Leena Gangopadhyay is an Indian writer, producer, and director, primarily associated with the Tollywood film industry. As of January 2024, she serves as the

Chairperson The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a Board of directors, board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by ...

of West Bengal Commission for Women. She is one of the founders of Kolkata based production company

Magic Moments Motion Pictures Magic Moments Motion Pictures is an Indian Bengali-language television serial and film production company based in Kolkata, incorporated on 29 June 2010. Magic Moments Motion Pictures Private Limited has 2 creative directors/key management pers ...

along with Saibal Banerjee. She is also a Director, Script and Story writer in Organinc Studios, owned by her son Arka Ganguly.

Works

Films

Television

Leena Gangopadhyay is the script writer for popular Bengali serials including '

Ishti Kutum Ishti Kutum is a Bengali television serial that aired from 24 October 2011 to 13 December 2015 on Star Jalsha. It began telecasting daily from 3 May 2015 and was in the same slot 6:30 PM IST from the beginning to the end. The show was produced ...

', and '

Andarmahal ''Andarmahal'' was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 5 June 2017 and initially aired Monday to Friday at 10:30 PM IST on Zee Bangla. It had been later shifted to the 9:30 pm time slot. The show is produced by Magic Moments Motio ...

'.She has also co-directed two Bengali films ' Maati' (Earth) and '

Sanjhbati ''Sanjhbati'' () is a Bengali drama film directed by Leena Gangopadhyay Leena Gangopadhyay is an Indian writer, producer, and director, primarily associated with the Cinema of West Bengal, Tollywood film industry. As of January 2024, sh ...

' (Evening light). Her serials have been remade in multiple regional Indian languages. '

Sreemoyee ''Sreemoyee'' is an Indian Bengali drama serial that aired on Star Jalsha. It was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay, and premiered on 10 June 2019. The show stars Indrani Haldar in the ...

' written by Gangopadhyay was made in Hindi (as Anupama), Kannada (as Inthi Nimma Asha), Marathi (as

Aai Kuthe Kay Karte ''Aai Kuthe Kay Karte!'' () is an Indian Marathi-language drama series airing on Star Pravah. It is based on the Bengali series ''Sreemoyee''. The show premiered on 23 December 2019 and ended on 30 November 2024. It starred Madhurani Gokhale-P ...

), Malayalam (as

Kudumbavilakku ''Kudumbavilakku'' () is an Indian Malayalam-language soap opera drama television series. The show premiered on Asianet and also streams on Disney+ Hotstar. Meera Vasudevan portrays the lead role in the series, returning to television after th ...

), Telugu (as Intinti Gruhalakshmi), Tamil (as Baakiyalakshmi). Yet another serial written by Leena Gangopadhyay '

Mohor The Mohur is a gold coin that was formerly minted by several governments, including British India and some of the princely states which existed alongside it, the Mughal Empire, Maratha Empire, Kingdom of Nepal, and Persia (chiefly Afghanistan) ...

' was remade in Kannada as 'Sarasu', Hindi as '

Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani ''Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani'' () is an Indian drama (film and television), drama television series that aired from 21 December 2020 to 24 July 2021 on StarPlus. The series was a remake of Star Jalsha's Bengali series Mohor (TV series), Mohor. ...

', Malayalam as ‘

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', Marathi as ‘''

Swabhiman – Shodh Astitvacha ''Swabhiman – Shodh Astitvacha'' () is an Indian Marathi language television series that aired on Star Pravah. It premiered on 22 February 2021 and ended on 6 May 2023. It stars Akshar Kothari and Pooja Birari in lead roles. It is produced ...

''’, Tamil as '

Kaatrukkenna Veli ''Kaatrukkenna Veli'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language war drama film directed by Pugazhendhi Thangaraj. The film stars Sujitha and Sriman, with Khushbu, C. Arun Pandian, Chandrasekhar, Sudhangan, Sakthi Kumar, Arulmani, Kalairani, Diana ...

’ and Telugu as '

Guppedantha Manasu ''Guppedantha Manasu'' (transl. ''Fist-Sized Heart'') is an Indian Telugu-language romantic drama television series which aired on Star Maa from 7 December 2020 till 31 August 2024, at 7 p.m. IST from Monday to Saturday. It is also available on ...

'. While Leena Gangopadhyay's serials have been popular, controversy has not been far behind. She has been criticised and trolled on social media for writing stories that are regressive, called to end a few of the serials with reasons cited including lack of originality in storyline, repetitiveness in plot, the negative influence on society like the serial Guddi and lack of sensitivity in portrayal of a community or people like

. However, Gangopadhyay, believes that we cannot call the serials progressive or regressive. In an interview with The Telegraph, she said “Writing for television is very different from writing novels. An author can be selfish but a scriptwriter will always have to keep her audience in mind. Television is after all a reflection of society. You cannot deny what exists in society. Regressive points of view exist. That is why we have them in television serials”.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gangopadhyay, Leena Living people Bengali film directors Bengali-language writers Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal University of Calcutta alumni 1970 births