Bokul Kotha
Bokul Kotha is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 4 December 2017 and aired on Zee Bangla Monday to Saturday. The show was produced by Acropolis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and starred Ushasi Ray[1] and Honey Bafna[2] in lead roles and Uponita Bnaerjee, Sumanta Mukherjee, Shreyasree Samanta, Arindam Banerjee and Biplab Banerjee in prominent supporting roles.
| Bokul Kotha | |
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 Promotional Poster | |
| Bengali: বকুল কথা | |
| Genre | Drama Romance |
| Written by | Story Ashita Bhattacharya Dialogues Ayan Chakroborty Screenplay Vivek Ranjan Chatterjee |
| Directed by | Soumen Halder Sumalya Bhattacharya |
| Creative director(s) | Satyaki and Birsha Dasgupta |
| Presented by | Acropolis Entertainment |
| Starring | Ushasi Ray Honey Bafna |
| Voices of | Ujjaini Mukherjee Suvam Moitra |
| Theme music composer | Suvam Moitra |
| Composer(s) | Indra (Baban) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 674 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Soumen Halder Sumalya Bhattacharya |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company(s) | Acropolis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
| Distributor | Zee Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | Zee Bangla |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| First shown in | India |
| Original release | 4 December 2017 – 1 February 2020 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Firki |
| External links | |
| Official wbsite @ ZEE5 | |
The show is a remake of the Odia serial "Sindura Bindu" that aired on Zee Sarthak, and has been well-received by the audience. In June 2018, the show had a TRP of 11.2.[3] The show marks the return of Ushasi Ray in a lead role on Bengali television since her portrayal of "Ahona" in the Star Jalsha drama series "Milon Tithi", also produced by Acropolis Entertainment. Bokul Kotha is a Bengali television series starring Ushasi Ray and Honey Bafna in the lead. This is a story of Bokul, a tomboyish girl, who looks after all the responsibilities of a head of the family. After much drama and confusion, she marries Rishi, who has already rejected 40 women for marriage.
The show went off air on 1 February 2020, finishing at fifth position in the TRP charts and was replaced by another show titled Firki.
Premise
The storyline revolves around a girl named Bokul, who is tomboyish in nature but a brave, honest and free-spirited soul. Under unforeseen circumstances, she marries Rishi. Initially, Rishi does not accept Bokul as his wife due to her appearance and mannerisms, but after getting to know her closely they develop a strong bond with each other, which develops into a unique relationship with their friendship being the base. Bokul too carves a special place for herself in the hearts of Rishi's family members with her loving and caring nature. Rishi also stands by Bokul in her fight against her late father's culprits and supports her to reprise her studies and become an IPS officer.
Cast
Main cast
- Ushasi Ray as Bokul rishi Roy (née Sanyal) - Rishi's wife rishi's love
- Honey Bafna as Rishi Roy - Bokul's husband and bokul's support and bokul 's love
Recurring cast
- Upanita Banerjee as Barsha Basu (née Sanyal) - Bokul's sister, Kunal's wife
- Suvajit Kar as Kunal Basu - Barsha's husband, Rishi's cousin (his late paternal aunt's son), a spoiled opportunist.
- Sohini Sanyal / Sanjuktaa Roy Chowdhury[4] as Lajbonti Sanyal - Barsha and Bokul's mother.
- Anuradha Roy as Gaayatri Sanyal - Barsha and Bokul's paternal grandmother.
- Sumanta Mukherjee as Shekhar Roy - The patriarch of Roy family, a businessman by profession and Anjali's husband; Rohan, Roshni and Rishi's father; Aditi, Sourabh and Bokul's father-in-law (death)
- Saswati Guhathakurata as Anjali Roy - The matriarch of the Roy family, a school teacher by profession and Shekhar's wife; Rohan, Roshni and Rishi's mother; Aditi, Sourabh and Bokul's mother-in-law.
- Pritha Chatterjee as Pritha - Anjali's sister
- Arindam Banerjee as Samar Roy - Shekhar's younger brother, Rohan-Roshni-Rishi's paternal uncle, Raagini's husband, Esha's father, Deep's father-in-law, a corrupt businessman who was responsible for killing Bokul's father with minister Rajatabha Rakshit.
