''Gaaner Oparey'' () is an Indian

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television serial 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 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. This TV musical marked the beginning of a yearlong celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of the great Indian poet

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

. The concept was a brainchild of the Indian director

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. The songs were all popular

Rabindra sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' (; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengalis, Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Indian and also the ...

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors of modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is the son of Bollyw ...

launched an audio CD of its tracks on Mahalaya on 12 October 2015. On account of

's 157th birthday,

added Gaaner Oparey on

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on 9 May 2018. It was re-aired on

during the 2020 lockdown period, due to the

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Storyline

The story revolves around a girl named Sohini (more commonly known as Pupe) from an orthodox Tagore worshipping family and Gora, an extremely talented but carefree lad, who repeatedly experiments with

. The story traces their relationship and human emotions through an imaginative portrayal of Tagore, his true ideals and their significance today. It also portrays the patriarchal society still prevalent in modern India. The serial used more than fifty Tagore songs and brought out their relevance in the lives of the protagonists. The cast was composed of stalwarts such as

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and

Dipankar De 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 ...

plus newcomers

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and

Arjun Chakrabarty Arjun Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Gora in the Bengali musical television series '' Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Chakra ...

(sons of

). The female lead was played by

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in only her second project as an actress. The show has portrayed three different forms of Rabindrasangeet: the more traditional kind through the voice of Pupe, a fused version with Hindustani classical music, through the voice of Pradipto, and an 'unplugged' rendition, sometimes incorporating rap words and band music, through Gora. Several singers such as Anindya Narayan Biswas, Samantak Sinha, Sharmistha Paul, Soumyojit Das, Amrita Datta, Debashish Banerjee and Runu Dutta were roped for playback singers.

Cast

as Gora * Mimi Chakraborty as Pupe/Sohini Deb *

Gaurav Chakrabarty Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali-language film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical television series '' Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to ...

as Pradipto Lahiri /Deep *

as Chandrasekhar Deb- owner of Sonar Tori, father of Nikhil, Binu, Bisri and Choton *

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as Sucharita Sanyal (Thammi) *

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as Jhinuk Sanyal *

Indrasish Roy Indrasish Roy is an Indian film and television actor. He played the role of Tintin in serial '' Gaaner Opare''. Later he played the lead role of Chandrakiran Chowdhury, the male protagonist of serial '' Adwitiya''. He debuted in films with Kaus ...

as Tintin (Trinanjon) *Bodhiswatyo Majumder as Nikhilesh Dev (Nikhil) *Krishnakishore Mukherjee as Subinoy Dev (Binu) *

as Sribilash Dev (Bisri) *

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as Shatarupa Deb (Rupa) *

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as Chandrahash Dev (Choton) *

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as Kamalika Deb *Anindita Biswas Kapileshwari as Ajanta Deb *

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as Sudarshana Deb (Rani) *Sourav Chatterjee as Uttiyo Deb (Bubai) *

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as Nandini Deb (Mishtu) *Shalmi Barman as Kumudini Deb (Kumu) *Daminee Basu as Sumana *Animesh Bhaduri as Sakya *

Biswajit Chakraborty Biswajit Chakraborty, (born 1 May 1958) is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Bengali movies. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. His debut movie was '' Sunya Theke Suru'' directed by Ashoke Viswanathan. He has acted in more t ...

as Pradyumna Lahiri * Basabdatta Chatterjee as Damini (Mini) *

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as Keya Lahiri * Joydip Kundu as Bablu-da *

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as Samiran (Sam) *

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as Ayan *Debjani Chattopadhyay as Labanya Dev (Bonya) (Chhoto Pishima) *

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as Boro Pishima (Niroja) *

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as Boro Pishemoshai (Pranab) *

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as Maitreyee *

Bhaskar Banerjee Bhaskar Banerjee is an Indian Bengali actor. He has acted in many television serials and films including ''Kache Aye Shoi'', ''Jol Nupur'', ''Potol Kumar Gaanwala'', '' Dhulokona'', ''Swamir Ghar'', ''Angshumaner Chhobi'', '' Obhishopto Nighty ...

as Shankar Majumdar, Maitreyee's hunband *Ardhendu Banerjee *Judhajit Banerjee *

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as Sangram Da (the chief-editor of Shahar TV) *Ashrujit Nandi (cameo)

References

External links

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* {{IMDb title, 4243834 2010 Indian television series debuts Star Jalsha original programming Rabindra Sangeet 2010s romance television series