Your grandmother's bedtime stories, but make them gorgeously animated and slightly unhinged.
Season 1 • Episode 16
LatestExplore the world of fantasy through the stories of Thakumar Jhuli, a collection of Bengali folk tales and fairy tales.
Production
Rare animated preservation of Bengali oral tradition, gorgeously hand-crafted feel.
Writing
Folk tales that don't sanitize the weirdness—talking tigers hold actual grudges.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Thakumar Jhuli was compiled in 1907 by Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder, essentially saving Bengali folklore from colonial erasure. This series continues that rescue mission in animated form.
Many episodes adapt stories where the 'moral' actively contradicts modern values—watch how the series navigates this without losing the cultural texture.
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