Ishti Kutum

Ishti Kutum is a Bengali TV serial that aired on Star Jalsha Monday to Saturday at 6:30 PM IST.[2] The show, produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures company.[3] It started airing in October 2011 and went on to become one of the most popular, talked about serials of that time.It is the third longest-running Bengali show after Zee Bangla's Rannaghor, and Star Jalsha's Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena, till date.

Ishti Kutum
GenreDrama
Created byMagic Moments Motion Pictures
Written byStory
Leena Gangopadhyay
Screenplay
Leena Gangopadhyay
Dialogues
Leena Gangopadhyay
Directed bySaibal Banerjee
Sujit Pyne
Creative directorLeena Gangopadhyay[1]
Presented byBright Advertising Pvt. Ltd.
StarringRanita Das
Rishi Kaushik
Ankita Chakraborty
Sudipta Chakraborty
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes1332
Production
Executive producersSumit Kumar Roy,
Satyajit Chakraborty (Magic Moments),
Kastuvi Ghosh (STAR Jalsha),
Sriya Basu (STAR Jalsha)
ProducerSaibal Banerjee
Production locationWest Bengal
CinematographySiddhartha Mukherjee
EditorsSameer
Soumen
Running time22 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original networkSTAR Jalsha
Picture format576i SDTV
1080i HDTV
Original release24 October 2011 (2011-10-24) 
13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)
Chronology
Preceded byMegher Palok
Followed byPotol Kumar Gaanwala
Related showsMohi
Neelakkuyil
Neelakuyil
External links
official website

Plot

The story revolves around the life of a tribal love-child Bahamoni Soren from a secluded region called Palashboni in rural West Bengal. Bahamoni (Baha) is brought up by her mother Konka and stepfather Satyakam who is also a tribal activist and leader.

A famous journalist from the city of Kolkata, Archisman Mukherjee, visits Palashboni to interview Satyakam. One stormy night Baha is forced to spend the night in the Tourist Lodge in Archi's room. Though both are innocent, the locals force Archisman to marry Baha. Archi, previously engaged to his girlfriend Kamalika in the city, refuses to recognise the ceremony and asks Baha to decide what she wants to do. Baha then comes to Kolkata with Archi as a maidservant. She begins to study in the city. Gradually, she becomes comfortable and happy in the city, living with the Mukherjee family, who also begin to love her cheerful ways.

Initially, Archi thinks of Baha as a nuisance. He continues his engagement to Kamalika Majumdar, a college professor, whose father Dibyojoti Majumder, also happens to be Baha's biological father. Archi slowly falls in love with Baha, realising he considers Kamalika merely a close friend. An unhappy Kamalika tries to commit suicide but eventually divorces Archi and arranges for his wedding to Baha. Archi and Baha are married in the eyes of the law.

Baha continues her studies and performs brilliantly. Kamalika's mother attempts to murder Baha out of rage, aware of the fact that her husband is Baha's father. Kamalika forces her father Dibyojoyti to accept Baha as his daughter. Dibyojoti regrets his past behavior and tries to build a relationship with Baha.

Meanwhile, Archi's elder brother, Dhritiman, returns home and is suffering from leukemia. He breaks off his engagement with Sanjbati, a singer, because of his illness. With Baha's help, Dhritiman and Sanjhbati resolve their differences and marry. Archi grows jealous of Baha's intimacy with Prakash, her friend and professor, but later realises she is innocent and becomes possessive of her.

Dhrubo Sen, a lawyer, falls in love with Kamalika. Kamalika takes his help in getting bail for Satyakam. Finding a good friend in Dhrubo, Kamalika agrees to marry him. But Dhrubo's first wife Rusha, who had run away and was missing for many years, suddenly returns. Kamalika attempts suicide again. She is saved by Archi but loses her mental balance temporarily. Baha and Archi try to fight for Rusha, unaware of her criminal connections. Rusha returns to Dhrubo and Kamalika leaves him becoming lonely. As a result, Dibyojyoti disowns Baha as his daughter. Later on, Baha travels abroad for higher studies.

Kamalika is pregnant with Dhruba's child but hides this from him. She meets Bikram who falls in love with her and accepts her unborn child. Meanwhile, Archi discovers that Bikram is his cousin brother. Kamalika finally decides to marry Bikram and gives birth to a son, Aasmaan. Rusha steals the baby who is rescued and returned to Kamalika by Bikram and Archi.

Baha unintentionally causes Archi's sister Nilu to miscarry. Archi threatens to divorce Baha. Kamalika sees Baha and her colleague on the street and informs Archi suspecting Baha is having an affair. An angry Baha threatens Kamalika with filing a case if she interferes between her and Archi. Archi reminds her of Kamalika's sacrifices and Archi and Baha end up separating with Baha moving away. Kamalika is diagnosed with a terminal disease. She goes to Palashboni and donates her money to build a hospital there. She dies in Archi's arms on her birthday and leaves her child in his care. Baha feels Archi will never forget Kamalika and leaves.

After a gap of 6 years they meet at a function and Archi talks about Kamalika's son who wants to see Baha. Baha decides to stay with him happily again and the serial ends.

