Kolkata Model Shamita Smita Ghosh Signs Contract For 3-Part Series With OTT Channel 3XRedHot

Kolkata: Model and actress Shamita Smita Ghosh Wednesday signed a contract with the Mumbai-based OTT channel 3XRedHot for a historical series based on the streaming platform.

The series which will be episodic in format and is expected to have about 200 episodes and 3 parts is produced by Vision Telefilms and directed by Maneesh Singh.

Actor Shamita Smita Ghosh who originally hails from Kolkata has done several web series and regional films in Bengali as well as Hindi.

The historical and mythological series “Tondaimandalam” will be shot in different parts of India. The series is based on the mythological elements of the origin of the locality, its inhabitants and its rulers.

Tondaimandalam is an area lying between Pennar river of Nellore and the Pennar river of Cuddalore and encompassed part of what is Madras today. Madras or Chennai is it is known today was a part of Tondaimandalam and was known as “Madraspatnam”.

The modern city of “Chennai” arose from the British settlement of Fort St. George and its subsequent expansion through merging numerous native villages and European settlements around Fort St. George into the city of Madras.

While most of the original city of Madras was built and settled by Europeans, the surrounding area which was later incorporated included the native temples of Thiruvanmiyur, Thiruvotriyur, Thiruvallikeni (Triplicane), Thirumayilai (Mylapore) which have existed for more than 1000 years.

Thiruvanmiyur, Thiruvotriyur and Thirumyilai are mentioned in the Thevarams of the Moovar (of the Nayanmars) while Thiruvallikeni in the Nalayira Divya Prabhandhams (of the Alwars).

The partly mythological and partly fictional series Tondaimandalam is based on tales of the 2nd and 3rd century AD.

The capital of the province was Kancheepuram. Tondaimandalam was ruled in the 2nd century by Tondaiman Ilam Tiraiyan, who was a representative of the Chola family at Kanchipuram.

It is believed that Ilam Tiraiyan must have subdued the Kurumbas, the original inhabitants of the region and established his rule over Tondaimandalam.