Bhootu
| Bhootu | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Also known as | Bhutu |
| Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Written by | Story Sahana Raghuvir Shekhawat Damini Joshi Dialogues Malova Majumdar zeetv Rahul Pandey Screenplay Ashrunu Moitra zeetv Rahul Pandey |
| Directed by | Srijit Roy Hemant N Mishra (Hindi) |
| Creative director | Riya Sengupta |
| Starring | Arshiya Mukherjee Viraj Kapoor Sana Amin Sheikh Kinshuk Mahajan Akansha Chamola Tushar Khanna Anindita Raychaudhury Debidas Bhattacharyya |
| Narrated by | Zee Creative Team |
| Theme music composer | Upaali Chatterjee Zee TV Prakash, Viraj |
| Composer | Dony Hazarika |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | Bengali Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | Zee Bangla (301) Zee TV (214) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni |
| Production locations | Kolkata Naigaon |
| Cinematography | Hanif Sheikh |
| Editors | Dharmesh Patel Pramod kunder |
| Running time | 22 minutes approx |
| Production company | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee Bangla Zee Tv |
| Release | Zee Bangla 14 March 2016 – 25 February 2017 Zee TV 21 August 2017 – 15 June 2018 |
| Related | |
| Bhootu | |
Bhootu is an Indian Bengali / Hindi language children's comedy-drama television series that aired on Zee Bangla and Zee TV.
The original series was broadcast on Zee Bangla. The series revolves around a friendly girl ghost, "Bhutu", who always tries to help others, often causing light mischief and mayhem in the process. The character is based on Casper the Friendly Ghost. The show is dubbed in Hindi is telecast on Zee Anmol as Laddoo.[1]
The show was rebooted in Hindi for Zee TV and premiered on 21 August 2017. The show stars Arshiya Mukherjee, Sana Amin Sheikh, Kinshuk Mahajan and Akanksha Chamola and Anjali Priya.
Plot (Hindi Version)
Bhootu is the story based on cute little ghost. The show revolves around Bhutu/Pihu, a 7-year old friendly ghost. She loves to play with friends and she is very close to her mother. But she is very sad and disheartened that no one can see her. Meanwhile, Gopal (Krishna) comes to be with her as a companion and he promises that he will make her to meet her mother.
Cast (Zee Bangla)
Main
- Arshiya Mukherjee as Bhutu Majumder / Putu Majumder, Bhutu's younger sister; Bhutu's lookalike; only on final episode[2][3]
Recurring
- Subrata Guha Roy as Johor Dalal
- Animesh Bhaduri as Deepen Majumder as aka Deepu: Bhutu's father.
- Gita Mukherjee as Bhutu's paternal Grandmother (Thammi)
- Mimi Dutta as Sudha; Bhutu's mother
- Riyanka Dasgupta as Mallika Majumder aka Mishtu.(Mishti pisi)
- Ritoja Majumder / Sanjuktaa Roy Chowdhury as Krishna Majumder; Bhutu's paternal aunt(Jemma)
- Judhajit Banerjee as Bhutu's paternal uncle. (Jethu)
- Samriddho as Logence; Bhutu's close friend.
- Suman Banerjee as Prabol: Bhutu's maternal uncle.(Mama)
- Arpita Dutta Chowdhury as Swapna: Probal's wife, Bhutu's maternal aunt.(Mami)
- Saheli Ghosh Roy as Prabol and Swapna's daughter ; Bhutu's maternal cousin
- Dwaipayan Das as Shayan; Nephew of Bhutu's paternal grandfather (Kannakaku)
- Avery Singha Roy as Arna: Shayan's wife, a karate player.(Karate kaki)
- Sampurna Mondal as Ratri's daughter
- Prriyam Chakraborty as Borna; Ayon's wife.
- Soma Banerjee as Guruma
- Pallavi Mukherjee as Chaapa: a maid
- Ashmita Chakraborty as Munni: a maid
- Nayana Bandyopadhyay as Minu
- Arnab Vadra as Shibu Chor,Minu's brother(Pocha Rongkaku)
- Anindita Sarkar as Renu Pisi/ Neki pisi Thamma; Bhutu's maternal grand aunt
- Chaitali Chakraborty as Churni Pisi / Ragi pisi Thamma: Bhutu's elder grandaunt
- Kheyali Dastidar as Pune Pisi
- Prantik Banerjee as Boidujjo Bhowmik
- Riya Ganguly Chakraborty as Ratri: Shayan's sister
- Ranjini Chattopadhyay as Bhutu's maternal grandmother.(Dida)
- Basanti Chatterjee as Mrinal aka Meni: Bhutu's maternal grandaunt.(Masi Thammi)
- Alivia Sarkar as Tania; Bonna's sister, Somu's love interest, Bhutu's Ragi aunty
- Sourav Chatterjee as Somen Majumder aka Somu: Bhutu's paternal uncle.(Kakai)
- Sourav Das as Johor's nephew
- Amitava Bhattacharyya as Doctor
- Lily Chakravarty as Thummum; grandmother-in-law of Madhobi, Mouli and Lekha; paternal grandmother of Aniket, Ishani and Nirjhor.
