Prothoma Kadambini
Prothoma Kadambini | |
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Genre | Biopic Historical Social Romance Drama |
Developed by | Rajib Gangopadhyay Deepanwita Gangopadhyay |
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Directed by |
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Presented by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language | Bengali |
No. of episodes | 258 |
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Producers | Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni |
Production location | Kolkata |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Shree Venkatesh Films |
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Original network | Star Jalsha |
Picture format | SDTV 576i HDTV 1080i |
Original release | 16 March 2020 28 February 2021 | –
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Disney+Hotstar | |
SVF Entertainment |
Prothoma Kadambini was 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 was 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] The show is produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and starred by Solanki Roy and Honey Bafna in lead roles.[4] The show went to off-air on 28 February 2021.[5][6][7][8]
Plot[]
Kadambini Ganguly (née Basu), following her upbringing and her struggles to obtain her medical education and eventually becoming successful doctor with the help of her school teacher who later turned to her husband, the social reformer Dwarakanath Ganguly.[9][10] Even after the demise of her husband, she continues her job and earnest attempt to reform the society alongside taking care of her family and finally becomes an immortal figure of our history.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Solanki Roy as Dr. Kadambini Ganguly (née Bose) aka Bini[11][12][13]
- Meghan Chakraborty as young Bini
- Honey Bafna as Dwarakanath Ganguly aka Dwarka[14][15][16]
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 / Fahim Mirza 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 Bhabosundari Ganguly (Devi), Dwarkanath's first wife
- Rupsha Mondal as Bidhumukhi Ray Chowdhury (née Ganguly), Dwarakanath's eldest daughter
- Sanmitra Bhaumik as Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury
- Samantak Dyuti Maitra / Nilotpal Banerjee as Satish Ganguly
- Kheyali Dastidar as Udaytara Ganguly, Dwarakanath's mother
- Sritama Bhattacharjee as Agomoni, Dwarakanath's younger sister
- Shampa Banerjee as Promila, Dwarakanath's another younger sister, Agomoni's elder sister
- Dwaipayan Das as Surendranath Ganguly aka Suren, Dwaraka's cousin
- Jagriti Goswami Ghatak as Shashibala, Bhabosundari's sister & Suren's wife
- Gulshanara Khatun as Surobala, Kadambini's personal assistant
- Rahul Dev Bose as Dr. Mahim Sen, a doctor[17]
- Bhaswar Chatterjee / Anindya Banerjee as Dr. Rajendra Chandra Chandra, Bini's medical college teacher[18][19]
- Bhaskar Banerjee as Raybahadur Sardakanta Deb
- Avijit Sarkar as Dr.Bose
- Sarbadaman Som as Dr. Sanyal
- Krishnendu Adhikari as Shibnath Shastri
- Debomoy Mukherjee as Ananda Mohan Bose
- Avijit Dev Roy as Dr. Annada Khastagir
- Rumpa Chatterjee as Manoroma Das, a neighbor of Ganguly family at Cornwallis street house
- Tarun Chakraborty as Rasbihari Das, Manoroma's husband
- Senjuti Sen as Bindubasini, another neighbor at Cornwallis street house
- Debjoy Mallick as Surendranath Banerjee
- Debnath Chatterjee 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
- 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 Manomoyee
- Ashmita Chakraborty as Jagattarini Sen, Dr. Mahim Sen's wife
- Rubel Ghosh as Jyotibhushan Sarkar
- Swarnodipto Ghose as Nilratan Sarkar
- Shovan Chakraborty as Shivaprashad
- Arush Dutta as Lalkamal Dutta
- Suprabhat Mukherjee as Jagannath Bhattacharya
- Writwik Mukherjee as Bagalacharan
- Anirban Paitandi as Kanailal Majumder
- Ankita Chakraborty as Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi
- Basabdatta Chatterjee as Jnanadanandini Devi
- Priyam as Rabindranath Tagore
- Diya Mukherjee as Binodini Dasi[20]
- Akash Ghosh as Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ray
- Phalguni Chatterjee as Ramakrishna
- Mufin Chakraborty as Lady Dufferin
- Arundhati Chakraborty as Jyotirmayee Ganguly
- Arunava Dey as Probhatchandra Ganguly
- Tania Kar as Dr. Mahim Sen's sister-in-law
- Pinky Mallick as Bhabosundari's mother
- Indranil Mallick as Biren
- Chaitali Mukhopadhyay as Renubala
- Ananda S Choudhuri as Nabakumar Bose, Binodini Dasi's admirer
- Sarbari Mukherjee as Lokkhimoni Naptani, a local matchmaker in Bhagalpur
- Ratan Sarkhel as Gopal Boidyo
- Samir Kundu as Parashor Boidyo
- Pratyusha Saha as Charu
Production[]
The show is produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. 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.[21]
It has done well in television ratings. Moreover, the show had secured its position in the top ten most viewed shows on Bengali television in 15+ Urban BARC TRP chart on the week 42, 43 and 44 in the year 2020.[22][23] This biopic based on the real lifestory of Dr Kadambini Ganguly had ranked 8th position in Top 10 Bangla serial of 2021 that were popular in the Bengal (India) then.[24]
Awards and nominations[]
This section does not cite any sources. (October 2021) |
Date of Ceremony | Award | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result |
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2021 | Star Jalsha Paribaar Award 2021[25][26] | Favorite Style Icon Female | Kadambini Ganguly | Won |
Favorite Style Icon Male | Dwarakanath Ganguly | Nominated | ||
Pride of Bengal
(Banglar Gorbo) |
Prothoma Kadombini | Won | ||
Favorite Child Artist | Bini
() |
Won | ||
Special Jury Award Female | Kadambini Ganguly | Nominated | ||
Favorite Sister-in-law | Shashi
(Jagriti Goswami Ghatak) |
Nominated | ||
2021 | Kolkata Glitz Awards 2021 | Notable Performance Male (Jury's Choice) | Honey Bafna | Won |
Notable Performance Male (Viewers Choice) | Honey Bafna | Nominated | ||
KG Icon of the Year 2021 | Solanki Roy | Won | ||
Notable Performance Female (Viewers Choice) | Solanki Roy | Nominated | ||
Most Popular Onscreen Jodi | Honey Bafna Solanki Roy | Nominated | ||
2022 | Tele Academy Award 2022 [27] | Best Inspiring Character | Kadambini Ganguly | Won |
Best Child Actor | Young Kadambini
() |
Won |
References[]
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External links[]
- Bengali-language television programming in India
- 2020 Indian television series debuts
- Star Jalsha original programming
- 2021 Indian television series endings
- Indian drama television series