Mithai (TV series)

Mithai
Genre	Family Drama Romance Comedy
Created by	Samrat Ghosh
Screenplay by	Saswati Ghosh
Story by	Saswati Ghosh
Directed by	Rajendra Prasad Das Rupak Dey
Creative director	Saswati Ghosh
Starring	Soumitrisha Kundu Adrit Roy
Opening theme	Sukhe Dukhe Misti Mukhe Mithai by Prashmita Paul
Composer	Suvam Moitra
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	385
Production
Executive producers	Krishanu Ganguly Priyanka Seth Aniruddha Ghosh (Zee Bangla)
Producer	Zee Bangla
Production location	Kolkata
Cinematography	Shantu Datta
Editors	Jishu Nath Biplab Mondal
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Zee Bangla
Distributor	ZEE5 Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Release
Original network	Zee Bangla
Picture format	SDTV 576i HDTV 1080i
Original release	4 January 2021 (2021-01-04) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Ninaithale Inikkum
External links
Website

Mithai (transl. Sweet) is a 2021 Indian Bengali Romantic Comedy Drama television series that premiered on 4 January 2021 on Zee Bangla. The show is also available on the digital platform ZEE5 before its telecast. The show is produced by Zee Bangla.^[1] It stars Soumitrisha Kundu as Mithai Modak and Adrit Roy as Siddhartha Modak.^[2][3]

Synopsis[]

Mithai is a cheerful saleslady who sells sweets. She travels to Modak family to sell sweets and over time, makes bond with them like a family member. Later Mithai runs away from her wedding to a unworthy lad and hence Dadu decides to get Mithai married to Siddhartha who refuses to marry Mithai because he doesn't believe in marriage as his parents had an unhappy marriage which he saw in his childhood. Then Dadu decides to get Mithai married to Som who backs out on the wedding day. So Sid has to marry Mithai to save Dadu's honour, but Mithai's marital life is disturbed by Sid's indifference and Torsha's interference. The story also shows a lot of characters present in Monohora with their personal love life. Including Ratul(son-in-law,Sreetoma's husband, Rajib's younger brother, Dhara's elder brother); Rajib(son-in-law, Nanda's husband and Ratul and Dhara's elder brother); Sreetama (Siddhartha's younger sister, accidental wife of Ratul) Sreenipa(would be daughter-in-law of Mitra family but gets failed to show up on wedding day; thus Sreetama took the responsibility to save the honour of Modak family); Rudra(close friend of Siddhartha and love interest of his friend's sister Neepa); Sreenanda (Siddhartha's elder cousin sister, Rajib's wife); Sandip (Nipa's elder brother, Siddhartha's younger cousin brother), Dhara (sister of Rajib and Ratul, Neepa feels jealous of her as she and Rudro are very close friends). Sid accepts Mithai as his wife and to take revenge from Mithai Torsha marries Som(Siddharth's elder adoptive brother) and enters Modak house.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Soumitrisha Kundu as Mithai Modak (née Das) aka Mithai – Sudip and Parbati's only daughter, a sweet seller, Siddharth's wife
• Adrit Roy as Siddharth Modak aka Sid – Samaresh and Arati's son, Sreetama's elder brother, a successful architect in a corporate company (PCG), Mithai's husband

Recurring[]

