Mahanayak (TV series)

*Mahanayak*
Mahanayak
	Promotional Image of the Series
Genre	Drama
Created by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Written by	Kallol Lahiri
Directed by	Birsa Dasgupta
Starring	Prosenjit Chatterjee; Paoli Dam ; Tanushree Chakraborty
Composer	Indraadip Dasgupta
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	97
Production
Producers	Mahendra Soni, Shrikant Mohta
Production location	Kolkata
Running time	20 minutes
Original release
Network	STAR Jalsha
Release	June 27 –; October 16, 2016

Mahanayak is a Bengali mini-television drama series of 99 episode that premiered on June 27, 2016 and aired at 7:00 pm on Star Jalsha . The series stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Tanushree Chakraborty, Priyanka Sarkar, Manali Dey, Biswanath Basu and Biswajit Chakraborty in lead roles. The series is loosely based on the life of megastar Uttam Kumar.^[1]

Plot summary

The series promises to chart the life of a superstar of 60's era — a life fraught with career highs and personal turbulences.^[2]

Prosenjit Chatterjee as Arun Kumar Chatterjee (character based on Uttam Kumar) ^[3]^[4]
Paoli Dam as Sucharita Sen (character based on Suchitra Sen^[5]
Mishka Halim as Uma Chatterjee (character based on Gauri Chatterjee)
Tanushree Chakraborty as Priya Devi (character based on Supriya Devi)
Priyanka Sarkar as Gayatri (character based on Sabitri Chatterjee)
Ridhima Ghosh as Urmila (character based on Mala Sinha)
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Satrajit Ray (character based on Satyajit Ray)
Gaurav Chakrabarty as Biswanath (character based on Biswajit Chatterjee)
Shantilal Mukherjee as Hemen Mukhopadhyay (character based on Hemanta Mukhopadhyay)
Bidipta Chakraborty as Saon Debi (character based on Kanan Devi)
Debdut Ghosh as Chandranath Sen (character based on Dibanath Sen)
Biswajit Chakraborty as Mr. Sarker
Biswanath Basu as Kanu
Manali Dey as Nibedita Ray
Ambarish Bhattacharya as Buro (brother of Arunkumar) (character based on Tarun Kumar Chatterjee)
Arindam Sil as Tapan Sinha (character based on Tapan Sinha)^[6]
Arindol Bagchi as Adhir Sarker
Oindrilla Sen as Madhumita (character based on Moushumi Chatterjee )

^ "Prosenjit Chatterjee stuns as Uttam Kumar". Daily News and Analysis. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Mahanayak to rock small screen". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "My character in Mahanayak bears traces of Uttam: Prosenjit". Business Standard. Retrieved 19 June 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "First look of 'Mahanayak'". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 15 Jan 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Paoli Dam excited about Suchitra Sen inspired role in Mahanayak". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 June 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Arindam Sil to portray Tapan Sinha". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)