Khorkuto

Khorkuto is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 17 August 2020[1] and airs on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha, and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar.[2] The show is produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay, and stars Trina Saha and Koushik Roy.

Khorkuto
GenreDrama
Written byLeena Gangopadhyay
Directed bySaibal Banerjee
Snehashish Jana
Creative directorsLeena Gangopadhyay
Snehasish Jana
Partha Dey
StarringTrina Saha
Koushik Roy
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes170
Production
Executive producerAnondita
ProducerSaibal Banerjee
Production locationKolkata
CinematographySingdhojay Bapuly
Arindam Senani
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes (approx.)
Production companyMagic Moments Motion Pictures
DistributorStar India
Hotstar
Release
Original networkSTAR Jalsha
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release17 August 2020 (2020-08-17) –
present

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast
  • Dulal Lahiri as Siddheshwar Mukherjee: Soujanyo's elder paternal uncle.
  • Ratna Ghoshal as Nonibala Mukherjee: Soujanyo's elder paternal aunt.
  • Chandan Sen as Trilokeshwar Mukherjee aka Bhajan: Soujanyo and Chini's father.
  • Anushree Das as Basumati Mukherjee: Soujanyo's and Chini's mother.
  • Sohini Sengupta[5] [6] as Meghomala Mukherjee aka Putu Pisi: Soujanyo's paternal aunt, a teacher.
  • Ambarish Bhattacharya as Kamaleshwar Mukherjee: Soujanyo's younger paternal uncle.
  • Jayashree Mukherjee Kaul as Suchitra Mukherjee: Soujanyo's younger aunt, Potka's wife.
  • Debottam Majumdar as Abhijnan Mukherjee: Soujanyo's elder cousin brother.
  • Rajanya Mitra as Nabamita Mukherjee: Soujanyo's sister-in-law, Riju's wife.
  • Priyanka Mitra as Smritikana Ghoshal née Mukherjee: Soujanyo's younger sister, Rupanjan's wife.
  • Raja Goswami[7] as Rupanjan Ghoshal: Chini's husband.
  • Sonal Mishra as Samadarshini Mukherjee aka Sanjhi: Soujanyo's younger cousin sister, Potka's daughter, Gungun's classmate and friend.
  • Abhishek Chatterjee as Dr. Kaushik Bose: Gungun's father, a surgeon.
  • Malobika Sen as Dr. Shilpi Bose: Gungun's mother, a doctor.
  • Suchishmita Chowdhury as Jui Sengupta: Koushik's younger sister, Gungun's paternal aunt, Tinni's mother.
  • Rukma Roy as Ananya Sengupta: Jui's daughter, Gungun's elder cousin sister, Soujanyo's research assistant and lover.
  • Atmadeep Ghosh as Krish:Gungun's namesake boyfriend.
  • Badshah Maitra as Dr. Sukalyan Chatterjee: Putu's lover.
  • Asmee Ghosh as Jhum: Sukalyan's adopted daughter.
  • Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Deboleena: Jhum's mother.

Reception

It is doing very well in ratings being in the top three most viewed shows on Bengali television.[8]

References
  1. "'Khorkuto' to launch on August 17; 'Ke Apon Ke Por' gets a different slot" (in Bengali).
  2. "Actors Koushik Roy and Trina Saha to play the leads in 'Khorkuto'" (in Bengali).
  3. "I'm grateful to have such finest actors as my co-stars: Koushik Roy" (in Bengali).
  4. "It's like a dream come true for me to work with Leena Gangopadhyay: Trina Saha" (in Bengali).
  5. "Actress Sohini Sengupta gets candid about her upcoming show 'Khorkuto' and her real life 'big happy family'" (in Bengali).
  6. "When I was offered Khor Kuto during lockdown, I felt blessed: Sohini" (in Bengali).
  7. "Actor Raja Goswami joins the cast of 'Khorkuto'" (in Bengali).
  8. "'Khorkuto' gives a stiff competition to other TV shows; bags second spot on TRP charts" (in Bengali).
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