Dhrubatara
Dhrubatara (transl. Pole Star) is an Indian Bengali television Romantic thriller which used to air on Star Jalsha and is also available on digital platform Disney+ Hotstar.[1] It was premiered on 27 January 2020 [2][3] The show produced by Acropoliis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.,[4] starred Shyamoupti Mudly and Indrajeet Bose as the titular protagonists Tara and Dhruba respectively.[5] It ended on 19 September 2021 with a happy note.
Dhrubatara | |
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Genre | Drama Thriller supernatural Romance |
Developed by | Acropoliis Entertainment |
Written by | Story & screenplay Hrishita Bhattacharya Dialogue Antara Banerjee |
Directed by | Bidhan Pal Bharat |
Presented by | Acropoliis Entertainment |
Starring | Shyamoupti Mudly Indrajeet Bose Suvajit Kar |
Theme music composer | Santajit Chatterjee |
Opening theme | "Dhrubatara" |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Bengali |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 500 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Arnab Abir (Acropoliis) |
Producers | Snighda Basu Sani Ghose Ray |
Cinematography | Manai |
Editors | Arunaditya santu |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Acropoliis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
Release | |
Original network | Star Jalsha |
Original release | 27 January 2020 – 19 September 2021 |
Premise
In spite of having some misconception, childhood friends Tara and Agni used to love each other.[6] But the arrival of Dhrubajyoti Lahiri, a business tycoon with his motive of exacting revenge on Agni's family and his marriage with Tara not only twisted that equation but also inserted a tale of love, compromise, conspiracy and revenge.[7][8]
Cast
Main
- Shyamoupti Mudly as Tara Lahiri (disguised Rai / Mrs Iyer)- a young girl of nearly 20; Shekhar's adopted daughter; Agni's childhood friend and former love interest; Dhrubo's wife and love interest; Gurudev and Supriya's daughter-in-law; Ranja and Chandra's arch-rival; Ron's former rival and love interest; Anuja's former rival; Gunja and Shlok's step-mother; Uma's mother; a businesswoman and founder of Dhrubatara Industries. (2020-2021)[9]
- Indrajeet Bose as
- Dhrubajyoti Lahiri (aka Dhrubo / Mr. Lahiri)- a rich and powerful businessman who was around 40, owner of Lahiri Industries and later of Dhrubatara Industries (after he lost his old business due to Anuja and Gurudev's conspiracy); Shekhar and Agni's former rival; Anuja's former husband; Gurudev's illegitimate son; Supriya's youngest son; Gautam's adopted son; Dipti's adoptive elder brother; Ranja's half-brother and rival; Tara's husband and love interest; Ron's twin brother; Gunja, Uma and Shlok's father. (2020-2021)
- Ronodev Chowdhury/Ron - Supriya's eldest son; Dhrubo's twin brother, former rival and imposter; Tara's fake husband and former rival (later fell in love with her after witnessing her kind-attitude towards him); owner of 'RR Enterprise'. He was accidentally killed by Sid. (Killed) (2021)[10]
- Suvajit Kar as Agni Chowdhury (disguised Mr. Iyer)- Shekhar's only son; a businessman; Tara's childhood friend and one-sided lover; Chandni's brother; Shirish's love rival; Gunja's husband and love interest; Dhrubo's former rival, employee and son-in-law; CEO of Dhrubotara Industries.[11] (2020-2021)
- Kritika Chakraborty as Uma Lahiri- Dhrubo and Tara's daughter, Gunja and Shlok's half-sister, she possesses supernatural powers. (2021)
Chowdhury family
- Animesh Bhaduri as Shekhar Chowdhury- a businessman, owner of Chowdhury Textiles, Agni and Chandni's father, Tara's dotting father, Dhrubo's former rival, Ranja's former boss (Deceased) (2020)
- Moyna Mukherjee as Manju Chowdhury- Agni and Chandni's mother, Shekhar's wife (Deceased) (2020)
- Suchandra Chowdhury as Shekhar, Anjali and Saikat's mother, Agni and Chadni's paternal grandmother (2020)
- Sanchari Mondal as Chandni Roy (née Chowdhury, formerly Banerjee)- Shekhar's elder daughter, Agni's younger sister, Roshan's former wife, Rajib's love-interest turned wife (2020-2021)
- Mallika Majumdar as Anjali Chowdhury: Shekhar's younger sister, Saikat's elder sister, Agni's paternal aunt, Tara's benevolent governess. She raised Tara. (2020-2021)
- Rayati Bhattacharya as Dipti Chowdhury (née Lahiri)- Dhrubo's youngest adopted sister, Ranja's adopted half-sister and rival, Agni's paternal aunt, Supriya's adoptive daughter, Saikat's wife (2020)
- Avijit Sengupta as Saikat Chowdhury- Shekhar's younger brother, Dipti's husband, Agni's paternal uncle, Dhrubo's youngest brother-in-law (2020)
- Subhrajit Dutta as Ashish- Agni's maternal uncle, Manju's brother, who conspired against Agni's family and constantly tried to defame Tara. (2020)
- Shreyasee Samanta as Shirsha- Ashish's wife (2020)
Lahiri family
- Priyantika Karmakar / Debarati Paul as Gunja Chowdhury (née Lahiri)- Dhrubo and Anuja's elder daughter, Shirish's childhood friend and love interest; Agni's love interest turned wife, Tania's love rival, Mahi's younger cousin sister, Tara's step-daughter, Shlok's elder sister, Uma's elder half-sister. Despite initial reluctance, she later accepted Tara as her mother. (2020-2021)
