''Kora Pakhi'' was an Indian

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television

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that premiered on 13 January 2020, and airs on Bengali General Entertainment Channel

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, and is also available on the digital platform

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. The show was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and

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, and starred

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and

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. The show marks the comeback of

on Bengali television after a decade and

's comeback after more than a year, since the end of his last show ''

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'', also helmed by

. Titas Bhowmik features as the parallel lead in this show. This show deals with how to break

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, bullying, to break

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and about

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Plot

Abandoned at birth, Amon has been raised as a tribal village girl and aspires to create an identity of her own as a journalist in one of

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's leading newspapers. A chance encounter with the city-bred and jovial Ankur will change Amon's fate forever as love blossoms between the two while Amon's quest to find her roots and become independent continues. The story also revealed about Amon's birth identity as the daughter of Gulu and Bonny.

Cast

Main

as Amon Banerjee - Bonny and Gulu's estranged daughter raised by tribals, a journalist, Ankur's ex-wife *

as Ankur Banerjee - owner of a tours and travels company, Amon's ex-husband, Medha's love interest * Titas Bhowmik as Medha Sinha - Bonny and Mimi's adopted daughter; Ankur's friend, lover and business partner

Recurring

* Sumanta Mukherjee as Jadabendra Banerjee aka Jodu - Radharani's husband, Ankur's father *

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/ Moumita Gupta as Radharani Banerjee - Jodu's wife, Ankur's mother * Surojit Banerjee as Chitrabhanu Banerjee aka Bhanu - Jodu's younger brother, Nandini's husband, Ankur's younger paternal uncle, Ajaan and Ahaan's father * Rajashree Bhowmik as Rangana Banerjee - Bhanu's wife, Ankur's younger aunt, Ajaan and Ahaan's mother *

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as Agnibesh Banerjee aka Benu - Jodu's youngest brother, Suhasini's husband, Ankur's youngest paternal uncle * Manjushree Ganguly as Suhasini Banerjee - Benu's wife, Ankur's youngest aunt * Dwaipayan Das as Ahaan Banerjee - Ankur's younger cousin brother, Bhanu and Nandini's younger son, Ajaan's younger twin brother, Bonolata's friend and love interest * Aishwarya Sen as Bonolata Banerjee - Ajaan's widow, Ahaan's friend and love interest * Jyotsna Majumdar as Chandboni Soren aka "Chand Maasi" - Ankur's family's domestic help, Amon's fellow villager and wellwisher * Debesh Ray Chowdhury as Parimal Hansda aka Pori - Rangta village's elder tribal man. He raised Amon and hence, he is her adoptive grandfather *

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as Mrinalini Sen aka Gulu - a popular author and college professor, Mimi's adoptive elder cousin sister, formerly Bonny's lover, Amon's estranged mother *

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as Debdut Sinha aka Bonny - the managing director and creative head of one of Kolkata's leading newspapers, Mimi's husband, formerly Gulu's lover, Amon's estranged father, Medha's adoptive father * Malabika Sen as Monidipa Sinha aka Mimi - Gulu's adoptive younger cousin sister, Bonny's wife, Medha's adoptive mother. * Rahul Chakraborty as Surjo Sen - a senior journalist and Amon's well-wisher * Sreya Bhattacharyya as Tuli - Bonny's sororal niece * Diganta Bagchi as Ratna Sen - a lawyer, Bonny's friend *

Tathagata Mukherjee Tathagata Mukherjee (born 15 May 1985) is a Kolkata-based Indian actor and independent filmmaker. He is best known for his acting in several Bengali soap operas. Early life Tathagata Mukherjee was born on May 15th, 1985, in Kolkata, India. Du ...

as Dweepjoy, a lawyer

References

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