- Mallika Majumdar as Raagini Roy - Samar's wife, Rohan-Roshni-Rishi's aunt, Esha's mother, Deep's mother-in-law, Shekhar-Anjali's sister-in-law.
- Subhrajit Dutta[5] as Rohan Roy - Shekhar-Anjali's eldest child, Roshni and Rishi's elder brother, Aditi's husband, Bokul's brother-in-law.
- Arpita Mukherjee as Aditi Roy - Rohan's wife, Shekhar-Anjali's elder daughter-in-law, Roshni-Rishi's sister-in-law.
- Shreyasee Samanta as Roshni Banerjee (née Roy) - Shekhar-Anjali's second child and only daughter, Rohan and Rishi's sister, Saurabh's wife (with whom she eloped), Dabbu's mother, Bokul's sister-in-law. She is prone to jealousy, being greedy and finicky.
- Sutirtha Saha / Rajkumar Datta as Saurabh Banerjee - Roshni's good-for-nothing husband, Dabbu's father, Shekhar-Anjali's son-in-law, Rishi's brother-in law.
- Aishik Mukherjee as Dabbu - Roshni and Saurabh's six-year-old son who is fond of Bokul, Rishi's nephew.
- Amrita Debnath as Esha Roy - Samar and Ragini's daughter, Shekhar-Anjali's niece, Rohan-Roshni-Rishi's younger female cousin, Deep's wife, Bokul's sister-in-law, collegemate as well as friend.
- Arnab Chowdhury as Deep Chatterjee - Rishi's friend and co-worker, Esha's husband.
- Uma Bardhan as Shikha - Kunal's paternal aunt, who is greedy and wants to tarnish Barsha's image in front of Kunal's father.
- Raj Bhattacharya as Rocky - Shikha's cunning son, Kunal's cousin, Barsha's brother-in-law.
- Biplab Banerjee as Rajatava Rakshit - Samar's associate or partner-in-crime in conducting the murder of Bokul's father, a corrupt minister.
- Namita Chakraborty as Bani Rakshit - Arunabha's Mother, Tina's mother, Rajatabha Rakshit's wife.
- Priyanka Halder as Tina Rakshit - Rajatabha Rakshit's daughter, an arrogant brat who attends Bokul and Esha's college and conducts ill practices like ragging.
- Neil Chatterjee as Late Arunabha Rakshit - Rajatabha Rakshit's late son, an arrogant brat, Esha's fiancé, Bokul's enemy. He was encountered and killed by Bokul.(deceased)
- Gopa Nandi as Tumpa - Lajbonti's neighbour, Bokul's well-wisher.
- Biresh Chakraborty as Inspector Agnijit Roy
- Gora Dhar as Binod Pradhan
- Debraj Mukherjee as Musa Bhai
Cameo
- Sourav Ganguly as Dada
- Snighdhajit Bhowmik
- Gaurav Sarkar
- Ankita Bhattacharya
- Neel Bhattacharya
- Gaurab Roy Chowdhury
- Suman Dey
Crossover episodes
- Ranu Pelo Lottery
- Krishnakoli
- Bhanumotir Khel
- Nakshi Kantha
- Trinayani
| Sr No. | Air Date | Serials | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 18, 2019 | Nakshi Kantha | Ranu Pelo Lottery | Bhanumotir Khel | |
| 2 | August 26, 2019-August 29, 2019 | Krishnakoli | Trinayani | Nakshi Kantha | |
Remakes
Because of its popularity in Bengali, the show has been remade in Tamil as Sathya which airs on Zee Tamil and also has been remade in Telugu as Suryakantham which airs on Zee Telugu from July 2019.
- Sathya on Zee Tamil from 4 March 2019
- Suryakantham on Zee Telugu from 22 July 2019
- Sathya Enna Penkutty, which airs on Zee Keralam from 18 November 2019
References
- "Bokul turns into Priya Varrier". The Times of India. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- "Who will play the Male Lead in Bokul Katha".
- "TV serial 'Bokul Kotha ' tops on the Trp Charts".
- "Actress Sohini Sanyal shares a strong bond with her on-screen family: see pic".
- "Subhrajit Dutta is happy to be a part of small screen".