• Biswajit Chakraborty as Siddheshwar Modak (Dadu) – Siddhartha's grandfather; Samu, Amu and Apa's father; Aroti, Sulata and Brotin's father-in-law, head of Modak family and owner of Siddheshwar Modak group, a leading sweet producing company
• Swagata Basu as Sushoma Modak (née Ghosh) – Siddhartha's grandmother; Samu, Amu and Apa's mother; Aroti, Sulata and Brotin's mother-in-law, matriarch of the Modak family
• as Samaresh Modak aka Samu – Aroti's husband; Siddhartha and Sreetama's father, Ratul and Mithai's father-in-law, Nanda's maternal uncle, Sandy and Nipa's paternal uncle, Joyeeta's former boyfriend, Tridib's close friend, Amu and Apa's elder brother
• Moyna Mukherjee as Late Aroti Modak – Samaresh's late wife; Siddhartha and Sreetama's late mother, Parbati's close friend, Ratul and Mithai's late mother-in-law, Nanda's late maternal aunt, Sandy and Nipa's late paternal aunt, Amu and Apa's late elder sister-in-law (flashback)
• Sandip Chakraborty as Amaresh Modak aka Amu – Sulata's husband; Siddhartha and Sreetama's paternal uncle, Nanda's maternal uncle, Somu's younger brother, Apa's elder brother, Sandy and Nipa's father
• Lopamudra Sinha as Sulata Modak – Amu's wife; Siddhartha and Sreetama's paternal aunt, Nanda's maternal aunt, Sandy and Nipa's mother
• Arpita Mukherjee as Aparajita Laha (née Modak) aka Apa – Brotin's wife; Siddhartha, Sreetama, Sandy, Nipa's paternal aunt, Nanda's mother, Rajib's mother-in-law, Somu and Amu's younger sister
• Arijit Chowdhury as Brotin Laha – Apa's husband; Siddhartha and Sreetama's paternal uncle, Nanda's father, Rajib's father-in-law, Samaresh and Amaresh's younger brother-in-law
• Prriyam Chakraborty / Kaushambi Chakraborty as Sreenanda Mitra (née Laha) aka Nanda – Rajib's wife; Ratul's elder sister-in-law, Siddhartha, Sreetama, Sandy and Nipa's paternal elder cousin sister, Dhara's elder maternal cousin-in-law
• Sourav Chatterjee as Rajib Mitra – Nanda's husband; Ratul's elder brother, Siddhartha, Sreetama, Sandy and Nipa's paternal elder cousin brother-in-law, Dhara's elder maternal cousin
• Diya Mukherjee as Sreetama Mitra (née Modak) aka Sree – Ratul's wife; Siddhartha's younger sister, Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin sister, Rajib's sister-in-law
• Uday Pratap Singh as Ratul Mitra – Sree's husband; Rajib's younger brother, Nipa's former love interest, Siddhartha, Nanda, Sandy, Nipa's brother-in-law, Dhara's younger maternal cousin, Mithai's good friend
• Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Somdeb Modak (née Basu) aka Som – Torsha's husband; Tridibesh and Joyeeta's biological son; Arati's adoptive son, Siddhartha and Sreetama's adoptive elder brother, Mithai's former rival
• Tonni Laha Roy as Torsha Modak (née Roy) aka Tess – Som's wife, Siddhartha's former friend and colleague for whose she has a crush, Reboti's daughter, Mithai's rival and PCG Kolkata branch head
• Biswabasu Biswas / Omkar Bhattacharya as Sandip Modak aka Sandy – Siddhartha and Nanda's younger cousin brother, Sreetama's elder cousin brother, Nipa's elder brother, Mithai, Rajib and Ratul's brother-in-law
• Oindrila Saha as Sreenipa Modak aka Nipa – Siddhartha, Sreetama, Nanda's younger cousin sister, Sandy's younger sister, Ratul's former love interest, Rudra's one-sided lover
• Fahim Mirza as ACP Rudradeb Banerjee aka Rudra / Ruddy – Siddhartha's senior and his friend, Mithai's declared brother, Nipa's love interest
• Arkoja Acharya as Basundhara Basu aka Dhara – an IPS Officer; Rudra's old crush; Rudra's close friend, Rajib and Ratul's maternal cousin
• Boni Mukherjee as Late Parbati Das (née Saha) – Late Sudip's wife, Mithai's mother, Siddhartha's mother in law, Aroti's close friend
• Debrishi Chatterjee as Gulmohar Das aka Gulti – Mithai's younger cousin brother
• Suchandra Banerjee as Saswati Das – Mithai's aunt, Gulti's mother
• Arnab Bhadra as Gour Das - Mithai's uncle, Gulti's father
• Aditi Chatterjee as Reboti Roy – Torsha's mother, a corrupt lawyer, Som's mother-in-law
• Neil Chatterjee as Aditya Agarwal – Siddhartha's childhood friend and Modak family business rival's son
• Arghya Mukherjee as Animesh Mitra – Rajib and Ratul's father, Nanda and Sree's father-in-law
• Sanjuktaa Roy Chowdhury as Susmita Mitra (née Pal) – Rajib and Ratul's mother, Nanda and Sree's mother-in-law
• Niladri Lahiri as Arunesh Ghosh – former PCG Kolkata branch head and Siddhartha's boss
• Partha Sarathi Deb as Sushovan Ghosh – Sushoma's elder brother
• Indranil Mallick as Indra – Sreetama's senior, friend and also her one-sided lover
• Samir Biswas as Swami Achutananda Maharaj – Gurudeb of Ashram (Gurukunja)
• Anindya Chakrabarti as Dr. Tridibesh Basu aka Tridib – Samaresh's close friend, Jayeeta's former lover, Som's biological father
• Rupsha Guha as Joyeeta Dutta – Samaresh's former girlfriend; Tridibesh's former lover, Som's biological mother
• Raktim Samanta as Ganeswar Modak aka Ghontu – Modak family's relative, Nosu's son, Siddeshwar's grandnephew, Makhon's brother
• Debapratim Dasgupta as Nosu – Ghontu's father, Samu, Amu and Apa's cousin brother
• Promita Chakraborty as Satorupa aka Satty – NRI college friend of Siddhartha and Torsha
• Kunal Banerjee as Kunal - Satty's lover and Siddhartha's friend
• John Bhattacharya as Omi Agarwal - Agarwal's younger son, Aditya's younger brother

Guest appearance[]

• Ditipriya Roy as herself- at the opening ceremony of "Mithai Hub"

Reception[]

Critics[]

The Times of India quoted the series that "Mithai will tell you a sweet love story".^[4]

Viewership[]

Mithai became the most watched television series in Bengal. Beginning with an average viewership, after few weeks, the series soon became the top rated Bengali television program garnering a record viewership, maintaining the first position consistently in the BARC's weekly viewership charts.^[5][6][7] As on week 4 of 2022, Mithai has been holding the top position on West Bengal Television TRP charts since last 43 weeks starting week 13 of 2021.^[8]

Adaptations[]

Special episodes[]

• Mithai's special episode "Mithai Boisakhi Halkhata" aired on 15 April 2021 marking the 100th episode. This special episode successfully received 5.94 million impressions and occupied the first position of the TRP rating in Week 15 of 2021.^[24]

References[]

External links[]

• Mithai at IMDb
• Mithai at ZEE5