''Checkmate'' is an Indian Bengali television thriller series which aired on

Star Jalsha Star Jalsha is an Indian Bengali language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily broadcasts family dramas, comedies, reality shows and films. It launched ...

from 21 January 2012 to 15 June 2012.

Plot

The show is a thriller with the protagonist of detective Mrinalini Dastidar (played by

Aparajita Ghosh Das Aparajita Ghosh Das is an Indian actress who works in Bengali language, Bengali language films and television series. She made her debut in films with Anjan Das's film ''Iti Srikanta'' (2004). She appeared in Anjan Dutt's film ''Chalo Let's Go' ...

). She, along with her associates, solve mysteries.

Cast

* Saurabh Chatterjee as Amolendu Dostidar *

as Detective Mrinalini Dostidar *

Amitabh Bhattacharjee Amitabh Bhattacharjee (born 15 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in Bengali and Hindi films. He was born and brought up in Delhi. His Bengali debut film was '' Rasta'', directed by Bratya Basu, with Mithun Chakraborty. He has done many ...

as Aditya Sen * Suchismita Chowdhury as Aporna * Rupa Bhattacharjee as ACP Sreeja Sen *

Rimjhim Mitra Rimjhim Mitra is an Indian actress who works in Bengali language television series and film. In 2010, she participated in a Bengali dance reality show. In 2013, she was the winner of season one of ''Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Bangla'', shown on ETV Bang ...

as ACP Sreeja Sen * Rajanya Mitra as Esha * Indrani Basu as Mira * Kaushik Bhattacharya as Hirok * Somjita Bhattacharya as Madhuja's Friend * Jayanta Dutta Burman as Derek * Anindya Chakraborty as Kaushik Mukherjee *

Soma Banerjee Soma Banerjee is an Indian film and television actress, who predominantly works in Bengali language, Bengali cinema and serials. She made her debut in DD Bangla's serial Janmobhumi and became popular with the role of Heera Amma in Star Jalsha's ...

as Anjalimashi *

Saheb Chatterjee Shaheb Chatterjee or Saheb Chatterjee () is a Bengali Indian male actor and singer of Tollywood Bangla and Bengali television. Background Shaheb Chatterjee, also known as Shaheb Chattopadhyay, is a famous Bengali Indian male actor and ...

as Rohit (Goenda Keutey) * Swaralipi Chatterjee as Ritu * Biplab Dasgupta as OC Dutta * Gautam Dey as Adheer Sinha * Kaushik Ghosh as Amit Lahiri * Rajesh Kr Chattopadhyay as Sanjoy * Ratna Ghoshal as Sanjoy's Mother * Jagannath as Amitabha Choudhury *

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as Avantika (2 episodes, 2012) *

Anusuya Majumdar Anashua Majumdar is an Indian actress who works in Bengali-language films, TV shows and theater. Filmography * '' Shontaan'' (2024) * '' Raktabeej'' (2023) * '' Byadh'' (2022) * '' Aparajito'' (2022) * '' Gotro'' (2019) * '' Mukherjee Dar ...

as Julia Aunty * Samrat Mukherjee as Barun Sen * Sudip Mukherjee as Neel Roy Burman * Pushpita Mukhopadhyay as Protima * Saptarshi Ray as Akash * Sayantani Sengupta as Anita * Soumyo as Joy * Zoyeb as Imon * Aparna as Ela * Arindoi Bagchi as Jahor * Diganta Bagchi as Partho * Anindya Banerjee as Aniruddho Ghosh (Public Prosecutor) * Joyjit Banerjee as Shyam *

Kamalika Banerjee Kamalika Banerjee or Kamalika Bandyopadhyay is an Indian actress in Bengali language film and television. Works Films Television * ''Checkmate Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like g ...

as Dr. Bonolota Dutta * Runa Banerjee as Lalita Sen * Suman Bannerjee as bhoy * Arghya Basu as Anirban * Damini Basu as Shiuli * Tulika Basu as Kasturi Samonto * Dipanjan Bhattacharya as Sumit Sanyal * Joy Bhattacharyya as Bibek * Titas Bhowmik as Rojoni * Riju Biswas as Suresh Bagh * Abhrajit Chakraborty as Shekhar Dasgupta * Arun Chakraborty as Mike * Bobby Chakraborty as Ranodeb Burman * Kaushik Chakraborty as Gautam *

Kushal Chakraborty Kushal Chakraborty (born 21 July 1968) is an Indian actor and film director associated with Bengali cinema. At the age of six, he played the role of Mukul in Satyajit Ray's film ''Sonar Kella'' for which he won National Film Award for best chi ...

as Aniruddho Bose * Subhadra Chakraborty as Madhobi *

Aditi Chatterjee Aditi Chatterjee (also known as Adetee Chatterjee) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. When she was in her fifth standard in South Point School, Chatterjee was spotted by Meenakshi Goswami who offe ...

as Shompa Dasgupta *

Bhaswar Chatterjee Bhaswar Chatterjee (born 8 March 1975) is a Bengali film and television actor. He attended high school at South Point School and graduated in bioscience from Asutosh College. Before getting his first job in GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals in 1 ...

