Irabotir Chupkotha

Irabotir Chupkotha
Genre	Drama Romance Family Comedy
Developed by	Soumen Halder
Written by	Story Ashita Bhattacharya Dialogues Ayan Chakroborty Script Hrishita Bhattacharya
Directed by	Lakhan Ghosh
Creative directors	Satyaki and Birsha Dasgupta
Presented by	SVF Entertainment
Starring	Monami Ghosh Syed Arefin
Voices of	Ujjaini Mukherjee Suvam Moitra
Theme music composer	Ujjaini Mukherjee
Opening theme	"Jonaki Jane Ki? ... Sukh Chaiychhe Haoyay"
Composer	Indra (Baban)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	207 (as of 21 January 2019)
Production
Executive producers	Shrikanth Mohta and Mahendra Soni
Producers	Snighdha Basu Soumen Halder
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Acropolis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Original release
Network	Star Jalsha
Release	3 September 2018 (2018-09-03) – present

Irabotir Chupkotha is an Indian Bengali-language television soap opera which airs on Bengali GEC Star Jalsha and is available on the digital platform Hotstar. It premiered on 3 September 2018 and is telecast daily. The show is produced by Acropolis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and features actress Monami Ghosh and model-actor Syed Arefin in lead roles. The teaser of the show was released on 31 July 2018.

Ghosh plays the lead role of "Iraboti Mitra", a 32-year-old kind and caring lady who is excellent at balancing her job and family. The series marks Ghosh's return to a lead role on Bengali television, since her portrayal of Kankon in Star Jalsha's daily soap opera Punyi Pukur.

Premise

The story revolves around Iraboti Mitra, an independent working woman who balances her professional and personal life very well. She is 32 and unmarried as she devotes herself to nurturing her siblings well after the death of her parents. Her life takes a sudden turn when an arrogant businessman Akash Chatterjee comes in her life and threatens to take her house away, claiming the house to be his property. Later, to support her family members in times of financial crisis, she takes up the job as a P.A. to Akash, serving him with her honest efforts amid the various challenges turned tortures he inflicts upon her to satisfy his ego . Later on, Iraboti slowly discovers and brings about the emotional side of Akash, due to him having a troubled childhood, as her mother left him suddenly on his own, owing to his misery and rough temperament to develop. While all this is going on, Iraboti and Akash share a simultaneous love-hate relationship as the fight over the legal rights regarding the ownership of the house "Shesher Kobita" continues!

Cast

Main Cast

• Monami Ghosh as Iraboti Mitra aka Ira

A 32-year-old sales executive and part time music teacher, Akash's employee and his rival regarding the ownership of her ancestral house "Shesher Kobita". She is the second among her siblings (Shato, Jhelum and Tista), and has been engaged to her childhood friend Broto. She is equally efficient at balancing her home and work, and is kind and caring by nature with a strong sense of self-esteem.

• Syed Arefin as Akash Chatterjee

A 38-year-old egoistic businessman and former NRI, Iraboti's boss. He claims Iraboti's ancestral house to be his. Her mother left him in his childhood due to a dispute with his father, and hence, he thinks women to be selfish and chance-seeker opportunists from then on. From this loneliness and inner frustration of his, he presents himself as an arrogant man with no room for emotions.

Recurring Cast

Mitra family

• Suchandra Chowdhury as Mrs. Mitra aka "Thammi"

The Mitra family's grandmother. She is a loving and caring personality with a mind of her own. She comes across as the most sympathetic and supportive person towards Iraboti's struggles and stands up to instances of injustice towards her, especially at home. She desires peace, prosperity and unity in the family.

• Subhrajit Dutta as Shatodru Mitra aka Shato

Iraboti's elder brother, 35 years of age, and the eldest of the four siblings, Piyali's husband, Daampu's father, a sales man by profession. He is struggling on financial grounds and earnestly wants to support his sister Ira in her struggle.

• Nayna Banerjee as Piyali Mitra

Shato's wife and Iraboti's sister-in-law as well as friend. She along with Jhelum is opposing Ira's decision not to sell their ancestral house and wants to secure her and her husband Shato's financial condition by the money they can get by selling the house.

• Surabhi Mallick as Jhelum Sen (née Mitra) aka Jhili

Iraboti's 25-year-old younger sister and the third-born among the siblings. She is a greedy , opportunist, boastful, cunning and selfish girl, who aims to be a super model, and mostly creates problems for Ira and the family. She had a fling with Ira's fiance Broto to escape her family's financial crisis, and tactfully got married to Broto.

• Alivia Malakar as Tista Mitra aka Chhuti

Iraboti's youngest sister, 23 years of age, who is good and supportive at heart, and quite grounded in nature. She is in her 3rd year of M.B.B.S. course. She has a liking to Broto's younger brother Rwito.

• Aishik Mukherjee as Dwaipayan Mitra aka Daampu

Shato and Piyali's 6-year-old son, Iraboti's nephew.

• Bikash Bhowmik as Mr. Mitra

Shatodru, Iraboti, Jhelum and Tista's father (deceased, appears in flashback scenes only).

Chatterjee-Banerjee family

• Anuradha Roy as Debjani Banerjee / Debjani Chatterjee - A popular singer (specializing in Rabindra Sangeet) and a mother-figure to Iraboti. She is actually Anando Chatterjee's estranged wife and Akash's estranged mother.
• Sumanta Mukherjee as Anando Chatterjee - A retired businessman and Debjani Chatterjee's estranged husband. He is Akash's father, and the original owner of the house "Shesher Kobita".
• Suchismita Chowdhury as Mona Chatterjee Akash Chatterjee's governess who is staying with Chatterjee family with her two children to take care of Akash. Akash Chatterjee respects her as his 2nd mother as she took care of him in absence of his own mother.
• Namita Chakraborty as Rupa Banerjee (née Mukherjee) - Anando's younger sister and Akash's paternal aunt, Avik's mother, Meghna's mother-in-law.
• Rajiv Bose as Avik Banerjee - Akash's younger cousin brother, who also works in his company.
• Juiee Sarkar / Madhumita Roy as Meghna Banerjee - Avik's wife and Iraboti and Broto's friend in college.

Others

• Raja Goswami as Subroto Sen aka Broto - Iraboti's childhood friend and ex-fiancé, who had a liking towards Jhelum and had to marry her later.
• Arnab Chowdhury as Rwitobroto Sen aka Rwito - Broto's younger brother and Chhuti's love interest.
• Biplab Banerjee / Sanjib Sarkar as Sotyobroto Sen - Broto and Rwito's father, Iraboti's father's friend.
• Kunal Banerjee as Saptarshi - Broto's paternal cousin brother, Jhelum's ex-fiancé.
• Gopa Nandi as "Kakoli di" - A roadside vendor and Iraboti's neighbour, who considers Iraboti as a family member.
• Raj Bhattacharya as Siddhartha Choudhury aka "Sid"- A famous music director.