- Anindita Raychaudhury as Madhobi / Madhu (as called by her husband) / Mummum; Bhutu's foster mother
- Biresh Chakraborty / Rajiv Bose as Aniket, Madhobi's husband; elder brother of Ishani and Nirjhor
- Manali Dey as Mouli / Bordidi; eldest daughter of third tenant family; Nirjhor's wife
- Anindya Chatterjee as Nirjhor / Bheeturaam Kaku; younger brother of Aniket and Ishani; Mouli's husband
- Sneha Chatterjee as Ishani/Ojha Pisi, sister of Aniket and Nirjhor, sister-in-law of Madhobi and Mouli
- Mou Bhattacharya as the mother of Ishani, Aniket and Nirjhor
- Pritha Bandopadhyay as Roma; Lekha's mother-in-law; paternal aunt of Aniket, Ishani and Nirjhor
- Elfina Mukherjee as Lekha
- Aritra Dutta as Roma's son; Lekha's husband
- Priya Malakar as Roma's daughter; Lekha's sister-in-law
- Boni Mukherjee as school teacher
- Ambarish Bhattacharya as school teacher
- Palash Ganguly as Palash;Mouli's former fiancé
- Moumita Chakrabarty / Dola Chakraborty as Konok; Mouli's stepmother. Bhutu's Gol Jethi
- Sakshi Dona Saha as Mouli's youngest step-sister
- Manasi Sinha as Logence's Pisi Thammi, paternal grandaunt
- Shraboni Bonik as Reetu; Logence's aunt (Jemma) and Rupsha's mother
- Rohit Mukherjee as Anup; Logence's uncle (Jethu) and Rupsha's father
- Fahim Mirza as Asit; Logence's father and Rupsha's uncle
- Anindita Bhattacharya as Tonu; Logence's mother and Rupsha's aunt
- Somjita Bhattacharya as Jilipi Masi: Maids of house
- Swarnadipto Ghosh as Amit; Logence and Rupsha's uncle (Kaka)
- Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Rumi; Logence and Rupsha's paternal aunt (Mishti Pisi)
- Aditya Roy as Bikram; Rumi's lover
- Anindya Banerjee as Ronodeep
- Goutam Mukherjee as Ronodeep's Paternal Uncle, Anup's Boss
- Ishita Chatterjee as Ronodeep's mother
Cast (Zee TV)
Main
- Arshiya Mukherjee as Pihu Subodh Bose (Bhutu) / Shona (Bhutu's doppelganger)
- Viraaj Kapoor as Baal Krishna/Gopal
- Sana Amin Sheikh as Suchi Sharma / Suchi Aarav Randhawa / Burburi
- Kinshuk Mahajan as Aarav Randhawa
- Akanksha Chamola as Anandita Subodh Bose
Recurring
- Kapil Nirmal as Vikram
- Khushbu Thakkar as Barbie[4][5]
- Shivangi Verma as Mohini
- Tushar Khanna as Badripasad / Bobby
- Aliraza Namdar as Barbie's father
- Sameer Sharma / Vimarsh Roshan as Subodh Bose (Pihu's father)
- Dharmik Joisar as Gulgule Sharma
- Tanushree Kaushal as Aarav's mother
- Neetha Shetty as Mansi Randhawa, Aarav's sister
- Cindrella Dcruz as Suman, Suchi's Chhoti Maa
- Vipin Krishan Chahal as Sankalp Sharma, Suchi's brother
- Anjali Priya as Sheetal Sankalp Sharma
- Gaurav Vasudev as Tantarik (Bhootnath)
- Archana Mittal as Sarita Sharma, Suchi's mother
- Karim Hajee as Shuchi's father
- Drishti Chopra as Pooja, Suchi's friend
- Neeraj Goswami as Rishabh
- Shalini Vishnudev as Rakhi Mehta
Broadcast
This show has been remade in Kannada as Anjali the Friendly Ghost, which airs on Zee Kannada, Monday through Friday at 6 pm.[6] The Hindi dubbed version will be aired on the sister channel of Zee Bangla, Zee Anmol beginning 14 November 2016.[citation needed]. The show was remade in Hindi as Bhootu started from 21 August 2017 at 6:30 pm. It will replace the Zee TV show Bin Kuch Kahe. The show was aired on Zee TV starting from 21 August 2017 Monday to Friday at 6:30 pm. It is currently telecast on TV Derana in Sri Lanka with the title Chuti Du and in Malayalam named as Vellinakshathram on Zee Keralam.
References
- ^ Indiablooms. "After Casper for big screen in Hollywood, Bhutu debuts in Bengali telly as friendly ghost - Indiablooms - First Portal on Digital News Management".
- ^ "A sneak peek into the lives of Bhutu and Potol". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ "How can you not fall in love with Bhutu after this?". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "TV Actress Khushbu Thakkar to enter Zee Tv's Bhootu". ABP Live. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Khushbu Thakkar joins Tushar Khanna in 'Bhootu'". Bombay Times. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Anjali - The friendly Ghost - October 3rd, 2016 - Watch Full Episode Online for Free - OZEE - Zee Kannada". www.ozee.com.