as Promit Guha * Debjani Chattopadhyay as Dolon * Mita Chatterjee as Shushiladebi * Shubhomoy Chatterjee as Manohor *

Sonali Chowdhury Sonali Chowdhury Ghosh Dastidar is an Indian film and television actress. She is best remembered for her role as Aparna Debroy from '' Agnipariksha''. She has also appeared in Bengali TV series as '' Saat Bhai Champa'', '' Jol Nupur'' etc. Lif ...

as Ilina Chakraborty * Dwaipayan Das as Arpan Dutta *

Manali Dey Manali Dey (sometimes Manali De and Manali Manisha Dey) is an Indian television actress. She made her acting debut in the Bengali film ''Kali Aamar Maa'' in 1999. Later she made her television debut in the television serial ''Neer Bhanga Jhor'' ...

as Gouri * Debjani Deb as Jonaki * Pradip Dhar as Prottoy Biswas a.k.a. Potka *

Debolina Dutta Debolina Dutta is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. She made her acting debut with a small role in ''Seemarekha'' (1996) a Bengali TV series. She rose to prominence for her role as Deepaboli in ''Saat Kaho ...

as Advocate Ahona Ghosh * Joymala Ganguly as Nondini Sen *

Pijush Ganguly Pijush Ganguly (2 January 1965 – 25 October 2015) was a noted Bengali film, television and theater actor. In 2005 he received the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in ...

as Akhil * Nandini Ghosal as Mrs. Sanyal *

Chandrayee Ghosh Chandreyee Ghosh is an Indian actress. Career Ghosh made her film debut in Sekhar Das's '' Mohulbanir Sereng'', followed by ''Tista Tista, also called Tistedalselva or Tistakanalen, is a river in Halden municipality, in Østfold county, ...

as Ananya * Kaushik Ghosh as Amit Lahiri * Pallavi Gogoi as Marathon Organizer * Rupsha Guha as Urmi *

Moumita Gupta Moumita Gupta is a Bengali film and television actress. Works Films * '' Ebong Kiriti'' (2017) * ''Bhroon'' (Unreleased) * ''Mone Pore Aajo Seidin'' (2011) * ''Bhumiputra'' (2006) * ''Je Jon Thake Majhkhane'' (2006) * ''Nagardola'' (2005 ...

as Supti Roy Burman * Dipanwita Hazari as Dr. Debika Sanyal * Anindita Saha Kapileswari as Sharmila * Tania Kar as Meghna * Kalyani Mondal as Mrs. Bonik * Baisakhi Marjit as Pishimoni * Rana Mitra as Raju Das *

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as Mohini * Arpita Mukherjee as Kaushik Mukherjee's wife *

Mrinal Mukherjee Mrinal Mukherjee ( – 7 May 2019) was an Indian actor, theatre personality, and music director. He is the father of actor and singer Jojo. He is remembered for his negative and supporting roles in Bengali cinema. Career In 1955, Mukherjee ...

as Dip Ganguly * Neel Mukherjee as Sukanto Choudhury * Sarbari Mukherjee as Pamela * Swagata Mukherjee as Mrs. Bagchi * Piyali Munshi as Indira * Neel as Anchor Chonchol * Komal Nishad Mitra as Ayesha * Manoj Ojha as Shumanto * Priyam as Indra * Milon Roychoudhury as Broto * Shagnik as Rupesh * Shayanton as Pollob *

Arindam Sil Arindam Sil (born 12 March 1964) is an Indian actor, film director and line producer who predominantly works in Bengali films. Early life Sil was born on 12 March 1964 in North Calcutta to a traditional joint family. He was a student of St. J ...

as Mallar * Lopamudra Sinha as Rupa *

Manasi Sinha Manasi Sinha is an Indian actress and director in Bengali language film and television. She is the daughter of Manideepa Roy, a noted actress of Bengali theatre. Filmography As a director As an actor Television * ''Checkmate (Indian ...

as Nondona

Crew

Direction

*Biswajit Ganguly *Ravindra Geetha Nambiar *Ratnodeep Ghosh *Mandira Mitra *Anindya Sarkar *Romit Ojha

Creative Direction

* Mandira Mitra *Mitali Bhattacharya

Script

*Moushumi Choudhury *Sharmila Mukherjee *Koli Mitra *Shayon Choudhury *Romit Ojha *Saurabh Sengupta *Angikar Choudhury *Kunal Sengupta

Cinematography

*Rupanjan Pal *Kiranmoy Bhuniya

Editing

* Debashish Bhattacharya * Niladri Dutta

Art Direction

* Narendra Ojha

Sound Management

* Ranjan Pandey

Music Department

*Gaurab Chatterjee ... background score / title music composed *Jina ... title music: sung *Jojo ... title music: sung *Chandan Raychowdhury ... musical director / title music composed *Indra Roy ... background score *

Srijato Srijato Bandyopadhyay is an Indian poet of the Bengali language. He won the Ananda Puroskar in 2004 for his book ''Udanta Sawb Joker: All Those Flying Jokers''. In 2014, he won the Filmfare Awards East 2014, Filmfare Awards East for Best Lyrici ...

... title music composed

References

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External links

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2012 Indian television series debuts 2012 Indian television series endings Star Jalsha original programming Bengali-language television programming in India