''Membou'' () is a

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television

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which premiered on

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on 19 September 2016. It was produced by Acropoliis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Starring lead actress Vinita Chatterjee, and lead actor Sourav Chakraborty, with

Dulal Lahiri Dulal Lahiri is an Indian actor and director. He has appeared in numerous Bengali films and TV series. He was critically appreciated for his directorial venture ''Cinemawalla'' (1993) a Bengali TV series starring Rituparna Sengupta. He introduce ...

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in supporting roles.

Plot

Carol, a young woman of foreign origin, comes to India in search of her roots. Sparks fly when she meets Koustav, an orthodox Bengali. Koustav and his grandfather, Shibnath, fly to Georgia to attend a

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, where he meets Carol. After that, Koustav accidentally meets Carol everywhere and circumstances lead them to fight every time. Carol comes to India, but falls in a trap set by Rajan and Raghav. Koustav rescues Carol from these situations and marries her, stunning his family members.

Cast

* Vinita Chatterjee as Carol Brown * Sourav Chakrabarty as Koustov Lahiri/Gora *

as Sibnath - Koustov's paternal grandfather *

as Sibnath's widowed younger sister *

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as Biresh, Koustov's father *

Kaushik Banerjee Kaushik Banerjee is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He has appeared in more than a 100 films throughout his career of four decades. Born to the ace actor Haradhan Bannerjee, he made his actin ...

as Carol and Shree's father * Mallika Banerjee as Carol and Shree's mother * Priyyam Chakraborty as Shree, Koustov's second wife, Carol's half sister * Arindam Banerjee as Paresh, Koustov's younger paternal uncle * Moyna Mukherjee as Paresh's wife, Koustov's younger paternal aunt * Abhijit Debroy as Debesh, Koustov's youngest paternal uncle * Arpita Mukherjee as Debesh's wife, Koustov's youngest paternal aunt * Mallika Majumder as Pishimoni, Sibnath's only daughter * Anirban Guha as Sibnath's son-in-law * Dhrubojyoti Sarkar/Dhrubo Sarkar as Raghav Lunia * Deerghoi Paul as Titli, Paresh's daughter, Zico's wife, Koustov's one-sided lover * Suman Dey as Zico * Upanita Banerjee as Shampa * Unknown as Paresh's son, Titli's elder brother, Shampa's husband *

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as Sibnath's wife, Koustov's paternal grandmother * Nandini Chatterjee as Koustov's mother, Biresh's wife, Carol's Mother-in-Law

References

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