About Water Bottle Web Series 

Water Bottle is a ZEE5 Originals crime series about serial killer Jyotileshwar, played by Rajatava Dutta. Anusha Vishwanathan and Anirban Chakraborti have ably complemented Dutta as detectives. The series received rave reviews and became a commercial success. Underscored by a dark mystique theme, Water Bottle’s direction has been termed new-age and its story as consummate. 

Release Date of Water Bottle web series on OTT

The release date of Water Bottle was 11th June, 2019 on OTT.

Plot of Water Bottle 

This Hindi web series pivots around serial killer Jyotileshwar’s character, who appears sinister and completely menacing. Unable to recover from childhood trauma, he relishes making others, especially children, feel his pain. Six children go missing in due course. A pair of police detectives launch a wide-scale investigation, but struggle to catch Jyotileshwar. A game of catch-me-if-you-can ensues until the story climaxes with the fate of the missing kids hanging in the balance

Water Bottle episodes

The first season of this thriller web series is 183 minutes long and covers four episodes, each spanning about 46 minutes. All episodes of Water Bottle are available on ZEE5. The summaries of the episodes thus, are:

Episode 1

Detectives Mriganko and Shubho fail to properly investigate a series of child murders. Meanwhile, the main suspects, Jatileshwar and Nabadwip, are presumed to be innocent.

Episode 2 

Jatileshwar continues his nefarious actions with an innocent facade. A frustrated Mriganko reopens the case. 

Episode 3

Mringanko and Subho miss capturing Nabadwip by a whisker. The two detectives break into Jatileshwar's empty residence and discover a clue that may help solve the case.

Episode 4

Mriganko and Subho set up another trap to snare Jatileshwar. However, he devises a brilliant plan and escapes yet again. Will Subho and Mriganko succeed in apprehending Jatileshwar?

Water Bottle cast and crew

Cast - Character

Rajatava Dutta - Jyotileshwar

Anusha Vishwanathan - Basabdatta

Suhotro Mukhopadhyay - Subho 

Chiranjeet Chakraborty - Mriganko

Anirban Chakraborty - Alok Maity

Kushal Chakraborty - Commissioner

Tathagata Banerjee - Jyotileshwar’s father

Jayashree Mukherjee - Jyotileshwar’s mother

Crew

Director - Tathagata Mukherjee 

Creative producer - Souvikk Dasgupta 

Cinematography - Pratip Mukherjee 

Associate editor - Srimanta Dolui 

Music producer - Pijush Chakrabarty 

Sound designer - Shreejit Gupta 

Did you know?

Water Bottle is a psychological web series too as it seeks to probe the life of a serial killer.

The Water Bottle web series is originally in Bengali with English subtitles.

FAQs about Water Bottle web series

Q1. Why is Water Bottle also called a thrilling neo-noir?

Ans: Film noir means “black film” with the main characters being shadowy figures. Neo-noir refers to new-age movies wherein the protagonist is typically flawed and cynical.

Q2. What does the water bottle signify?

Ans: It represents the protagonist’s tormented childhood days when he attended school carrying a water bottle.