Ratris Khel Chale
| Ratris Khel Chale | |
|---|---|
 The poster of Season 1 of the serial | |
| Genre | Thriller Drama Horror |
| Written by | Story Santosh Ayachit Ashutosh Parandkar Screenplay and Dialogues Pralhad Kudtarkar |
| Directed by | Raju Sawant |
| Starring | See below |
| Theme music composer | Pankaj Padghan |
| Opening theme | Ratris Khel Chale by Sayali Pankaj |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Marathi |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 210 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Sunil Vasant Bhosale Santosh Ayachit |
| Production company | Sajiri Creations |
| Release | |
| Original network | Zee Marathi |
| Original release | 22 February – 22 October 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Ratris Khel Chale 2 |
Ratris Khel Chale (transl. The Game Runs At Night) is a Marathi supernatural thriller drama serial which aired on Zee Marathi from 22 February 2016. It soon became popular amongst its audience. The serial revolves around the Naik family living in a Konkani village, who experience strange and unexplainable events.[1][2]
Series[]
| Season | Episodes | Timeslot | Originally Broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 210 | 10.30 pm | 22 February 2016 | 22 October 2016 | |
| 2 | 413 | 14 January 2019 | 27 March 2020 | ||
| 20 July 2020 | 29 August 2020 | ||||
| 3 | present | 11 pm | 22 March 2021 | 30 April 2021 | |
| 16 August 2021 | Ongoing | ||||
Plot[]
Anna Naik, head of an influential Konkani family, abruptly dies on the day of his youngest son's engagement. This leads to issues in the household due to the property distribution between the heirs, especially due to Anna's daughter from a second woman, Shewanta. Also, the household witnesses strange paranormal events and mysteries, which some believe to be superstitious, while some believe to be tricky.
Anna's right hand Natha and his wife creates paranormal events to scare Naik's and usurp their property. Also Anna's illegitimate daughter Sushma creates problems and haunting events in Naik's house to get her rights after Anna's Death and get back Shewanta's jewellery. All hiers to Anna's property try to get the largest share of the property.
Neelima, Madhav's (Anna's eldest son) wife creates haunting scenes to get Naik property for her commitment to her employer for money. Also Anna's friends Nene, a lawyer and Raghu Kaka, a priest with evil mind and evil deeds try to usurp Anna's property so they too scare the family. Neelima and her employer, Jatin Seth assassinate Nene Vakil as he learns their truth.
Cast[]
- Shakuntala Nare[3] as Indumati "Mai" Naik, Anna's kind hearted widow. Madhav, Chhaya and Abhiram's mother, Datta's adopted mother and Sushma's step mother, Neelima, Sarita and Devika's Mother-in-law and Archis, Purva and Ganesh's grandmother.
- Suhas Shirsat [3] as Dattaram Naik, Anna's son from another woman but still raised as Indu's own, the most responsible person after Anna. Sarita's husband, Purva and Ganesh's father, Bhivari's biological son.
- Mangesh Salvi [3] as Madhav Naik, Anna's eldest son who moves to live in Mumbai. Neelima's husband and Archis's father. He writes poetry and Novel which often come true with Naik family.
- Ashwini Mukadam [3] as Sarita Naik, the only second generation mistress in the house to take care of it. Datta's wife, Purva and Ganesh's mother.
- Prachi Sukhathankar [3] as Neelima Naik, Madhav's spouse who is highly scientific and disregards any superstitions of the native village people. Madhav's wife and Archis's mother. She assassinated Nene Vakil for Naik's Property.
- Madhav Abhyankar[3] as Hari "Anna" Naik, the influential person in the village. Indumati and Shevanta's husband. Madhav, Datta, Chhaya, Abhiram, Sushama's father.
- Sainkeet Kamat[3] as Abhiram Naik, Anna's youngest son whose engagement was planned but Anna died on the same day, postponing it. Devika's husband.
- Rutuja Dharmadhikari[3] as Sushma Naik, Shevanta's daughter who wants to take away all the Naik family's property as a desire of her late mother after Anna's death. She was disowned by Indumati after Shevanta's death, but Natha and Yamuna adopt her to get Naik's property.'