Cast

Main cast

  • Ranita Das / Sudipta Chakraborty as Bahamoni Soren (Baha), Kamalika's half-sister, Archi's wife.
  • Rishi Kaushik as Archisman Mukherjee (Archi), a journalist, Baha's husband and Kamalika's ex-husband.
  • Ankita Chakraborty as Kamalika Majumdar (Mun), Baha's half-sister and previously, Archi's wife.
  • Bhaswar Chatterjee as lawyer Dhrubo sen, Kamalika’s husband.

Recurring cast and characters

Archi's family

  • Gautam De as Pallab Mukherjee (Polu), Archi's father
  • Tanuka Bhattacharya as Parna Mukherjee, Archi's mother
  • Santu Mukherjee as Hiranmoy Mukherjee (Hiru), Archi's elder paternal uncle
  • Saswati Guhathakurta as Radharani Mukherjee (Rani), Hiru's wife
  • Arindam Sil as Debraj Mukherjee (Debu), Archi's younger paternal uncle
  • Manjusree Ganguli as Doyel Mukherjee / Doyel Ghosh / Doyel Pakhi, Debraj's ex-wife later married to Tamojit
  • Surojit Bandopadhyay as Tamojit Ghosh, Doyel's second husband and a scientist by profession
  • Badshah Moitra as Dhritiman Mukherjee (Dhriti) Hiranmoy-Radharani's son, Archi's elder cousin brother
  • Bidipta Chakraborty as Sanjhbati Mukherjee, Dhriti's wife and a singer by profession
  • Rupsha Guha as Nilanjana (Nilu), Hiranmoy-Radharani's daughter
  • Sandip Chakraborty as Prabuddha Banerjee, Nilu's husband
  • Shahana Sen as Rupanjana (Rupu), Archi's younger sister
  • Suman Banerjee as Arjyo Chakraborty, Rupu's husband
  • Oishi Bhattacharya as Chini, Doyel's daughter with Debraj, Tamojit's stepdaughter
  • Sonal Mishra as Mithai, Doyel's son with Debraj, Tamojit's stepson

Kamalika and Baha's families

  • Shankar Chakraborty as Dibyajyoti Majumdar aka Dibyo / Chhabi Babu, Kamalika and Baha's biological father
  • Madhabi Mukhopadhyay as Ashapurna Majumdar, Mun and Baha's grandmother, Dibyo's mother
  • Suchismita Chowdhury as Anushree Majumdar aka Anu, Dibyo's wife, Mun's mother
  • Anusree Das as Kankamoni Soren (Kanka), Dibyo's concubine, Baha's biological mother
  • Chandan Sen as Satyakam Hembram, Kanka's husband and a tribal activist, Baha's stepfather
  • Bhaswar Chatterjee as Dhrubo Sen (Piklu), Kamalika's second husband and the father of her son, Aasman
  • Koushik Roy as Bikramjit (Bikram), Kamalika's third husband, Archi's cousin brother
  • Sudip Sengupta as Prakash Hembram, Satyakam's son

Other cast members

  • Rajasree Bhowmik as Jaya
  • Dipankar De as Babiya, Sanjhbati's father
  • Anuradha Roy as Sanjhbati's mother
  • Dola Chakraborty as Arjyo's mother
  • Kunal Padhi as Arjyo's mother
  • Dwaipayan Das as Dibakar Ghosh
  • Diganta Bagchi as Arghya Uncle
  • Koushani Roy as Rusha Sen, Dhrubo's first wife
  • Dr. Basudeb Mukherjee as Jyotishmaan Sen, Dhrubo's father
  • Chaitali Dasgupta as Dhrubo's mother
  • Kalyani Mondal as Dhrubo's aunt
  • Sagarika as Sokhimoni aka Sokhi, Baha's friend in Palashboni
  • Arup Roy as Monglu, Baha's friend
  • Priyam Chakraborty as Monojaba / Dodul
  • Rita Koyral as Kumudini / Kumu
  • Sujata Dawn as Mishti
  • Pushpendu Roy as Krishanu
  • Surjya Kar as Anjan
  • Sourav Chatterjee as Arjun
  • Sanchita Bhattacharya as Srimoyee
  • Sourav Chakraborty as Rusha's Boss
  • Arghya Mukherjee as an Inspector

Adaptations

Sl.no Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
1 Hindi Mohi
मोही
10 August 2015 Star Plus 27 February 2016 Remake
2 Imlie
इमली
16 November 2020 Star Plus Ongoing Remake
3 Telugu Kongumudi[4] 19 December 2016 Star Maa 17 June 2017 Remake
4 Malayalam Neelakkuyil
നീലക്കുയിൽ
26 February 2018 Asianet 6 April 2020 Remake
5 Tamil Neelakuyil
நீல குயீல்
17 December 2018 Star Vijay 24 August 2019 Remake

Though Mohi was the first Hindi remake of the show, the story line has been taken again for the second time in the Hindi show Imlie in 2020 by Gul Khan.[5]

Reception

This show has been highly controversial, because of its poor and misleading content. This has also enraged the tribal community of West Bengal for hurting their sentiments and portraying tribal characters poorly. A lawsuit was filed by the tribal community in July 2014 in Kolkata High Court against the channel for portraying tribal women's characters in poor light as well as ridiculing their language and culture. Though the channel denied all charges, there was a huge uproar from the audience towards the themes of cheating women, and domestic violence, provocation of suicide etc. by the lead characters of Archi and Baha.[6]

References

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