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Trailer of ‘Murder in the Hills’ reveals director Anjan Dutt in a paramount role in the series

Kolkata, 7th July 2021: hoichoi released the trailer of their upcoming murder-mystery series ‘Murder in the Hills’ on Wednesday at a press conference held at a prominent Darjeeling based location in Kolkata. Whilst the main portions of the series were shot in Darjeeling, few interior scenes were shot at this location, making it the perfect choice for the event.

Present at the trailer launch event was the entire star cast including – Arjun Chakrabarty, Anindita Bose, Rajdeep Gupta, Sourav Chakraborty, Sandipta Sen and Suprobhat Das along with director Anjan Dutt and music director Neel Dutt.

Set in the backdrop of Darjeeling, the story revolves around the suspicious death of a Bengali film star of the 90s unravelling the seedy underbelly of towns’ pasts. The trailer reveals director Anjan Dutt in a paramount role in the series. ‘Murder In the Hills’ also marks his directorial debut in the digital space. 

The Queen of Hills, Darjeeling, has always played a pivotal role in most of Dutt’s work; for this series, Dutt has shot and set the story in Darjeeling and presented it darkly and mystically.

Watch the Trailer here: bit.ly/MurderInTheHills_Trailer

Known for his youthful from the Bong Connection to Finally Bhalobasha, the multi- aced Anian Dutt said, “Having always believed in change so OTT is a new experience. I am confident that the series will reach out to the wide global audience of hoichoi. At this stage of my career, I strongly believe that OTT will be a very very strong contender to theatre experience. I personally want to concentrate on this OTT experience. Looking forward to the reaction of my audience!”

With music composed by Neel Dutt and produced by SVF, ‘Murder in the Hills’ will begin streaming exclusively on hoichoi from the 23^rd of July.

 About hoichoi:  

hoichoi is a leading Bengali entertainment platform with over 2,000+ hours of Movies, exclusive Original Series, Songs, Music Videos and more. hoichoi aims to take the best of Bengali content globally and connect the 250+ million Bengalis residing worldwide to their roots. With features like Offline Download, AD free Seamless Viewing Experience, unlimited HD Video Streaming, Bilingual Interface (English & Bengali), Multi-Device Capability, Progressive Web App, Parental Controls and English Subtitles – one can download the hoichoi App from Android (http://bit.ly/AndroidHCDownload) and iOS App Stores (http://bit.ly/iTunesHCDownload) to watch on their Mobile Phones, as well as on Desktop/Laptop through www.hoichoi.tv and on TVs through Amazon Firestick, Android TV, Apple TV, Mi LED TV, LG SMART TV, Samsung Tizen and Roku. 

Founded in 2017, hoichoi is the maiden venture of SVF under its new media section, and is headed by Co-Founder Vishnu Mohta who is also the Executive Director of SVF.