Hello Mini is a romantic-thriller web series about a young girl Mini and her stalker, who is both a blessing and a curse.[1] Directed by Faruk Kabir, the series is an adaptation of novels written by Novoneel Chakraborty and Croctales. The web show features Anuja Joshi who plays the titular character Mini.[2] The series is available for streaming on MX Player and the Season 1 was aired on 1 October 2019. The show's second season streamed on 26 February 2021 followed immediately by third season on 22 April 2021.
| Hello Mini | |
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| Genre | Suspense Thriller |
| Based on | The Stranger Trilogy by Novoneel Chakraborty |
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| Directed by | Faruk Kabir |
| Starring | Anuja Joshi |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
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| Editors | Arjun Srivasstava Satya Sharma Sumanth Sharma |
| Running time | 25 mins |
| Production company | Applause Entertainment Ltd. & Indigo Creation Production |
| Original release | |
| Network | MX Player |
| Release | 1 October 2019 |
Plot
editYoung 22-year-old Rivanah shifts to Mumbai from Kolkata and notices that someone is following and blackmailing her. This someone is voiceless, faceless, nameless and is forcing her to "know her worth". Even though he is stalking her and making her miserable, she is drawn to the Stranger and soon realizes that he is actually helping her. But everything comes at a cost, as the stranger's obsession with her and eventually hers with him leads her down a dangerous path, affecting her life and the lives of all those around her.
Cast and characters
edit| Actor | Character | Description | Seasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Anuja Joshi[3][4] | Rivanah Banerjee a.k.a. "Mini" | a 22 year young talented Bengali girl, a software engineer in Mumbai | Main | ||
| Mrinal Dutt | Danny Abraham | a 23 year young struggling actor who was Mini's 2nd ex-boyfriend | Main | ||
| Anshul Pandey | Ekansh Tripathi | a software engineer in Bangalore who was Mini's 1st ex-boyfriend and then Tista's fiancee | Main | ||
| Priya Banerjee | Ishita Shetty | a 22 year young air hostess with a carefree attitude who was Mini's roommate and her bestie | Main | Guest | |
| Arjun Aneja | Prateek Basotia | a software engineer who is Mini's schoolmate then colleague. He one-sidedly loved her since his schooldays | Main | ||
| Gaurav Chopra | Aditya Grover | Main | |||
| Anjuman Saxena | Mrs. Banerjee | Mini's mother | Recurring | ||
| Dhananjay Kapoor | Mr. Banerjee | Mini's father | Recurring | ||
| Riya Bhattacharjee | Megha | Mini's cousin sister who lived with her husband in Mumbai | Recurring | ||
| Rohit Bhardwaj | Adil | Megha's husband | Recurring | ||
| Nikhita Chopra | Nitya | a journalist who was Danny's best friend and killed by Vixy and Viraat | Guest | Main | |
| Vineet Sharma | Inspector Mohan Kamble | a sincere police officer who always stands and supports Mini | Recurring | ||
| Joy Sengupta | Shridhar | Tech Sky Ltd. company MD | Recurring | ||
| Nitesh Kumar | Vinay | Mini's colleague at Tech Sky Ltd. company | Recurring | ||
| Sandeep Dhabale | Mukund | Recurring | |||
| Sidhhaarth Dhanda | Ashish | Recurring | |||
| Tamara D’souza | Asha | a yoga trainer who is Mini's other roommate | Recurring | ||
| Ankur Rathee | Abhiraj Mukherjee | Mini's ex-fiance who arranged by her parents also he started one-sidedly loved her | Recurring | ||
| Darshana Banik | Tista Roy | a software engineer also a hacker who works in Tech Sky Ltd. company and Mini's best friend also Ekansh's fiancee who suddenly dead due to cancer | Main | ||
| Abhinav Sharma | Viraat | Dead Defey's creator, (a dark web; sexual game) who was doing an illegal business. then returned through Séance session at Solace to revenge against Mini | Main | ||
| Ambika Nayak | Vixy | Viraat's stepsister who is also a partner in Dark Defey and one-sidedly loved her brother then killed herself | Main | ||
| Suchitra Pillai[citation needed] | KD Maa | A head in Séance session at Solace who was doing an illegal business | Main | ||
| Vibhav Roy | Nivaan | Mini's best friend and her love interest ("The Stranger") | Guest | Main | |
| Nirisha Basnett | Ruhi | a servant girl in Séance session at Solace, KD Maa's P.A. who took a revenge against KD Maa and one-sidedly loved Viraat | Main | ||
| Vikrant Koul[5] | Argho | Hiya's cousin brother also Mini's new M.D. who misjudged Mini | Main | ||
| Summer Jacobs | Priyansha Galgotiya | a participant and addicted in Dark Defey who was Viraat's love interest and later became good friend to Mini | Main | ||
| Om Kanojiya | Chotu | Mini's student | Recurring | ||
| Tulsi Prajapati | Reena | Recurring | |||
| Tanishka Vishe | Ratna | A girl who was helped by Mini from rapist | Recurring | ||
| Sanya Bansal | Pooja | Mini's collegemate | Recurring | Recurring | |
| Tanvi Shinde | Hiya Chowdhury | Mini's collegemate who killed herself by hanging | Recurring | Main | |
| Subha Rajput | Advika | a paralyzed girl, Nivaan's wife | Recurring | ||
| Sanjay Gurbaxani | Manick Dutta | a hypnotist who is Mr. Banerjee's best friend | Recurring | ||
| Abhishek Sharma | Abhay Singhania | a participant and addicted in Dark Defey who was Nitya's ex-boyfriend | Recurring | ||
Release
editThe official trailer of the web series was launched on 26 September 2019, by MX Player on YouTube and the show was available for free streaming on MX Player from 1 October 2019. For the second season, trailer was released on 17 February 2021[6] and the series was released on 26 February 2021 on MX Player.
Awards
editWon at E4m Play Awards 2020 - Best Thriller / Horror Show on Web - Bronze
References
edit- ^ "Hello Mini Web Series Review".
- ^ "'Hello Mini' Review: Erotic Thriller That Is Much More Erotic Than Thrilling". India West. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Anuja Joshi Of 'Hello Mini' Fame Works Her Magic In These Photos, Check Them Out". News18. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Actor Anuja Joshi is excited about the season 2 of Hello Mini". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Hello Mini Season 3 actor Vikrant Koul: Playing Argho was immensely satisfying". Mid Day. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "MX Player drops the trailer of the highly anticipated 'Hello Mini 2' and this time, the dare is to stay alive - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 February 2021.