''Ek Akasher Niche'' is a

Family drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

television serial, which aired on

Alpha Bangla Zee Bangla is an Indian Bengali-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. History The channel was launched on 15 September 1999 as ''Alpha TV Bangla'', along with Alpha TV Marathi, Alpha TV ...

. It was produced under the banner of Ravi Ojha Productions. The story is about a middle-class family that deals with various challenges and complications on a daily basis and fights all odds to stay united. With over a thousand episodes that aired in early 2000s the serial was a mega-blockbuster hit in Bengal and other Bengali language dominant parts of the world. Starring an extensive cast with actors like Saswata Chatterjee, Chaiti Ghoshal, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Swastika Mukherjee and Mansi Bhatia, this Bengali TV show ran for several years amassing a huge fan following.

Cast

Sumitra Mukherjee Sumitra Mukherjee (30 March 1949 – 21 May 2003) was an Indian Bengali actress who was recognized for her work in Bengali cinema. Her on-screen pairings with actors such as Ranjit Mallick, Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatter ...

Soma Dey Soma Dey (; born 1947) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is best known for her role as Chintamani in Govinda Ray's ''Bilwamangal'' (1976). Soma Dey made her big screen debut with ''Haraye Khunji'' (1974) and ...

as Amma. *

Gita Dey Gita Dey (, 5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater. She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years. She came to the film industry in 1943. Her first film release was '' Ah ...

as Amma's Thammi *

Partha Sarathi Deb Partha Sarathi Deb (; 1955/1956 – 22 March 2024) was an Indian actor of Bengali film and television. He also acted in Telugu films. Early life and career Deb was born in Kolkata. Throughout a career longer than forty years, Deb acted in o ...

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 Ajoy * Chaiti Ghoshal as Madhabi *

Rajatava Dutta Rajatava Dutta (b. 11 August 1967) is an Indian actor who appears in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Hindi cinema, Hindi and English-language Indian films, English films. He is often regarded as one of the most celebrated and respected Bengali ...

as Atul *

Sudipa Basu Sudipa Basu is an Indian actress in Bengali language film and television. Filmography * ''Trishna'' (2009) * '' Notobor Notout'' (2010) * ''Hing Ting Chhat'' (2010) * ''Punorutthan'' (2011) * ''Raja Gaja No Problem'' (2011) * ''Faande Poriya ...

/ Indrani Basu as Anita *

Saswata Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor known for his work in Bengali cinema and television, with appearances in Hindi films. The son of actor Subhendu Chatterjee, he began his career with a Hindi television series direc ...

as Akash * Rumni Sengupta / Aditi Chatterjee /

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 Nandini *

Rita Dutta Chakraborty Rita Dutta Chakraborty is a Bengali film and television actress. She has acted in movies like Krantikaal, Alo. She played the role of ''Aarati'' in Star Jalsha Star Jalsha is an Indian Bengali language general entertainment pay televisio ...

as Raj * Kunal Mitra as Aniket * Mansi Bhatia as Nidhi (Aniket's adopted daughter) *

Rupanjana Mitra Rupanjana Mitra is an Indian actress of Bengali film and television. Biography Mitra has been working in Bengali film and television since 2000. She made her debut in the television serial '' Chokher Bali''. She married Rezaul Hauqe in 20 ...

as Mohini *

Aparajita Auddy Aparajita Adhya (born ) is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Bengali film and television industry.She achieved popularity after starring in the film Praktan. She has been an actress for many years. In 1997 she met her husband, Atanu ...

as Minu *

Badshah Maitra Badshah Moitra (Born January 1, 1970) (; also known as Badshah Maitra) is an Indian actor, who primarily works in Bengali TV soap operas and films. Career Badshah started his career in Bengali theatre and stage. He made his debut in television ...

as Bhaskar / Palash * Aritra Dutta as Ani *

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 Chhutki *

Shantilal Mukherjee Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films. Biography Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He lost his father in an early age. He was admitted in Sarsuna High School from where he passed Madhyamik ...

as Saibal * Kalyan Chatterjee as Kanai * Rumki Chatterjee as Toru *

Koneenica Banerjee Koneenica Banerjee (born 21 May 1980 in Kolkata) is an Indian actress associated with Tollywood, predominantly appears in Bengali films and serials. Filmography Television films * ''Aasma'' * ''Neer Chhoto'' * ''Notun Gaan'' * ''Leela Chi ...

as Pakhi *

Samata Das Samata Das is an Indian actress. She rose to fame for her role as Lati in Buddhadev Dasgupta's National Film Award, National Award winning film ''Mondo Meyer Upakhyan'' (2002). Personal life Das married Bengali television assistant director ...

as Tuski *

Swastika Mukherjee Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bengali and Hindi films and television. She is the daughter of actor Santu Mukhopadhyay. Throughout her career, she received various accolades including fou ...

as Piu * Bhaswar Chatterjee as Indra * Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Shayan *

Abir Chatterjee Abir Chatterjee (born 18 November 1980) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theatre personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut i ...

