Durga Durgeshwari

Durga Durgeshwari is an Indian Bengali-language television soap opera, a sequel to the popular series Durga.[1][2] It follows the journey of Dugga who has to vanquish the Evil with the blessings of Maa Durgeshwari. The show stars Sampurna Mondal [3] and Bishwarup Bandyopadhyay [4] as protagonist, where as Ankita Majhi [5] and Swagata Mukherjee [6] as antagonist. It premiered on 2 September 2019 on Bengali GEC Star Jalsha.[7] The series was aired everyday at 6:30pm. The show replaced Guriya Jekhane Guddu Sekhane before being replaced by Titli. Before ending, a new storyline was introduced with new protagonists but failed to gain good trp unlike the prequel.[8]

Durga Durgeshwari
Also known as	Durga Durgeshwari
Genre	Indian soap opera Drama
Created by	SVF
Written by	Story Sahana Story development Paramita Munsi Bhattacharjee Screenplay Arpita Paul Dialogues Soumya Pakrashi
Directed by	Anupam Hari
Creative director(s)	Sahana
Presented by	SVF Entertainment
Starring	Sampurna Mondal Bishwarup Banerjee Swagata Mukherjee
Voices of	Upali Chattopadhyay Sobuj Asish
Theme music composer	Jeet Ganguly
Composer(s)	Jeet Ganguly
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Bengali
No. of episodes	233
Production
Producer(s)	Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni
Production location(s)	Kolkata
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	SVF
Release
Original network	Star Jalsha
Picture format	576i HDTV 1080i
Original release	2 September 2019 (2019-09-02) – 19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)

Plot

Dugga is a simple village girl who is an ardent devotee of Maa Durga. She lives in an ancient Durgeshwari temple at Ishwaripur. Goddess Durgeshwari guards the temple herself. The temple is also famous for the secret presence of an ancient transcript Vabishya varati by which one can control anyone's fortune. In spite of many constraints, Dugga gets the right over temple for worship and meets Omkar in a series of events.

Omkar, a talented astrologer, the real heir to the famous Roychowdhury family in Kolkata, is tortured by his aunt Ujjaini(a fake astrologer) and uncle Kinkar after accidental death of Omkar's parents, for keeping him mentally unstable to suppress his talent. Oneday, Ujjaini comes to know about the famous Vabishya varati transcript and wants to exploit it for power after Omkar marries Dugga. She goes to the temple but is attacked by Dugga. So she tries to destroy the temple including Dugga and Omkar but her plan backfires and she becomes paralysed. Meanwhile, Kinkar calls Damini (the first wife of Omkar's father Rupankar RoyChowdhury who was driven out of the family for her attempt to murder her husband for properties) for snatching the transcript. Damini (a lady tantrik now) comes back to the RoyChowdhury family for revenge. She welcomes Dugga in the Roychowdhury mansion, pretending to be innocent. Then she blackmails Dugga for the transcript and kidnaps Omkar at the later's refusal. But, Dugga finds Omkar with the help of Maa Durga. Later, Damini tries to kill Dugga. Dugga is saved by the grace of Durgeshwari but loses her memory. Meanwhile, Maa Durga takes the humanoid form to vanquish the Evil. Later, Dugga reaches in RoyChowdhuri house and regains her memory with Maa's blessings. Damini and Kingkar are exposed after their failed attempt to kill Omkar. They are arrested. Although, Damini vows about comeback and revenge.

22 years later, after Omkar and Dugga's demise, the story continues with their daughter Devi. Damini again comes back in disguise for revenge and tries to kill Devi but all in vain. For Dugga's soul, Damini is arrested and Devi marries her lover Babon. They live happily ever after with the blessing of Maa Durgeshwari.

Cast

• Sampurna Mondal as Dugga RoyChowdhuy
• Bishwarup Bandyopadhyay as Omkar RoyChowdhury
• Adrija Auddy Roy as Debi RoyChowdhuri(Omkar-Durga's Daughter)
• Payel De as Ma Durgeshwari/ Uma
• Manasi Sinha as Alokananda Mitra
• Ravi Shaw as Pushkar Mitra, a Psychiatrist, the son of Alokananda Mitra, Devi's Husband [9]
• Swagata Mukherjee as Damini RoyChowdhury, 1st wife of Rupankar
• Ankita Majhi as Ujjaini RoyChowdhury, a fraud astrologer, wife of Dipankar
• Bhaskar Banerjee as Deendayal (dead),the priest of the temple.
• Rohit Mukherjee as Kinkar RoyChowdhury, Jagari's husband, Mrinnay's father, Omkar's Uncle
• Mousumi Saha as Jagari RoyChowdhury, Kinkor's wife, Mrinnay's mother
• Basanti Chatterjee as Ujjaini's and Agomoni's mother and Omkar's maternal grandmother
• Sandip Chakraborty as Dipankar RoyChowdhury, Ujjaini's husband, Omkar and Mrinnay's uncle
• Priya Malakar as Urvasi RoyChowdhury, Mrinnay's wife
• Sourav Banerjee as Mrinmay RoyChowdhury, son of Kinkar and Jagari
• Bodhisattwa Majumdar as Doctor
• Songjukta Roy Chowdhury as Mohana, the elder paternal aunt of Omkar and Mrinnay
• Nabanita Dutta as Nayana, the younger paternal aunt of Omkar and Mrinnay
• Sujan Mukhopadhyay as Rupankar Roychowdhuy, Damini and Agomoni's husband, Omkar's father
• Kanyakumari Chanda as Agomoni Roychowdhuy, 2nd wife of Rupankar, Omkar's mother
• Aditya Chowdhury as Descendant of Zamindar who built the Durgeshwari temple
• Rii Sen as Ginni maa, the wife of the Zamindar
• Sandipta Sen as Durga RoyChowdhuri (Special appearance in the promo)

References

1. "Star Jalsha to celebrate Durga Puja with new fiction show". www.televisionpost.com.
2. "Star Jalsha to start Durga Durgeshwari". www.exchange4media.com.
3. "Actress Sampurna Mondal bags lead role in upcoming show 'Durga Durgeshwari'". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
4. "Biswarup Bandyopadhyay to play the male lead in 'Durga Durgeshwari'". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
5. "টেলিপর্দার মেগা-খলনায়িকা হয়ে এলেন থিয়েটারের 'দেবী". bengali.indianexpress.com.
6. "Durga Durgeshwari: Damini Roy Chowdhury is back". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
7. "New TV show 'Durga Durgeshwari' to launch today". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
8. "Adrija Roy is excited about the new storyline of Durga Durgeshwari". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
9. "Actor Ravi Shaw to play a psychiatrist in 'Durga Durgeshwari'". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.