Kora Pakhi Explained
Kora Pakhi was an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 13 January 2020, and airs on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha, and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar.[1] The show was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay,[2] and starred Parno Mittra[3] and Rishi Kaushik.
The show marks the comeback of Parno Mittra[4] on Bengali television after a decade[5] and Rishi Kaushik's comeback after more than a year, since the end of his last show Kusum Dola, also helmed by Leena Gangopadhyay. Titas Bhowmik features as the parallel lead in this show.
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 Kolkata'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
- Parno Mittra as Amon Banerjee - Bonny and Gulu's estranged daughter raised by tribals, a journalist, Ankur's ex-wife
- Rishi Kaushik 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
- Anashua Majumdar / 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
- Kushal Chakraborty as Agnibesh Banerjee aka Benu - Jodu's youngest brother, Suhasini's husband, Ankur's youngest paternal uncle
- Manjusree 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
- Rita Dutta Chakraborty 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
- Bharat Kaul 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
- Susovan Roy as Office Colleague, a journalist
- Sreya Bhattacharyya as Tuli - Bonny's sororal niece
- Diganta Bagchi as Ratna Sen - a lawyer, Bonny's friend
- