Bijoyinee
Bijoyinee [1] is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that was premiered on 24 December 2018, and is broadcast on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar[2] The series was starring Swastika Dutta[3] and Rudrajit Mukherjee in lead roles with Anjana Basu in a negative role.[4] It marks the come back of Anjana Basu into Bengali television. The show is produced by Boyhood Productions. The show went off air on 23 August 2019 and it got replaced by another show titled Kunjochaya.
| Bijoyinee | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Family |
| Created by | Susanta Das |
| Developed by | Sushanta Das |
| Written by | Concept Star Jalsha Story Creative Team (Tent Cinema) Screenplay Lovely Mukherjee Dialogues Sourav Sengupta |
| Directed by | Pijush Ghosh |
| Creative directors | Nafisa Susmita |
| Presented by | Bright Advertising Pvt. Ltd. |
| Starring | Swastika Dutta Rudrajit Mukherjee Anjana Basu |
| Theme music composer | Debjit Roy |
| Opening theme | "Bijoyinee" |
| Composer | Priyo Chattopadhyay |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of episodes | 184 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Reshmi, Shaoni (Star Jalsha) |
| Producers | Surinder Singh Gurjit Singh Sushanta Das (Boyhood Productions) |
| Production location | Kolkata |
| Cinematography | Ashok Shantanu |
| Editor | Shubhajit |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Boyhood Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Jalsha |
| Original release | 24 December 2018 – 23 August 2019 |
Plot
Bijoyinee is the tale of Keka, daughter of a maid servant at a wealthy house, and her struggles to become a great dancer. Her main problem is that a well-known classical dancer, Subarna, whose house her mother works at, detests her and prevents her from working in the dance industry because of her lower status.
Cast
Main cast
- Lekha Chatterjee / Swastika Dutta as keka and Mohini
- Sambhabhi as child Keka
- Imtiaz Haque / Rudrajit Mukherjee as Ritwik
- Samriddho as Child Ritwik
- Anjana Basu[5] as Subarna, Ritwik's mother, a renowned classical dancer.
- Ratri Ghatak as Monika aka Mani (Kekas Mother)
Support cast
- Madhurima Basak as Nupur
- Akash Ghosh as Chotu
- Anirban Ghosh as Snehasish
- Arpita Mondal as Rinku[6]
- Joy Bhattacharya as Jatin
- Sukanya Dutta as Naina
- Purbasha Debnath as Tutul
- Antara Sarkar as Mithu
- Dipa Roy as Gopali Jethi
- Krishnakishore Mukherjee as Indra
- Sanjoy Bapi Basu as Raghab
- Avery Singha Roy as Anamika
- Vivaan Ghosh as Taposh
- Debika Mitra as Thammi
References
- "New Television Series is coming based on the story of a dancer". Anandabazar.com. 3 December 2018.
- "New Television Serial Bijoyini to Premiere soon". The Times of India. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- "Lekha Chatterjee to play the lead in Bijoyini". The Times of India. 2 December 2018.
- "Anjana Basu's Mega Comeback in Bijoyini". Ebela. 2 December 2018.
- "Bengali Serial Bijoyini coming soon with Anjana Basu". Mahangar 24x7. 3 December 2018.
- "Maa Sarada actress arpita break's the screen image with a new role". Ebela. 27 December 2018.