Membou
Membou (Bengali: মেমবউ) is a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on Star Jalsha on 19 September 2016. It is produced by Acropolis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and it stars Vinita Chatterjee as main female protagonist and Sourav Chakraborty as main male protagonist and Dulal Lahiri, Mithu Chakraborty and Nandini Chatterjee in supporting roles.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Membou | |
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Genre | Drama Romance Comedy |
Created by | Acropolis Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. |
Written by | Story: Pravin Raaj Dialogues: Antara Banerjee |
Directed by | Krishna Kar |
Creative director | Babu Banik |
Starring | Vinita Chatterjee Sourav Chakraborty Dulal Lahiri Mithu Chakraborty |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Bengali |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 238 |
Production | |
Producers | Snigdha Basu, Sunny Ghosh Roy |
Production location | Kolkata |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Acropolis Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. |
Release | |
Original network | Star Jalsha |
Picture format | 576i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
Original release | September 19, 2016 – May 14, 2017 |
Plot
Membou is a story of Carol, a young woman of foreign origin, comes to Indian in search of her roots. Sparks are sure to fly when she meets Koustav, who is an orthodox Bengali. For attaining a conference, Koustav and his grandfather, Shibnath fly to Georgia where he meets Carol. After that Koustav accidentally meets Carol everywhere in Georgia and circumstances let them to fight every time. Finally Carol comes to India but falls in a trap by Rajan and Raghav. Koustav rescues Carol from all these situations and this end up by Koustav marrying to Carol. The family members are stunned seeing this situation. Will the family members accept Carol as their daughter in law? Will Carol and Koustav be a happy couple? How will Carol adjust in this orthodox family? Will she ever able to find her roots?
Cast
- Vinita Chatterjee as Carol Brown
- Sourav Chakrabarty as Koustov Lahiri/Gora
- Priyyam Chakrabarty as Shree
- Dhrubojyoti Sarkar as Raghav Lunia
- Deerghoi Paul as Titli
- Suman Dey as Zico
- Upanita Banerjee as Shampa
- Nandini Chatterjee as Carol's Mother-in-Law
References
- "Mem Bou turns 'Meme' bou: Bengalis hilariously try to make sense of this TV serial promo". The Indian Express. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- Zinia Sen (19 September 2016). "This winter, you get to see Mem Bou's desi dance - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- "Who is Mem Bou Carol? Here's your answer! - Who is Mem Bou Carol? Here's your answer | The Times of India". The Times of India. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- Garvita Khybri (7 September 2016). "Mem Bou: A Confused 'Firangi' Bengali's Tryst With Her New Family". The Quint. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- প্রতিবেদন, নিজস্ব. "বোকা বাক্সতে বন্দি". ebela.in. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- প্রতিবেদন, নিজস্ব. "প্রোমো দেখেছেন। কিন্তু জানেন, কে এই মেমবউ?". ebela.in. Retrieved 9 November 2016.