Bodhuboron
Bodhuboron was a Bengali-language television serial which began airing on Star Jalsha from 19 August 2013, and is telecast from Monday to Sunday at 6pm IST. The series starred Gourab Chatterjee and Pramita Chakraborty in lead roles. It is the remake of the Hindi popular show Saath Nibhaana Saathiya.
| Bodhuboron | |
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| Genre | Drama Romance Comedy |
| Created by | Acropolice Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
| Based on | Saath Nibhaana Saathiya |
| Written by | Story & Screenplay Ashita Bhattacharya Dialogue Sayan Chowdhury |
| Directed by | Babu Banik Chitrabhanu Basu (pre-direction) Bubai (pre-direction) |
| Opening theme | Bodhuboron[1] |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1163 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Aratrika (Star Jalsha) Sromona ghose (Star Jalsha) |
| Producer | Acropolice Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
| Production locations | Kolkata Village near Kolkata |
| Cinematography | Sandip Mithun Banerjee (sound management) |
| Editors | Nilanjan Jishu |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Jalsha |
| Original release | 19 August 2013 – 29 January 2017 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Bhasha |
| Followed by | Debipaksha |
| Related shows | Saath Nibhaana Saathiya |
| External links | |
| Official Website | |
Plot summary
The story revolves around a simple innocent orphaned village girl named Konok (Pramita). She does all the household work yet her aunt sikha and cousin Jhilmil cannot tolerate her, and torture her daily (Sreetama). She is illiterate and they do not allow her to take any education. One day Indira Chowdhury (Anjana Basu) comes to their home with his son Satyaki (Gourab Chatterjee) for marriage of Jhilmil with Satyaki who already has an affair with Teesta. But instead of Jhilmil she likes Konok and decides to make the latter her daughter-in-law, going against the wishes of her son.
Later both Konok and Jhilmil are married to Satyaki and Avro (Satyaki's cousin) respectively. Jhilmil is jealous of Konok as she failed to become elder daughter-in-law of Chowdhury mansion which may deprive her of inheriting the property of the Chowdhury family. She, along with the evil plans of her mother Sikha creates problems in Konok's life and tries to kill her. With all of these troubles on her shoulder, Konok completes all of her duties & wins all other family member's hearts. Later Satyaki also coming out from his past, falls in love with Konok and accepts her as his wife. In all the troubles Indira supports her as her own daughter making an inherent bond between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Taking the opportunity of brother's death Teesta comes again in Satyaki and Konok's married life to make Konok's life hell. She pretends as mentally unstable and innocent Konok takes her in Chowdhury mansion going against everyone's decision. Teesta now makes problems to kick Konok out of the house and to bring back Satyaki again in her life.
The show ends with Jhilmil' s death where Avro marries another woman who cares for the twin daughters of Avro and Jhilmil.konok gets pregnant and has a baby boy. The last scene shows that years later Konok is welcoming her adult son and daughter-in-law.
Cast
Main
- Pramita Chakraborty as Kanak Chowdhury satyaki's wife
- Gourab Chatterjee as Satyaki Chowdhury
- Suman Dey as Abhra Chowdhury
Recurring
- Suranjana Roy as Mahi
- Anjana Basu as Indira Chowdhury
- Koushik Chakrabarty as Arunesh
- Alaknanda Roy as Rangama
- Manishankar Banerjee as Akhilesh Chowdhury
- Mithu Chakraborty as Nirmala Chowdhury
- Bikash Bhowmik as Nikhilesh Chowdhury
- Ratan Sarkhel as Dayananda Goswami
- Nandini Chatterjee as Shikha Goswami
- Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Teesta
- Diya Chatterjee as Oli
- Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Arup
- Subho Roy Chowdhury as Rahul
- Sayantani Sengupta as Sriparna
- Abhijit Deb Roy as Partho
- Mridul Majumdar as Mahesh
- Indranil Mallick as John
- Saswati Guhathakurta as College Principal
- Avrajit Chakraborty as Dipak
- Hersale Mallick as Bristy
- Adrija Roy as Putul
- Sreetama Roy Chowdhury as Jhilmil Abhra Chowdhury/Jhilmil's Ghost 2nd female lead
Reception
The Times of India states Konok and Indira – the lead characters in the soap – have become household names in Bengal. At one point of time during its run that the CM of West Bengal, Smt. Mamata Banerjee did not miss a single episode of the soap (as was told by Anjana Basu and Pramita Chakraborty at an interview).[2]
Adaptations
| Sr.No. | Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | Saath Nibhaana Saathiya | 3 May 2010 - 23 July 2017 | Star Plus | 2184 |
| 2 | Marathi | Pudhcha Paaul | 2 May 2011 - 30 June 2017 | Star Pravah | 1943 |
| 3 | Tamil | Deivam Thandha Veedu | 15 July 2013 - 26 May 2017 | Star Vijay | 992 |
| 4 | Bengali | Bodhuboron | 19 August 2013 - 29 January 2017 | Star Jalsha | 1163 |
| 5 | Malayalam | Chandanamazha | 2014 - 2017 | Asianet | 1173 |
| 6 | Kannada | Amritavarshini | 2012 - 2017 | Star Suvarna | |
| 7 | Telugu | Kodala Kodala Koduku Pellamaa (Dubbed) | 2011 - 2018 | Star Maa | 2184 |