Kadambini is a daily Bengali soap opera which was premiered on Zee Bangla and digital platform ZEE5. The show starred Ushasi Ray and Manoj Ojha in lead roles. The show was launched on 6 July 2020[1][2][3] and went to off-air within three months on 3 October 2020 owing to its deformability of historical screenplay[4][5] and low rating.[6][7][8]

Kadambini
GenreDrama
Biographical film
Created byZee Bangla
Developed byShibashis Bandopadhyay
Written byAnjan Chakrabarty
Screenplay bySaswati Ghosh
Story bySaswati ghosh
Directed byRajendra Prasad Das
Creative directorJoy Chandra Chandra
StarringUshashi Roy
Manoj Ojha
Theme music composerUpali Chattopadhyay
Opening theme"Samarohe eso he poromotor"
Ending theme"Kadambini ..... Kadambini"
ComposerUpali Chattopadhyay
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of episodes85
Production
Executive producersKrishanu Ganguly
Urvi Mukherjee
ProducerZee Bangla
Production locationKolkata
CinematographySantu Dutta
Goutam Naskar
EditorsJishu Nath
Biplab Mandal
Shaibal Das
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyZee Bangla
Original release
NetworkZee Bangla
Release6 July (2020-07-06) –
3 October 2020 (2020-10-03)

Plot

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The story revolves around 19th century and 20th century's starting, when many people were trying to reform the society. Ladies were violated at this time. The story shows the struggle of a lady, Kadambini Ganguly née Bose, who stood up against violence and became the first Bengali lady doctor in this era.

Cast

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Main

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Recurring

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  • Debdut Ghosh as Brajokishore Bose: Kadambini's father.
  • Lopamudra Sinha as Pramodbala Devi: Kadambini's mother
  • Debopriya Basu as Saudamini Bose: Kadambini's sister.
  • Oindrila Saha as Bidhumukhi Devi: Dwaraka's daughter aka Bidhu.
  • Ankit Mazumder as Satish Ganguly: Dwaraka's son aka Satish.
  • Ananya Sengupta as Tarasundori Devi aka Tara: Dwaraka's sister.
  • Nandini Chatterjee as Udaytara Devi: Dwaraka's mother.
  • Sumanta Mukherjee as Krishnapran Gangopadhyay: Dwarka's father.
  • Sahana Sen / Anindita Raychaudhury as Surobala: Manmotho's mother.[11]
  • Sayak Chakraborty as Manmotho.[12]
  • Soumi Chakrobarty as Sarala Roy(Das): Dwaraka's student
  • Ashmee Ghosh as Abala Bose(Das): Dwaraka's student
  • Poonam Basak as Bula:Kadambini"s Friend
  • Sandip Chakraborty as Durga Mohan Das: Sarala and Abala's father
  • Rupsha Chakraborty as Brahmamoyee Devi: Sarala and Abala's mother[13]
  • Chandraneev Mukherjee as Manmohan Ghosh
  • Twarita Chatterjee as Swarnalata Ghose: Monmohon's wife.
  • Sreemoyee Chattoraj as Swarnaprobha Bose: Dwaraka's student.
  • Shirsha Guhathakurta as Protima.
  • Subhrajit Dutta as Prankrishna Dutta.
  • Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Niranjan Mitra: Kadambini's former fiancé
  • Sanjuktaa Roy Chowdhury as Priyadarshini mitra: Niranjan's mother.
  • Gautam Mukherjee as Bhavesh Mitra: Niranjan's father.
  • Shobhana Bhunia as Kaveri Mitra: Niranjan's sister-in-law.
  • Indrajit Mazumder as Dr. Rajendrachanda Chandra.
  • Debshankar Haldar as Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar
  • Anindya Sarkar as Keshab Chandra Sen

References

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  1. ^ "Ushasi Ray starrer 'Kadambini' to launch next month – The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Kadambini VS Prothoma Kadambini: Ushasi Ray and Solanki Roy to play the same titular roles - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ "'Ami Sirajer Begum' to 'Kadambini': Much anticipated TV shows which couldn't live up to the expectations". The Times of India. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ "কুটকচালি নেই, নেই টিআরপিও, বন্ধ হচ্ছে কাদম্বিনী". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ Halder, Rakesh (24 September 2020). "বন্ধ হয়ে যাবে জি বাংলা ধারাবাহিক কাদম্বিনী! » Hazar Sangbad". Hazar Sangbad (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Kadambini to go off air soon – The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Ushasi Ray starrer Kadambini to go off-air? – The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ^ "বন্ধ হয়ে যাচ্ছে ধারাবাহিক 'কাদম্বিনী', টিআরপি কম বলেই কি এই সিদ্ধান্ত?". Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Ushasi Ray starrer 'Kadambini' to launch next month – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Actor Manoj Ojha to play Dwarakanath Ganguly in 'Kadambini' – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  11. ^ "I feel lucky to be a part of a biopic like Kadambini: Anindita Raychaudhury – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Kadambini actor Sayak ready to be back on sets post Covid – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Actress Rupsha Chakraborty bags a meaty role in 'Kadambini' – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2021.