Rakhi Bandhan
Rakhi Bandhan (Bengali: রাখি বন্ধন) was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 28 November 2016 and aired on Star Jalsha. Sayanta Modak, Sraboni Bhunia, and Subhrojit Saha played the lead roles. The show as dubbed in Tamil as Minmini Pookal, airing on Vijay Super.[2] The show's revolved round the unique bonding between the young actors Krittika and Soham, who played Rakhi and Bandhan respectively. Krittika was applauded for her comic timing, dialogue delivery and expressions. The show took a leap of 12 years in September 2018 and the young actors were replaced by Subhrajit and Srabani as Bandhan and Rakhi respectively. The show has been produced by Blues Productions. The show went off air on 3 February after airing 787 episodes and was replaced by Mahapeeth Tarapeeth.
| Rakhi Bandhan | |
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| Bengali: রাখি বন্ধন | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Blues Productions |
| Written by | Snehasish Chakroborty |
| Directed by | Bidyut Saha |
| Starring | Shrabani Bhunia[1] Subhrojit Saha |
| Theme music composer | Arup Ghosh |
| Opening theme | "Rakhi Bandhan" by Joy and Trisha |
| Composer | Snehasish Chakraborty |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of episodes | 787 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Snehasish Chakroborty |
| Production location | Kolkata |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Blues Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Jalsha |
| Original release | 28 November 2016 – 3 February 2019 |
Series overview
Bandhan and Rakhi are orphans. Neglected by their relatives, they are each other's support system. But when fate threatens to tear them apart, they must overcome all the hurdles.
Plot summary
Rakhi Bandhan is the story of a brother and a sister who lost their parents at tender age. They are neglected by their aunt who makes them do all the household chores. Bandhan takes an oath to bring Rakhi up as a good person and send her to school and fulfil all her dreams. The story revolves around Bandhan and Rakhi's relationship.
12 years leap
Off late, the show has taken a successful leap as we find Rakhi and Bandhan all grown up, an estrangement threatens to rip them apart. Bandhan still continues to try and bring his sister back under his wings from where she'd taken off, driven by circumstances. Bandhan is determined to mend a straining relationship with his sister and the interpersonal relationship between two siblings still forms the core of the show.
Cast
- Krittika Chakraborty as Rakhi
- Shrabani Bhunia as Adult Rakhi.
- Soham Basu Roy Chowdhury as Bandhan
- Subhrojit Saha as Adult Bandhan.[3]
- Sayanta Modak as Ved (Rakhi's husband)
- Subrata Mitra as Police Kaku
- Amitabha Bhattacharrya as Doctor Babu
- Rita Koiral / Chaitali Chakraborty as Malina Chatterjee (Bandhan and Rakhi's elder paternal aunt, Bittu's mother)
- Subhasish Mukherjee as Late Amaresh Chatterjee (Bandhan's and Rakhi's elder paternal uncle, Bittu's father,Malina's husband)
- Anirban Ghosh as Late Kumaresh Chatterjee (Bandhan and Rakhi's late father, Amaresh's younger brother)
- Piyali Basu as Uttara/Swati (Rakhi and Bandhan's mother)
- Aditi Chatterjee as Rikhiya,a principal
- Rana Mitra as Rikhiya's husband
- Kushal Chakraborty as Sabyasachi, a lawyer
- Indrani Majumder as Sabyasachi's wife
- Pradip Dhar as Madan
- Arpita Dutta Chowdhury as Damayanti (Rakhi and Bandhan's Mami)
- Debjani Chattopadhyay as Anamika Banerjee
- Gaurav Ghosal as Dil
- Moumita Chakraborty as Jagatjanani
- Saikat Das as Tiyash
- Boni Mukherjee as Deepika
- Kanchana Maitra
- Goutam Dey
- Tanushree Saha
- Indrakshi Nag as Isha
- Manoj Ojha as Bandhan's adoptive father
- Rupsha Chakraborty as Bandhan's adoptive mother
References
- "Srabani Bhunia Bengali Actress". Be Facts. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- "Actress Rita Koiral Dies At The Age Of 58". NDTV. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- "Rakhi Bandhan Bangla Tv Serial Time Leap".