Genre: | Period Drama Romance |
Director: | Tathagata Mukherjee |
Opentheme: | "Ami Sirajer Begum" by Shreya Ghoshal |
Country: | India |
Language: | Bengali |
Num Episodes: | 125 |
Producer: | Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni |
Location: | Kolkata Mumbai |
Camera: | Multi-camera |
Runtime: | 22 minutes |
Company: | Dag Creative Media Shree Venkatesh Films |
Network: | Star Jalsha |
Ami Sirajer Begum is an Indian Bengali television historical soap opera that ran from December 2018 to May 2019 on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha,[1] The show was produced under the banner of Dag Creative Media and SVF group. The show was based on a novel by Sree Parabat about the life of 17th century Bengali ruler Siraj ud-Daulah and his wife Lutfunnisa Begum. The roles of Siraj and Lutfa were played by Sean Banerjee and Pallabi Dey.
The story is set against the backdrop of 18th century Bengal when Nabab Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent ruler of the kingdom of Bengal, sat on the throne succeeding his maternal grandfather Nawab Alivardi Khan. As a ruler he faced political tension, aggression from the English, betrayal of close relatives (like his elder maternal aunt Ghaseti Begum) and his chief military advisor Mir Jafar, and various other struggles. The show is a fictionalised account of how Siraj ud-Daulah falls in love with the maid Lutfa who became his wife, Begum Lutfunnisa, and how she stands by the Nabab as his main support.[2]