Kora Pakhi
Kora Pakhi | |
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Genre | Drama Romance |
Written by | Leena Gangopadhyay Paromita Sengupta |
Directed by | Subimal Mishra Aminul Iqbal Diganta Sinha Poritosh Pahariya |
Creative directors | Leena Gangopadhyay Suparna Laha |
Presented by | Bright Advertising Pvt. Ltd. |
Starring | Parno Mittra Rishi Kaushik Titas Bhowmik |
Theme music composer | Debjyoti Mishra |
Opening theme | Kora Pakhi by Anweshaa |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Bengali |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 205 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Sajal Biswas Deep Partha Dey |
Producer | Leena Gangopadhyay |
Production locations | Kolkata Purulia |
Cinematography | Madhab Naskar |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes (approx.) |
Production companies | Magic Moments Motion Pictures Organic Studios |
Original release | |
Network | STAR Jalsha |
Release | 13 January 2020 1 January 2021 | –
Kora Pakhi was an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 13 January 2020, and airs on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha, and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar.[1] The show was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay,[2] and starred Parno Mittra[3] and Rishi Kaushik.
The show marks the comeback of Parno Mittra[4] on Bengali television after a decade[5] and Rishi Kaushik's comeback after more than a year, since the end of his last show Kusum Dola, also helmed by Leena Ganguly. Titas Bhowmik features as the parallel lead in this show.
This show deals with how to break stereotype, bullying, to break Taboo and about journalism.
Plot
Abandoned at birth, Amon has been raised as a tribal village girl and aspires to create an identity of her own as a journalist in one of Kolkata's leading newspapers. A chance encounter with the city-bred and jovial Ankur will change Amon's fate forever as love blossoms between the two while Amon's quest to find her roots and become independent continues. The story also revealed about Amon's birth identity as the daughter of Gulu and Bonny.
Cast
Main
- Parno Mittra as Amon Banerjee - Bonny and Gulu's estranged daughter raised by tribals, a journalist, Ankur's ex-wife.
- Rishi Kaushik as Ankur Banerjee - owner of a tours and travels company, Amon's ex-husband, Medha's love interest.
- Titas Bhowmik as Medha Sinha - Bonny and Mimi's adopted daughter; Ankur's friend, lover and business partner.
- Susovan Sonu Roy as Office Colleague (Journalist)
Recurring
- Ankur's family
- Sumanta Mukherjee as Jadabendra Banerjee aka Jodu - Radharani's husband, Ankur's father.
- Anashua Majumdar / Moumita Gupta as Radharani Banerjee - Jodu's wife, Ankur's mother.
- Surojit Banerjee as Chitrabhanu Banerjee aka Bhanu - Jodu's younger brother, Nandini's husband, Ankur's younger paternal uncle, Ajaan and Ahaan's father.
- Rajashree Bhowmik as Rangana Banerjee - Bhanu's wife, Ankur's younger aunt, Ajaan and Ahaan's mother.
- Kushal Chakraborty as Agnibesh Banerjee aka Benu - Jodu's youngest brother, Suhasini's husband, Ankur's youngest paternal uncle.
- Manjushree Ganguly as Suhasini Banerjee - Benu's wife, Ankur's youngest aunt.
- Dwaipayan Das as Ahaan Banerjee - Ankur's younger cousin brother, Bhanu and Nandini's younger son, Ajaan's younger twin brother, Bonolata's friend and love interest.
- Aishwarya Sen as Bonolata Banerjee - Ajaan's widow, Ahaan's friend and love interest.
Others
- Jyotsna Majumdar as Chandboni Soren aka "Chand Maasi" - Ankur's family's domestic help, Amon's fellow villager and wellwisher.
- Debesh Ray Chowdhury as Parimal Hansda aka Pori - Rangta village's elder tribal man. He raised Amon and hence, he is her adoptive grandfather.
- Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Mrinalini Sen aka Gulu - a popular author and college professor, Mimi's adoptive elder cousin sister, formerly Bonny's lover, Amon's estranged mother.
- Bharat Kaul as Debdut Sinha aka Bonny - the managing director and creative head of one of Kolkata's leading newspapers, Mimi's husband, formerly Gulu's lover, Amon's estranged father, Medha's adoptive father.
- Malabika Sen as Monidipa Sinha aka Mimi - Gulu's adoptive younger cousin sister, Bonny's wife, Medha's adoptive mother.
- Rahul Chakraborty as Surjo Sen - a senior journalist and Amon's well-wisher.
- Sreya Bhattacharyya as Tuli - Bonny's sororal niece.
- Diganta Bagchi as Ratna Sen - a lawyer, Bonny's friend.
- Tathagata Mukherjee as Dweepjoy, a lawyer.
References
- ^ "আদিবাসী মেয়ের গল্প নিয়ে আসছে নতুন ধারাবাহিক" (in Bengali).
- ^ "'Kora Pakhi' has no similarity with 'Ishti Kutum': Writer Leena Gangopadhyay".
- ^ "Parno Mittra to play an aspiring journo in Kora Pakhi".
- ^ "Parno wants more strong women characters in Tollywood".
- ^ "Parno returned to the small screen after ten years".