Pilu (TV series)

Pilu
Genre	Drama Comedy
Created by	Samrat Ghosh
Screenplay by	Saswati Ghosh
Story by	Saswati Ghosh
Directed by	Rajendra Prasad Das
Creative director	Saswati Ghosh
Starring	Megha Daw Gourab Roy Chowdhury
Opening theme	"Hasi Gaane Shobar Prane Pilu"
Composer	Dr. Upali Chattopadhyay
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	74
Production
Executive producers	Krishanu Ganguly Shubhangi Ghosh (Zee Bangla)
Producer	Zee Bangla
Cinematography	Shantanu Dutta
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	576i HDTV 1080i
Original release	10 January 2022 (2022-01-10) – present
External links
Website

Pilu is a 2022 Indian Bengali Drama television series that released on 10 January 2022 on Zee Bangla. It is also available on the digital platform ZEE5. The series is produced under the banner of Zee Bangla Productions. It stars Gourab Roy Chowdhury and Megha Daw in lead roles.^[1][2][3][4]

Plot[]

This story revolves around a village girl, Pilu, who loves to sing folk songs. She once sings folk songs and impresses Aditya, who is actually Pilu's father, whom she has never met, owner of "Suramandal" music institute where everyone practices classical songs. Aditya appoints his favorite student, Aahir, as her music teacher to improve her singing system. Despite their initial differences in music, love blossoms between the two.^[5]

Cast[]

Main[]

• Megha Daw as Piyali Basu Mallick (née Mukhopadhyay) aka Pilu – a folk singer, Aahir's student turned wife, Aditya and Kalyani's daughter, Rijula's step daughter, Ranjini's step sister.^[6][7][8]
• Gourab Roy Chowdhury as Aahir Basu Mallick – a classical singer, Aditya's student, Pilu's teacher turned husband, Sabyasachi and Sohini's son.^[9][10]

Recurring[]

• Kaushik Chakraborty as Aditya Narayan Mukhopadhyay – owner of "Suramandal" music institute, Kalyani and Rijula's husband, Pilu and Ranjini's father, Aahir's teacher.^[11]
• Anjana Basu as Rijula Mukhopadhyay aka Guruma – Aditya's first wife, Pilu's step mother, Ranjini's mother.^[12]
• Mayna Banerjee as Kalyani Mukhopadhyay (née Mitra) – Pilu's mother, Aditya's second wife.
• Idhika Paul as Ranjini Mukhopadhyay aka Ranja – Aditya and Rijula's daughter, Pilu's step sister, Rangan and Raima's cousin sister .^[13]
• Biswanath Basu as Uday Narayan Mukhopadhyay – Aditya's younger brother, a Tabalchi, Ritoja's husband, Rangan and Raima's father.^[11]
• Swarnakamal Dutta as Ritoja Mukhopadhyay aka Ritu – Rijula's younger sister, Uday's wife, Rangan and Raima's mother.
• Rudrajit Mukherjee as Rangan Mukhopadhyay – Uday and Ritoja's son, Ranjini and Pilu's cousin brother, Raima's elder brother.^[12]
• Soumi Chakraborty as Raima Mukhopadhyay aka Rai – Uday and Ritoja's daughter, Ranjini and Pilu's cousin sister, Rangan's younger sister.
• Aditi Chatterjee as Sohini Basu Mullick – Aahir's mother, Sabyasachi's wife, music teacher at "Suramandal".
• Saptarshi Roy as Sabyasachi Basu Mullick – Aahir's father, Sohini's husband, Aditya's rival.
• Runa Bandyopadhyay as Annapurna Mukhopadhyay – Pilu, Ranjini, Raima and Rangan's paternal grandmother aka "Thummum", Aditya and Uday's mother, Kalyani, Rijula and Ritoja's mother in law.
• Sujoy Saha as Sayan, Rangan's friend.
• Promita Chakraborty as Shinjini, Aditya's student, Rangan's love interest.

Reception[]

TRP Ratings[]

Production[]

Promo shot[]

The first promo of this series was shot at Saharajore Irrigation Scheme at Purulia.^[21] Then, the second promo was shot at an ancient building beside the Ganges river.^{[citation needed]}

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