- Sanghita Ghosh / Tania Kar as Anuja Lahiri- Dhrubo's ex-wife; Gunja and Shlok's mother; a traitor who conspired against Dhrubo's family along with her boyfriend Sid; Tara and Chandni's former closest enemy; the entire Lahiri family's former rival. Later she was accidentally killed by Ron. (Killed) (2020-2021)
- Tanuka Chatterjee as Supriya Lahiri- Dhrubo and Ron's mother, Dipti's adoptive mother, Gurudev's ex-lover; Ranja's step-mother, the late Gautam's wife, head of Lahiri family.(2020-2021)
- Namita Chakraborty as Dulu Chatterjee/ Dulu Pishi - Gautam's younger sister, Dhrubo, Ron and Ranja's paternal aunt, Kush's aunt, Rima's mother (2020-2021)
- Sreejita Biswas as Rima - Dulu Pishi's daughter (2021)
- Rupsha Guha / Rii Sen as Ranja Banerjee (née Lahiri) / Ronita Chatterjee (fake identity) / Gurumaa- a shrewd and corrupt businesswoman; Dhrubo's half-sister and rival, who conspired against Shekhar's family and constantly instigated his brother Dhrubo against them, thus creating a rivalry between the two families; Dipti's adoptive elder half-sister and rival; Gautam's daughter; Supriya's step-daughter; Dhrubo, Tara and the entire Chowdhury and Lahiri family's rival; Animesh's wife; Roshan and Mahi's mother. Later, she faked her death and disguised herself as Guruma in order to swear revenge. Also she formed a company named 'RR Enterprise', in order to destroy Dhruba and Tara's business.(Jailed) (2020-2021)
- Raj Sen as Roshan Banerjee- Animesh and Ranja's only son, Chandni's former husband, Mahi's younger brother, Kush's younger brother-in-law, Gunja, Shlok and Uma's elder cousin brother, Dhrubo's nephew (Jailed) (2020-2021)
- Avijit Dev Roy as Animesh Banerjee- Ranja's husband, Roshan and Mahi's father, Dhrubo's brother-in-law (2020-2021)
- Shakshi Roy as Mahi Chatterjee (née Banerjee) - Animesh and Ranja's daughter, Roshan's younger sister, Gunja, Shlok and Uma's cousin sister, Kush's love interest and wife, Dhrubo's niece (2020-2021)
- Ayush Das as grown-up Shlok Lahiri- Anuja and Dhrubo's youngest son; Tara's step-son; Gunja's brother; Mahi's younger cousin brother, Uma's elder half-brother; Tuli's love interest (2021)
Others
- Kunal Banerjee as Dr. Kush Chatterjee- a doctor, Animesh and Ranja's son-in-law, Roshan's elder brother-in-law, Gunja, Shlok and Uma's elder cousin brother-in-law, Dulu's nephew, Mahi's love interest and husband (2020-2021)
- Himanshu De as Ratan Adhikari/ Mr. Adhikari- Manager of Lahiri Industries and later of Dhrubotara Industries (Dhrubajyoti Lahiri's official manager) who supported Dhrubo and Tara (2020-2021)
- Indranil Mallick as Siddhartha Chowdhury aka Sid- Dhrubo's college friend turned foe; Anuja's former boyfriend; Chandra's adopted son (Jailed) (2020-2021)
- Kushal Papai Bhowmick as Shirish Sanyal- Gunja's childhood friend and ex-fiancé, Agni's love rival, son of Mr. Sanyal (Dhrubo's business partner) (Jailed) (2020-2021)
- Debargha Majumdar as Sameer Agarwal- Mahi's ex-fiancé, son of industrialist Mr. Agarwal, a spoilt-brat and alcoholic (Jailed) (2020)
- Ratan Sarkhel as Keshav Chandra Ghosh aka Gurudev- Supriya's ex-lover who was jailed for 12 years for molesting her, Dhrubo and Ron's estranged father and former rival; the Lahiri family's former rival; Tara's former rival; Anuja's former influential teacher (jailed for seven years) (2020-2021)
- Purbasha Debnath as Anurupa- Gurudev's pupil, Tara's enemy (jailed) (2021)
- Prarona Bhattacharya as Mili- Gurudev's pupil who befriends Tara (2021)
- Biresh Chakraborty as Inspector Rajib Roy- an honest police officer, Dhrubo's best friend, Chandni's love interest and second husband (2021)
- Arpita Mondal as Taniya Sen- Agni's friend and assistant; Gunja's love rival (2021)
- Liza Sarkar as Tuli Sen- Taniya's younger sister; Shlok's friend and love interest (2021)
- Moumita Chakrabarty as Chandra Chowdhury- Ron, Dhrubo and Ranja's maternal aunt, Sid's adoptive mother, rival of the Lahiri family (Jailed) (2021)
Guest appearance
- Gora Dhar as a police officer.
References
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- "শুভজিৎ-শ্যামোপ্তি-ইন্দ্রজিৎ! আসছে নতুন ধারাবাহিক". Indian Express Bangla (in Bengali). 1 January 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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- "খাঁটি প্রেম, নাকি চুক্তিভিত্তিক বিয়ে? সম্পর্কের নতুন পরিভাষা শেখাবে 'ধ্রুবতারা' | sangbadpratidin". m.sangbadpratidin.in. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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- "Dhrubatara actress Shyamoupti Mudly turns 18". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- Dasgupta, Srishti. "Indrajeet Bose gears up for his new serial, Dhrubotara – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- "'আমি আসলে খুব চাপা, অগ্নির সঙ্গে মিল আছে': শুভজিৎ". Indian Express Bangla (in Bengali). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
External links
- Dhrubatara at IMDb
- Dhrubatara on Hotstar