| Durga | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Indian soap opera Drama Mythology Romance Thriller |
| Created by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Directed by | Anupam Hari |
| Creative director | Sahana |
| Presented by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Starring | Sandipta Sen Gourab Chatterjee Swagata Mukherjee Payel De |
| Theme music composer | Jeet Ganguly |
| Composer | Jeet Ganguly |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| Production | |
| Producers | Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni |
| Production location | Kolkata |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Shree Venkatesh Films[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Jalsha |
| Release | 8 September 2008 (2008-09-08) – 26 June 2010 (2010-06-26) |
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Durga is an Indian Bengali language television soap opera that aired from 8 September 2008 to 26 June 2010 on Bengali GEC Star Jalsha.[2] The show starred Sandipta Sen, Gourab Chatterjee and Swagata Mukherjee and Payel De in lead roles.[3][4][5]
A spiritual sequel or a reboot of this series, Durga Durgeshwari, premiered in 2019 and ended in 2020. It starred Sampurna Mondal and Bishwarup Banerjee in the lead roles.[6]
Plot
It is the tale of the journey of a village belle and an ardent devotee of Goddess Durga, Durga (Sandipta Sen) who marries a mentally unwell heir, Rupam (Gourab Chatterjee), of an urban rich family. Rupam is held captive for several years by an evil woman Damini (Swagata Mukherjee). Damini held Rupam around the waist and captured him. However, Durga's faith in the Goddess, which is her strength helps her to cure Rupam. The Goddess (Payel De) comes to her rescue during all of Durga's challenges. Thus, Durga helps Rupam lead a normal life by defeating the foul plans of his relatives with the help of Goddess Durga.
Cast
- Sandipta Sen as Durga Roy Chowdhury née Sensharma, Sibnath and Jaya's daughter, Rupam's wife and an ardent devotee of Goddess Durga
- Gourab Chatterjee as Rupam Roy Chowdhury, Arindam and Jayanti's son, Durga's husband, a mentally unwell heir
- Swagata Mukherjee as Damini Roy Chowdhury née Sanyal, Arijit's second wife, Titli's mother, an evil lady who killed Rupam's mother and tries to harm Rupam and Durga.
- Payel De as Goddess Durga aka Sati
- Ditipriya Roy as Gauri, Durga and Rupam's adoptive daughter, Child version of Goddess Durga
- Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Gayatri's husband and Damini's Sidekick
- Moyna Mukherjee as Gayatri Roy Chowdhury, Aniruddha's wife and Damini's Sidekick
- Dr. Basudev Mukhopadhyay as Arijit Roy Chowdhury, Damini's husband and Sreerup, Arup and Titli's father
- Saptarshi Roy as Sreerup Roy Chowdhury, Ketaki's husband
- Saibal Bhattacharya as Arup Roy Chowdhury, Neela's husband
- Rajat Ganguly as Arindam Roy Chowdhury, Jayanti's husband, Rupam's father
- Pritha Chatterjee as Jayanti Roy Chowdhury née Sanyal, Damini's cosin sister, Arindam's wife Rupam's mother who was killed by Damini
- June Malia as Ketaki Roy Chowdhury, Sreerup's wife
- Rupanjana Mitra as Neela Roy Chowdhury, Arup's wife
- Debolina Dutta as Titli Roy Chowdhury, Damini and Arijit's daughter, Rupam and Durga's well wisher
- Subhrajit Dutta as Titli's love interest
- Tina Dutta as Kumkum Roy Chowdhury, Neela and Arup's first daughter
- Sritapa Deb as Kajol Roy Chowdhury, Neela and Arup's second daughter
- Bodhisattva Majumder as Sibnath Sensharma, Durga's father
- Swagata Bose as Jaya Sensharma, Durga's mother
- Sumanta Mukherjee as Sudarshan Choudhary, zamindar of Sonajhuri village
- Anindya Pulak Banerjee as Supriyo, son of Narayan Choudhary
- Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Jogmaya aka Maya Maa, a Yogini
- Debika Mitra as Kalyani Maa, a Nun, Jayanti's Guru Maa and Durga's rescuer
- Nitya Ganguly as Kanai Kaka, servant of the Roy Chowdhury family
- Pradip Bhattacharya as Hari Kaka
- Samir Biswas as Sashadhar, priest of the Durga temple in Sonajhuri village who gave the idol of Goddess to Durga
- Sudipa Basu as Monoroma Dutta, Jhumur's mother
- Nabonita Dey as Jhumur Dutta, Monoroma's daughter, the girl Damini slated to marry Rupam,
- Bimal Chakraborty as Ambika Sen, Arindam's friend, a lawyer, Durga and Rupam's well wisher
- Surojit Banerjee as Dr. Dibyendu Biswas, Rupam's doctor
- Sanjib Sarkar as Dr. Dhar, an evil doctor hired by Damini to torture Rupam
- Nandini Chatterjee as Mrs. Sarkar, Damini's friend
Adaptations
| Language | Title | Release date | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali | Durga | 8 September 2008 | Star Jalsha | 26 June 2010 | Original |
| Kannada | Durga | 7 December 2015 | Star Suvarna | 5 August 2017 | Remake |
| Telugu | Durga | 6 February 2017 | Star Maa | 10 March 2017 | Dubbed from Kannada Version |
| Hindi | Durga – Mata Ki Chhaya | 14 December 2020 | Star Bharat | 12 March 2021 | Remake |
References
- ^ "Sandipta Sen played titular role". The Times of India. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ StarJalsha (5 September 2008). "Durga". Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Sandipta likes challenging roles". The Times of India. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Actor Gourab Chatterjee is nostalgic these days and we know why, see pic". The Times of India. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "All-time favourite vamps of Bengali television who ruled the hearts; take a look". The Times of India. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Durga Durgeshwari: Damini Roy Chowdhury is back". The Times of India. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
External links
- Durga on Facebook
