Bhog (web series)

Bhog
Genre	Horror, Thriller
Based on	Bhog by Avik Sarkar
Written by	Avik Sarkar
Screenplay by	Shantanu Mitra Neogi
Directed by	Parambrata Chattopadhyay
Starring	Anirban Bhattacharya Rajatava Dutta Parno Mitra
Composer	Nabarun Bose
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	23-25 minutes
Production company	Roadshow Films
Original release
Network	Hoichoi
Release	1 May 2025 (2025-05-01)

Bhog is a 2025 Indian Bengali supernatural thriller web series, based on an eponymous novel written by Avik Sarkar. Directed by Parambrata Chattopadhyay, it was released on the Bengali language OTT platform Hoichoi on 1 May 2025. The series stars Anirban Bhattacharya and Parno Mittra in lead roles, Rajatava Dutta and Sudipa Basu in supporting roles and Subhasish Mukhopadhyay in a special appearance.

The story Bhog was also adapted in another feature film by director Rajorshi Dey, titled as Purba Paschim Dakshin Uttar Asbei.

Plot

Atin is a bachelor, who lives with his elderly aunt Pushpa di, after his mother's death. A private employee, he is an extrovert and loves clubbing after his office hours. But things take a turn in his life after he gets a mysterious brass idol from his friend Subesh's antique shop at Park Street. He was intrigued by the features of the goddess' statue, who held a veena in the upper left hand, a kharga in the upper right hand, a human skull in the lower left hand and had her lower right hand posed in the aashirvad mudra. When he inquired Subesh about the goddess' name, he informed that it was unknown to him too as he received it while acquiring old items from a once zamindar's house.

Atin started getting haunted dreams every night after bringing the idol to his house. A goddess of green complexion comes to his dreams every night, asking him to feed her and satisfy her hunger. Worried by the these events, he started offering her flowers and fruits as bhog. Bhavesh Kaku analysed from its appearance that the idol represents a Tantric goddess. Along with Pushpa di, he warned him from worshipping her as it was an unknown goddess and Atin was unfamiliar with the rituals of her worship. Any mistake could cost him to face the wrath of the goddess. He didn't pay heed to their advice and got indulged in worshipping her. He becomes eccentric and introverted, thinking about nothing but the goddess.

Bhabesh Kaku brought a priest to recognize the idol. They were shocked to see Atin performing a demented devotional dance in front of the idol. The priest too failed to recognize it and suggested Atin to not worship her without knowing the proper rituals as it might make him face the goddess' wrath. But Atin, hellbent upon his decision, said that the goddess herself comes in his dreams and speaks to him. Hence he asked them to not interfere in his Maa - chele relationship with the goddess.

One day, Atin met a mysterious homeless widow Damri, who stopped his car in the middle of the road asking him for food. Then she requested Atin for shelter, to which Atin couldn't say no. Despite objection from Pushpa di, Damri started living with them and enthusiastically prepared bhog for Atin to offer to the goddess. On the very next day after Damri's arrival, Atin found that for the first time, the goddess has eaten his offerings. He felt there must be some magic in Damri's cooking, since the goddess started eating his offerings everyday ever since she started cooking it. In the meantime, Pushpa di suddenly disappeared. A police investigation was started but it was closed after a few days when Atin unknowingly, gave police permission to shut down the case.

Over time, Atin started hating social interactions and lost his will to live. Despite feeling like throwing up, he ate the extremely foul smelling food cooked by Damri. Worried, Bhabesh kaku asked Subesh to take him to the place from where he procured the idol. They met the priest who handed over the idol to Subesh. He informed that the idol belongs to the ninth of the ten Mahavidyas, goddess Matangi. Being the kulguru of the local zamindar family in succession of lineage for hundreds of years, he revealed the secrets behind the idol's creation and worship. He handed it over to Subesh without any cost, as Sahashraksh Chakraborty, the initial worshipper of the idol, had instructed everyone that the idol must be handed over to someone if the family ever moves out of their ancestral house, or else danger will befall them. To save Atin from the goddess' wrath, he suggested them to find a sadhu with mystical powers. He stated that if a person commits any mistake while worshipping her, a petni belonging to the ten Mahavidyas will enter his life and kill him at the end of 1 amavasya.

One night, while returning from office, Atin stopped at a dhaba, where he met Krishnananda Maitra. Maitra asked him for a part of his roti which he gave without any thoughts. Pleased with his kindness, he gave Atin a locket with a sapphire pendant and adviced him to never take it off. He assured that Maa Mahamaya will always protect him. After wearing it, Atin regained sanity. He realised that Pushpa di has been missing for a month. On the next day, which was amavasya, he realised that the goddess has not eaten his previous day's offerings. Damri assured that she will cook Mohabhog to offer her on that day. Going to the roof, Atin discovered numerous tantric yantras drawn, where birds, cats and mice lay dead. While returning home that day, he met Bhavesh kaku , who informed him that Damri is a petni and the only way to defeat her is to fight her face to face or else she will sacrifice Atin on that day.

