Kora Pakhi

Kora Pakhi is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 13 January 2020, and airs on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha, and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar.[1] The show is produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay,[2] and stars Parno Mittra[3] and Rishi Kaushik.

Kora Pakhi
GenreDrama
Written byLeena Gangopadhyay
Presented byBright Advertising Pvt. Ltd.
StarringParno Mittra
Rishi Kaushik
Theme music composerDebjyoti Mishra
Opening themeKora Pakhi
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Bengali
No. of seasons1
Production
Executive producer(s)Sajal Biswas
Producer(s)Saibal Banerjee
Leena Gangopadhyay
Production location(s)Kolkata
Purulia
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes (approx.)
Production company(s)Magic Moments Motion Pictures
DistributorStar India
Novi Digital Entertainment
Release
Original networkSTAR Jalsha
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release13 January 2020 (2020-01-13) –
present

The show marks the comeback of Parno Mittra[4] on Bengali television after a decade[5] and Rishi Kaushik's comeback after more than a year, since the end of his last show Kusum Dola, also helmed by Leena Ganguly. Titas Bhowmik features as the parallel lead in this show.

Plot

Abandoned at birth by a Santal couple, Amon has been raised as a tribal village girl and aspires to create an identity of her own as a journalist in one of Kolkata's leading newspapers. A chance encounter with the city-bred and jovial Ankur will change Amon's fate forever as love blossoms between the two while Amon's quest to find her roots and become independent continues. The story will also reveal about Amon's birth identity as she is the daughter of Gulu and Bonny, and also Medha's half-sister. She accepts Bengalis identity.

Cast

Main Cast
  • Parno Mittra[6] as Amon Banerjee - Bonny and Gulu's estranged daughter raised by tribals, a journalist, Ankur's wife.
  • Rishi Kaushik[7] as Ankur Banerjee - owner of a tours and travels company, Amon's husband, Medha's love interest.
  • Titas Bhowmik as Medha Sinha - Bonny and Mimi's adoptive daughter, a divorcee; Ankur's friend, business partner and lover.

Recurring Cast
Ankur's family
  • Sumanta Mukherjee as Jadabendra Banerjee aka Jodu - Radharani's husband, Ankur's father.
  • Anashua Majumdar / Moumita Gupta as Radharani Banerjee - Jodu's wife, Ankur's mother.
  • Surojit Banerjee as Chitrabhanu Banerjee aka Bhanu - Jodu's younger brother, Nandini's husband, Ankur's younger paternal uncle, Ajaan and Ahaan's father.
  • Rajashree Bhowmik as Nandini Banerjee -Bhanu's husband, Ankur's younger aunt, Ajaan and Ahaan's mother.
  • Kushal Chakraborty as Agnibesh Banerjee aka Benu - Jodu's youngest brother, Suhasini's husband, Ankur's youngest paternal uncle.
  • Manjushree Ganguly as Suhasini Banerjee - Benu's wife, Ankur's youngest aunt.
  • Dwaipayan Das as Ahaan Banerjee - Ankur's younger cousin brother, Bhanu and Nandini's younger son, Ajaan's younger twin brother, Bonolata's friend and love interest.
  • Aishwarya Sen as Bonolata Banerjee - Ajaan's widow, Ahaan's friend and love interest.
Others
  • Jyotsna Majumdar as Chandboni Soren aka "Chand Maasi" - Ankur's family's domestic help, Amon's fellow villager and wellwisher.
  • Debesh Ray Chowdhury as Parimal Hansda aka Pori - Rangta village's elder tribal man. He raised Amon and hence, he is her adoptive grandfather.
  • Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Mrinalini Sen aka Gulu - a popular author and college professor, Mimi's elder cousin sister, formerly Bonny's lover, Amon's estranged mother.
  • Bharat Kaul as Debdut Sinha aka Bonny - the managing director and creative head of one of Kolkata's leading newspapers, Mimi's husband, formerly Gulu's lover, Amon's estranged father, Medha's adoptive father.
  • Malobika Sen as Monidipa Sinha aka Mimi - Gulu's younger cousin sister, Bonny's wife, Medha's adoptive mother.
  • Rahul Chakraborty as Surjo Sen - a senior journalist and Amon's well-wisher.
  • Eshu Chakraborty as Anuradha - receptionist at Bony's newspaper company.

References
  1. "আদিবাসী মেয়ের গল্প নিয়ে আসছে নতুন ধারাবাহিক" (in Bengali).
  2. "'Kora Pakhi' has no similarity with 'Ishti Kutum': Writer Leena Gangopadhyay".
  3. "Parno Mittra to play an aspiring journo in Kora Pakhi".
  4. "Parno wants more strong women characters in Tollywood".
  5. "Parno returned to the small screen after ten years".
  6. "Strong women characters are necessary: Parno Mittra".
  7. "In 'Kora Pakhi' I will play a jovial guy for a change: Rishii Kaushik".
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