Gaaner Oparey
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Gaaner Oparey was a critically acclaimed Indian (Bengali) television serial which was aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. This TV musical marked the beginning of a year long celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. This new concept was a brainchild of the famous Indian director Rituparno Ghosh. The songs were all popular Rabindra sangeets.
Storyline
The story revolves around a girl called Sohini (more commonly known as Pupe) from an orthodox Tagore worshipping family and Gora, an extremely talented but carefree lad, who keeps on experimenting with Rabindra sangeet. The story traces their relationship and human emotions through an imaginative portrayal of Tagore, his true ideals and their significance today. It also portrays the patriarchal society still prevalent in modern India.The serial used more than fifty Tagore songs and brought out their relevance in the lives of the protagonists. The cast was composed of stalwarts such as Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Dipankar De plus newcomers Gaurav and Arjun Chakrabarty (sons of Sabyasachi Chakrabarty ). The female lead was played by Mimi Chakrabarty in only her second project as an actress. The show has portrayed three different forms of Rabindrasangeet: the more traditional kind through the voice of Pupe, a fused version with Hindustani classical music, through the voice of Pradipto, and an 'unplugged' rendition, sometimes incorporating rap words and band music, through Gora. Musicians in the production included Anindya Narayan Biswas, Soumyojit Das, Sharmistha Paul, and Samantak Sinha.
Cast and Crew
Story : Anuja Chattopadhyay and Rituparno Ghosh
Script : Rituparno Ghosh & Anuja Chattopadhyay
Music : Debajyoti Mishra
Singers : Anindya Narayan Biswas, Samantak Sinha, Sharmistha Paul, Soumyajit Das, Amrita Datta, Debashish Banerjee, Runu Dutta.
Producer : Ideas Creations ( Prosenjit Chatterjee & Arpita Chatterjee )
Director : Joydeep Mukherjee
Cast
- Gora : Arjun Chakrabarty
- Pupe/Sohini Deb : Mimi Chakraborty
- Pradipto Lahiri /Deep : Gaurav Chakrabarty
- Chandrasekhar Deb : Dipankar De
- Sucharita Sanyal : Alokanonda Roy
- Jhinuk Sanyal : Anindita Bose
- Tintin (Trinanjon) : Indrasish Roy
- Nikhilesh Deb : Bodhisattwa Majumdar
- Subinoy Deb : Krishnakishore Mukherjee
- Chandrahash Deb : Kaushik Sen
- Kamalika : Anuradha Roy
- Ajanta : Anindita Biswas Kapileshwari
- Rupa (Shatarupa) : Anjana Basu
- Bubai (Uttiyo) : Sourav Chatterjee
- Mishtu (Nandini) : Tania Kar
- Sumana : Daminee Basu
- Sakya : Animesh Bhaduri
- Pradyumna Lahiri : Biswajit Chakraborty
- Keya Lahiri : Mithu Chakrabarty
- Bisri (Sribilash Deb) : Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
- Kumudini (Kumu) : Shalmi Barman
- Kanai-da: Dilip
- Bablu-da: Joydip Kundu
- Samiran (Sam): Srijit Mukherji
- Ayan: Rohit Samanta
- Bonya (Chhoto Pishima): Debjani Chatterjee
- Boro Pishima: Papiya Sen
- Boro Pishemoshai: Prodip Banerjee
- Maitreyee: Ananya Chatterjee
- Other supporting cast: Ardhendu Banerjee, Judhajit Banerjee, Ashrujit Nandi (cameo) etc.