Upon entering the house, they found everything was in shambles. In one room, Damri was cooking a hand in a pot with fire emitting from her legs. Atin recognized that hand belonged to Pushpa di, when he saw a ring on a finger. Agonised, he rushed towards Damri to avenge Pushpa di's death. In an attempt to stop Atin, Bhavesh got slapped unconscious by Damri. In a duel between Atin and Damri, Atin was forced to take off the locket, after coming under influence of Damri's maya. When she was about to kill him, with his last bit of strength, he grabbed the locket lying slightly away from him. He touched it on Damri's forehead and she was killed. A week later, Bhavesh kaku regained his conscience. On his advice, Atin immersed the idol in the Hooghly river. In a post credit scene, it is shown that two friends are drinking at a river ghat. One of them suddenly noticed a goddess asking him to give her food and satiate her hunger, indicating that people will go on getting trapped in goddess Matangi's maya unless she is properly worshipped by someone.

Cast

• Anirban Bhattacharya as Atin Mukherjee
• Parno Mitra as Damri, a petni / Goddess Matangi
• Suraiya Parvin as Goddess Matangi
• Rajatava Dutta as Bhabesh Kaku
• Sudipa Basu as Pushparani Das (Pushpa di), Atin's maid
• Chhandak Chowdhury as Subesh Agarwal, antique shop owner
• Debabrata Dutta as Sahashraksh Chakraborty, a tantric toxicologist
• Ranjini Chattopadhyay as Atin's late mother
• Rituparna Basak as Anima, Atin's colleague

Cameo appearance

• Subhasish Mukherjee as Krishnananda Maitra

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Agomon"	Parambrata Chattopadhyay	Avik Sarkar	May 1, 2025 (2025-05-01)
Atin comes across the idol of an unknown goddess at his friend Subesh's antique shop, which intrigues him. He brings it to his home and since its arrival, he starts getting haunting divine instructions in his dreams every night.
2	"Aradhana"	Parambrata Chattopadhyay	Avik Sarkar	May 1, 2025 (2025-05-01)
Atin starts worshipping the goddess, initially out of his fear about the repercussions that he might face for not following the divine order, but later, out of his devotion, since, worshipping her became the sole motive of his life.
3	"Anuprobesh"	Parambrata Chattopadhyay	Avik Sarkar	May 1, 2025 (2025-05-01)
Damri, a mysterious homeless widow, seeks shelter from Atin, which he provides despite objection from Pushpa di. Ever since she arrived and started preparing the bhog for Atin to offer, the goddess started eating the offerings everyday.
4	"Akraman"	Parambrata Chattopadhyay	Avik Sarkar	May 1, 2025 (2025-05-01)
One night, Pushpa di suddenly disappeared. Indifferent to her disappearance, Atin falls for the maya of the sinister Damri, who starts caring for him and watched him completely delve into the darkness of his devotion.
5	"Anweshan"	Parambrata Chattopadhyay	Avik Sarkar	May 1, 2025 (2025-05-01)
The night when Atin's uncle Bhavesh kaku discovered the secrets behind the idol and how to come out of its tantric maya, Atin meets a mysterious man, Krishnananda Das, who gave him a sapphire pendant locket and adviced him to never take it off.
6	"Amanisha"	Parambrata Chattopadhyay	Avik Sarkar	May 1, 2025 (2025-05-01)
As Atin regains sanity after wearing the locket, he and Bhavesh kaku face Damri in her actual form on the night of amavasya. With the enchanted blue sapphire, Atin defeats Damri in a final reckoning and immerses the idol in a river to get rid off her maya.

Reception

Poorna Banerjee of The Times of India rated the series 3.5/5 stars and wrote "True to his signature style, Parambrata Chattopadhyay delivers another gripping horror web series. Though the series occasionally falters in pacing, Bhog remains a well-crafted horror drama with strong performances and atmospheric storytelling."

Santanu Das of Hindustan Times rated the film 3.5/5 stars and opined "Bhog is not so much about myths or demons as it is about faith. Beneath the surface of all the terror and thrill of Bhog lies the fate of a lonely middleman existing in his own little shell. As Atin will learn by the end, the sense of an offering, if any, must arrive as an act of love.

Shanku Sharma of East India Story reviewed the film and wrote "Bhog is a cautionary tale. It warns of the dangers of surrendering reason at the altar of mystery, of meddling with forces we don’t fully understand. It’s a deeply atmospheric, intelligent thriller that lingers long after the credits roll. The horror here is not of ghosts, but of psychological possession—of losing one’s grip on reality in the name of faith."

Shruti Mishra of Anandabazar Patrika rated the film 7/10 stars and highlighted "Parambrata presented his bhog with apt storytelling in a short span of time. Despite good acting, terrific makeup and bad vfx have drowned the most important scenes. Besides, what's the use of horror as a genre if the audience don't get scared?"

External links

• Bhog at IMDb
• Bhog in archive.org