as Rangan *Sananda Basak /

Monami Ghosh Monami Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress with a career spanning almost two decades. She has acted in several television serials, among which the 2009 ETV Bangla serial ''Binni Dhaner Khoi'' is noteworthy. Career Ghosh sta ...

as Zeenat *

Kharaj Mukherjee Kharaj Mukherjee or Kharaj Mukhopadhyay is an Indian actor, comedian and singer. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award in 2004 for the film '' Patalghar''. Over the years, he has established himself as on ...

as Dr. Rajat Ganguly * Baishakhi Marjit as Dr. Oindrila Sarkar * Tulika Basu as Rama/Elora Sarkar * Sourabh Das as Elora's son * Koushik Sen as Rittik * Suneeta Sengupta as Julia * Chitra Sen as Julia's Thammi * Rimjhim Mitra as Neela Julia's roommate * Pushpita Mukherjee as Dr. Mallika Basu/ Moli * Mithu Chakrabarty as Dr. Mallika Basu's mother *

Arunima Ghosh Arunima Ghosh is an Indian Bengali language, Bengali film and television actress. Filmography * ''Rinmukti'' (2000) * ''Surya (2004 film), Surya'' (2004) * ''Ek Mutho Chabi'' (2005) * ''Sangram (2005 film), Sangram'' (2005) * ''Probhu Nosto ...

as Smita *

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 Manashi * Chaitali Chakrabarty *

Rita Koiral Rita Koiral or Rita Kayral (3 July 1959 – 19 November 2017) was an Indian Bengali actress, known for her television and film roles. She appeared in several soap opera roles, often as villains and often opposite Monami Ghosh. Directors she ...

as Gulabi, Zeenat's mother *

Dipankar Dey Dipankar Dey is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in movies as a hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Seemabaddha'' (''Company Limited, 1971''), '' Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1976), '' G ...

as Dr. Bijon Bose *

Anashua 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 Mrs. Bijon Bose * Rana Mitra * Ardhendu Banerjee as Dr.Sanyal * Debshankar Haldar as Palash's brother *

Rudranil Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films. Education Rudranil Ghosh completed his early education at Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah under West Bengal State Board. He graduated from the Narasinha Dutt ...

as Probal * Gouri Sankar Panda as Saibal's father * Chhanda Karanjee Chatterjee as Saibal's mother *

Alokananda Roy Alokananda Roy is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema and theatre. She made her thespian debut at the age of seven in the 1951 and later on became part of numerous Bengali plays. She made her screen debut with Satyajit Ray's ...

as Nandini's Mother *

Dwijen Bandopadhyay Dwijen Bandyopadhyay (22 September 1949 – 27 September 2017) was a veteran Bengali actor and theater personality from West Bengal, India. He worked onstage from the 1970s. Bandyopadhyay has also been a professor in the department of Drama at R ...

as Bhaskar's Father * Urmimala Basu as Bhaskar's Mother * Tamal Roy Choudhury as Public Procecutor * Nandini Ghoshal as Indira * Biplab Bandopadhyay as Joy * Milan Roy Choudhury as Dibyendu * Meghna Halder as Rupa * Papiya Sen as Rupa's Mother *

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 Indra's Mother * Sudip Mukherjee as Sisir, Saibal's Cousin Brother *

Rupali Ganguly Rupali Ganguly (born 5 April 1977) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. One of the highest-paid List of Hindi television actresses, television actresses in India, Ganguly is best known for portraying List of Sarabhai v ...

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as Mr. Dutta *

Chandan Sen Chandan Sen is an Indian Bengali language, Bengali-language stage, television and film actor, playwright and director. Career He started acting in Bengali theatre in 1977. He joined ''Natya Anan'' theatre group as a creative director and an ac ...

as Manoj * Biswajit Chakroborty as Mr. Dattaburman, local counsellor *

Dilip Ray Dilip Ray (born 9 January 1954) is an Indian politician and hotelier from the state of Odisha. He was formerly Union Minister of Steel, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs. Ray is the only Odia parliamentarian to be part of the Ministry of three Pr ...

as Ambarbabu, patient * Krishnakishore Mukherjee as Mr.Sengupta Rahul's (patient) father *

Pradip Mukherjee Pradip Mukherjee, also known as Pradip Mukhopadhyay (11 August 1946 – 29 August 2022), was an Indian actor and dramatist who primarily acted in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali movies. Although not famous for acting in mainstream movies, Pradip ...

as Bimal Ghosh aka Mallik Babu *

Santu Mukherjee Santu Mukherjee (13 January 1951 – 11 March 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali cinema. He was the father of actress Swastika Mukherjee. His younger brother, Sumanta Mukherjee, is also an actor. Early life and biography Santu ...

/ Meghnad Bhattacharya as Arjun, Madhabi's elder brother * Sonali Chakraborty as Radha, Arjun's wife, Madhabi's sister in law * Tanima Sen as Mrs. Talapatra, neighbour of Dasgupta family * Joy Badlani as Kaliya, a goon

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