platform: hoichoi (Bengali streaming service)

Release Date: 14 March 2025

Language: Bengali

Format: Web series (season 1)

Director: Nirjhar Mitra

Production Company: No Country Films Production

Cast & Characters

Mimi Chakraborty as Pata (elder sister)

Koushani Mukherjee (sometimes noted as Koushani Mukhopadhyay) as Lata (younger sister)

Other cast: Biswajit Das as the village-head “Janguru” etc.

Plot / Storyline

The story centers on superstition, witch-hunting and societal prejudice in a rural Bengal backdrop.

Pata (Mimi) returns from outside to her ancestral village/home to claim inheritance after her father’s death.

She finds that her younger sister Lata has been branded a witch and is about to be burnt alive by the villagers.

The series follows their desperate struggle to escape, survive, and fight against the oppressive forces of superstition and the mob mentality.

 Themes & Elements

Witch-hunting and societal superstition in rural India.

Sisterhood, survival, trauma, and resilience of the protagonists.

Thriller / horror / survival-drama genre (psychological horror + survival elements) according to some sources.

Why It’s Noteworthy

Mimi Chakraborty takes on a bold, intense avatar different from her regular roles, showing a strong performance in a survival-thriller context.

The series tackles a grim social issue (witch-hunting) which is rarely addressed in mainstream Bengali entertainment.

Strong trailer & promo buzz: e.g., official trailer released 7 March 2025.