Jai Kali Kalkattawali
Jai Kali Kalkattawali (Bengali: জয় কালী কালকাত্তায়ালি, yāi kālī kālakāttāy.āli) is an Indian Bengali language anthology crime "Chalo Paltai" drama series that premiered on 24 July 2017 starring Ananya Chatterjee and Biswanath Basu. It was produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. It went off-air on 1 June 2019, airing 661 episodes. It was re-aired on Star Jalsha and Star Jalsha HD during lockdown period, due to COVID-19 pandemic.
| Jai Kali Kalkattawali | |
|---|---|
 Title poster | |
| Genre | Soap opera Crime Thriller |
| Created by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Written by | Concept Star Jalsha Creative Team Screenplay Sarbari Ghosal Dialogues Sourab Sengupta |
| Directed by | Sayan Dasgupta Swarnendu Samaddar |
| Creative director | Sahana Dutta |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | Jai Kali Kalkattawali |
| Composer | Upali Chattopadhyay |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 661 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni |
| Production location | Kolkata |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Jalsha |
| Original release | 24 July 2017 – 1 June 2019 |
| Related | |
Plot
Abhaya is a detective who also a devotee of Goddess Kali, and a saviour in disguise for women. Abhaya was brought up by her in-laws when she was just six after her mother's death due to domestic violence and her father was a priest of the Mukherjees and he died after leaving her to her in-laws' place.
The show starts with Abhaya's childhood where Abhaya goes to pray Goddess Kali but she sees her mother facing domestic violence and was murdered and burned in fire, which she saw it as a terrible dream. She suddenly wakes up but the dream of her mother's death constantly reminds her. She is also a devotee of Goddess Kali and a housewife of the Mukherjees. Sometimes, to catch criminals, she disguises herself.
As she confronts the it follows the story of Abhaya, a docile homemaker from a traditional Bengali family who crusades against injustice against women. It shows how she uses her skills to solve crimes and catch criminals while looking after her family.
The show ended with Radharani fixing time bomb in Abhaya's chair, where Abhaya successfully wins, and Radharani dies and at the very end, it was shown Abhaya saying a few words.
Cast
Main
- Ananya Chatterjee as Abhaya Mukherjee aka Mishti - Khokon's wife and Gungun and Topor's mother
- Biswanath Basu as Tathagata Mukherjee aka Khokon - Gungun and Topor's father, Abhaya's husband
- Aditi Chatterjee as Sarbani Mukherjee aka Buri - Animesh and Bharati's only daughter
Recurring
- Manasi Sinha as Bharati Mukherjee - Bochon, Khokon, Buri and Tojon's mother
- Manishankar Banerjee as Animesh Mukherjee - Bochon, Khokon, Buri and Tojon's father
- Mita Chatterjee as Animesh's paternal aunt aka Pishithamma
- Basanti Chatterjee as Hema Malini - Bochon, Khokon, Buri and Tojon's paternal grandmother
- Rani Mukherjee as Banasali Mukherjee aka Mahua - Animesh and Bharati's eldest daughter-in-law
- Oindrila Saha as Kaushiki Mukherjee aka Phuljhuri - Bochon and Mahua's daughter
- Tanish Chakraborty as Topor - Abhaya and Khokon's son
- Sandip Chakraborty as Bochon Mukherjee - Animesh and Bharati's eldest son
- Sampurna Mondal / Saheli Ghosh Ray as Ishani Mukherjee aka Gungun - Abhaya and Khokon's daughter
- Debomoy Mukherjee as Swagato Mukherjee aka Tojon - Animesh and Bharati's youngest son
- Bhaswar Chatterjee as Baba Biswalok (later disguised as Priyajit Sarkar, a magician, only to seek revenge from Abhaya)
- Annwesha Hazra as Amrita [1]
- Bhaskar Banerjee as Bhaskar Ganguly
- Priyanka Bhattacharjee as Shruti, Buri's student
- Chandrayee Ghosh as Radharani - A corrupt self-proclaimed godwoman (Deceased)
- Mayna Banerjee as Sarada - Abhaya's biological mother (Deceased)
- Rii Sen as Damayanti Bose - Film actress (Deceased) [2]
- Tramila Bhattacharya as Mithila, a police officer
- Joyjit Banerjee as a fellow Inspector [3]
- Priyanka Halder as Rikhiya, Amaresh's girlfriend
- Diya Chakraborty as Upanita and Upasana (double role)
- Manali Dey as Manjari
- Sarmistha Acharjee as Pooja
- Tanuka Chatterjee as Basundhara (Deceased)
- Debachandrima Singha Roy as Ira
- Tumpa Ghosh as Tanushree
- Nabonita Dey as Riyaa.
- Adrija Roy as Diya Singha - Barnali and Durjoy's daughter (Deceased)
- Sohini Sanyal as Barnali Singha - Diya's mother, Durjoy's wife
- Joy Badlani as Durjoy Singha - Diya's father, Barnali's wife
- Nandini Chatterjee as Nivedita Palit - Pooja's mother in-law
- Moushumi Priya Debnath as Pia
- Sayanta Modak as Korok, Pia's husband
- Sreetama Bhattacharya as Sudipa
- Geetashree Roy as Rikia
- Payel Dey as Ritoja
- Pratyusha Paul as Ranja
- Sonali Chowdhury as Chandni
- Aindrila Sharma as Poulomi [4]
- Aishwarya Sen as Paromita
- Samrat Mukherji as Animesh
- Alivia Sarkar as Linda
- Rajesh kr Chattopadhyay as Ajay
- Trina Saha as Keya
- Ushasi Ray as Muniya
- Swarnava Sanyal as Baban
- Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Baban's mother
- Jasmine Roy as Swati - Sandip's wife and Goutam's love interest
- Farhan Imroze [5] as Sandip - Swati's husband /Fake Sandip or Goutam, Rini's husband and Swati's love interest
- Aemila Sadhukan as Rini, Goutam's wife
- Soumitrisha Kundu as Raka
- Animesh Bhaduri as Sukumar- Sarbani's love interest.
References
- "Actress Annwesha Hazra to feature in 'Jai Kali Kalkattawali' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- "Ritu Parna Sen to feature in 'Jai Kali Kalkattawali' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- "Joyjit Banerjee set to enter Joy Kali Kalkattawali - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- "Actress Aindrila Sharma gets nostalgic about 'Jai Kali Kalkattawali' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- "What's Trina Saha up to in Jai Kali Kolkattawali? - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2022.