- Namrata Pawaskar[3] as Chhaya Naik, Anna's only daughter, whose husband died on the night of their wedding, leaving her widowed and to live in her parents' home. Madhav and Abhiram's sister. Datta, Pandu and Sushma's adoptive and step sister.
- Dilip Bapat[3] as Lawyer Nene, who always saved Anna after he had committed any crime and helped him acquire properties, while secretly taking some parts of it. After Anna's death, Nene looks after the property distribution between Anna's heirs.
- Anil Gawde[3] as Raghu Kaka, who is the Gurav of the village, who is often called by the Naik's whenever any paranormal event occurs. He also wants Naik's property. He always practice Black Magic in the name of holy commotion.
- Pralhad Kudtarkar[3] as Pandu, a man cared by the Naiks who forgets almost everything he hears or sees, since he witnessed his father's death by Anna. Indumati and Anna's adoptive son. He knows many secrets of Naik family from the past and the present also. He is not taken seriously by anyone because he always forget everything.
- Prajakta Wadaye[3] as Police Constable who arrests Neelima in the last episode.
- Hemant Joshi[3] as Mr.Sheth, who wants to build business in village through Neelima
- Pooja Gore[3] as Purva Dattaram Naik; Sarita and Datta's daughter
- Nupur Chitale[3] as Devika Abhiram Naik; Abhiram's wife
- Abhishek Gaonkar[3] as Ganesh Dattaram Naik; Sarita and Datta's son
- Nachiket Devashtali[3] as Vishwasrao; Police Inspector and Abhiram's friend
- Adish Vaidya[3] as Archis Madhav Naik; Neelima and Madhav's son
Production[]
Season 1 was remade in Kannada and telecasted on Zee Kannada as well. Later in late 2018, Zee Marathi and the production house confirmed the production of Ratris Khel Chale 2. Ratris Khel Chale's both seasons were dubbed into Hindi as Raat Ka Khel Saara and telecasted on & TV from 29 February 2020 on Saturday - Sunday at 8 p.m. of 1 hour episode which also got positive response amongst audience[4][5] and Season 2 from 12 December 2020.
The production and filming of series took place in Akeri, Maharashtra in Konkan Region.[6] The Season 1 of this show was supposed to be horror, but was later shifted to Thriller Crime as people from Konkan region accused the promotion of series to have bad effect on the region and even a court case was filed.
Adaptations[]
| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Time (IST) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathi | Ratris Khel Chale रात्रीस खेळ चाले |
22 February 2016 | Zee Marathi | 22 October 2016 | 10.30 pm | Original |
| Kannada | Niguda Ratri ನಿಗೂಢರಾತ್ರಿ |
17 July 2017 | Zee Kannada | 11 May 2018 | 10.30 pm | Remake |
| Hindi | Raat Ka Khel Saara रात का खेल सारा |
29 February 2020 | & TV | 6 December 2020 | 8 pm (Sat-Sun) | Dubbed (1 hour) |
Controversy[]
The Konkan team had objected to the series saying that the series was promoting superstition and showing the Konkan a scary place.[7][8]
Reception[]
The series premiered on 22 February 2016 from Monday to Saturday at 10.30 pm by replacing Dil Dosti Duniyadari.
Ratings[]
| Week | Year | BARC Viewership | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRP | Rank | ||
| Week 16 | 2016 | 1.4 | 5 |
| Week 17 | 2016 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Week 29 | 2016 | 1.7 | 5 |
| Week 30 | 2016 | 1.8 | 5 |
| Week 31 | 2016 | 1.8 | 5 |
References[]
- ^ "ZEE5". comingsoon.zee5.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Ratris Khel Chale completes 100 episodes". Marathi Stars. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Ratris Khel Chale Cast". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Ratris Khel Chale returns with a flashback plot - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ "'रात्रीस खेळ चाले' आता येणार या भाषेमध्येही". Loksatta (in Marathi). 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ "नाईकांच्या वाड्याला मागणी फार". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ "रात्री चालणाऱ्या खेळावर आंदोलनाचे भूत". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Controversy : आश्वासन? पण मी राणे समर्थकांशी बोललोच नाही -दिग्दर्शक". Divya Marathi (in Marathi). 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
External links[]
- Zee Marathi original programming
- Marathi-language television shows
- 2010s supernatural television series
- Thriller television series
- 2016 Indian television series debuts
- 2016 Indian television series endings