Prothoma Kadambini

Prothoma Kadambini is an Indian Bengali television biographical period drama based on the biography of the first practising female physician of British-ruled India and South Asia, Doctor Kadambini Ganguly.[1] The show is aired on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is also available on digital platform Hotstar, that was premiered on 16 March 2020.[2][3] It is starring Solanki Roy and Honey Bafna.[4]

Prothoma Kadambini
Also known asProthoma Kadombini
GenreDrama
Biopic
Historical
Social
Developed byRajeeb Gangopadhyay
Deepanwita Gangopadhyay
Screenplay by
  • Sharbari Ghoshal
  • Barun Chattopadhyay
Directed by
  • Swornendu Samaddar
  • Shamik Bose
  • Anupam Hari
Presented bySVF Entertainment
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes228
Production
ProducersShrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
Production locationKolkata
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyShree Venkatesh Films
Distributor
Release
Original networkSTAR Jalsha
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release16 March 2020 (2020-03-16) –
present
Chronology
Preceded byGuriya Jekhane Guddu Sekhane
External links
Hotstar
SVF Entertainment

Plot

Kadambini Ganguly (née Basu), following her upbringing and her struggles to obtain her medical education and eventually becoming successful doctor with help of her school teacher who later turned to her husband, the social reformer Dwarakanath Ganguly.[5][6]

Cast

Main

Recurring
  • Animesh Bhaduri as Brojokishore Basu, Bini's father
  • Bidipta Chakraborty as Kanak Devi, Bini's mother
  • Pritha Roy as Soudamini Basu, Bini's younger sister
  • Rohit Samanta as Monomohun Ghose
  • Rupsa Chatterjee as Swarnalata Ghose
  • Prantik Banerjee as Nanda, Bini's paternal uncle
  • Sananda Basak as Nanda's wife
  • Kaushiki Guha as Bini's elder paternal aunt
  • Suchismita Chowdhury as Bini's younger paternal aunt
  • Brishti Banerjee as Labanya, Bini's Rangadidi
  • Payel De as Bhobosundori Ganguly (Devi), Dwarkanath's first wife
  • Rupsha Mondal as Bidhumukhi
  • Samantak Dyuti Maitra as young Satish
  • Sritama Bhattacharjee as Agomoni, Dwarakanath's younger sister
  • Shampa Banerjee as Promila, Dwarkanath's another younger sister, Agomoni's elder sister
  • Kheyali Dastidar as Udytara Ganguly, Dwarkanath's mother
  • Sanmitra Bhaumik as Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury
  • Dwaipayan Das as Surendranath Ganguly aka Suren
  • Jagriti Goswami Ghatak as Shashibala, Bhobosundori's sister & Suren's wife
  • Indranil Mallick as Biren
  • Chaitali Mukhopadhyay as Renubala, Suren-Biren's mother and Dwarka's aunt
  • Rahul Dev Bose as Dr. Mahim Sen, a famous doctor of whom Bini is a love interest[12]
  • Bhaswar Chatterjee /Anindya Banerjee as Dr. Rajendrachandra chandra, Bini's medical college teacher who didn't want Bini to become a doctor[13][14]
  • Bhaskar Banerjee as Raybahadur Sardakanto Roychowdhury
  • Avijit Sarkar as Dr.Bose
  • Sarbadaman Som as Dr. Sanyal
  • Debomoy Mukherjee as Ananda Mohan Bose
  • Avijit Dev Roy as Dr. Annada Khastagir
  • Rumpa Chatterjee as Monoroma Das, a neighbor of Ganguly family at Cornwallis street house
  • Tarun Chakraborty as Rasbihari Das, Monoroma's husband
  • Senjuti Sen as Bindubasini, another neighbor at Cornwallis street house
  • Debjoy Mallick as Surendranath Banerjee
  • Deb Chatt as Durga Mohan Das
  • Sujata Daw as Brahmamoyee Debi, Durgamohan's first wife
  • Ivana Dutta as Miss Annette Akroyd
  • Sutirtha Saha as Keshab Chandra Sen
  • Prantik Chowdhury as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  • Diya Mukherjee as Binodini Dasi [15]
  • Sayani Sengupta Dutta as Soroju, Sardakanta's granddaughter
  • Priya Malakar as Sarala Roy(Das), Durgamohan's elder daughter
  • Nisha Poddar as Abala Bose(Das) Durgamohan's younger daughter
  • Prapti Chatterjee as Swarnaprabha Bose, Ananda Mohan's wife
  • Kaushambi Chakraborty as Horosundori Devi
  • Tanushree Saha as Nistarini
  • Ananya Sen as Chandramukhi Basu
  • Riya Roy as Monomoyi
  • Ashmita Chakraborty as Jagattarini Sen, who later turned to Dr. Mahim Sen's wife
  • Rubel Ghosh as Jyotibhushan Mukherjee
  • Arush Dutta as Lalkamal Dutta
  • Suprabhat Mukherjee as Jagannath Bhattacharya
  • Ankita Chakraborty as Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi
  • Basabdatta Chatterjee as Jnanadanandini Devi
  • Priam as Rabindranath Tagore
  • Akash Ghosh as Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ray
  • Tania Kar as Dr. Mahim Sen's sister-in-law
  • Pinky Mallick as Bhobosundori's mother
  • Sarbari Mukherjee as Lokkhimoni Naptani, a local matchmaker in Bhagalpur
  • Ratan Sarkhel as Gopal Boidyo

Production

Prothoma Kadambini was on a halt after airing 5 episodes because of the restrictions on shooting of all television and film productions following the lockdown in India enforced for COVID-19 Pandemic from 18 March 2020. The telecast resumed from 15 June 2020.[16]

References
  1. সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "কাদম্বিনীকে 'না'!". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. "Prothoma Kadombini to launch on March 16 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. "Prothoma Kadombini's promo talks about period-shaming - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. "টেলিপর্দার নতুন জুটি! 'কাদম্বিনী'-প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নতুন সমীকরণ". Indian Express Bangla (in Bengali). 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. "অবশেষে চার হাত এক হল, বিবাহ বন্ধনে আবদ্ধ হল কাদম্বিনী ও দ্বারকানাথ | Prothoma Kadombini update, Kadombini gets married to Dwarakanath ADB". bangla.asianetnews.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "বিয়ের পিঁড়িতে কাদম্বিনীও! 'লোকনাথ' ভাস্বর এবার 'ডাক্তার'". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. "Solanki Roy talks about a dream role". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. "'কাদম্বিনী'র সঙ্গে আমার অনেক মিল রয়েছে, বললেন শোলাঙ্কি". bangla.popxo.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. "Little Bini to give Prothoma Kadombini a miss owning to new shooting guidelines - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. "Honey Bafna joins the cast of 'Prothoma Kadambini' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  11. "বিনির হাত ধরতে আসছেন তিনি, তবে বাংলা রপ্তে নাজেহাল 'দ্বারকানাথ' হানি!". EI Samay (in Bengali). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  12. "Rahul Dev Bose bags a meaty role in 'Prothoma Kadambini' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  13. "Actor Bhaswar Chatterjee joins the cast of 'Prothoma Kadambini' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  14. প্রথমা কাদম্বিনী তে বিরাট মুখবদল হল | Prothoma Kadombini | Star jalsha (in Russian), retrieved 26 November 2020
  15. "Diya Mukherjee joins the cast of 'Prothoma Kadambini' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  16. "From new storylines to replacement of actors: Major changes in Bengali TV shows post-lockdown". The Times of India. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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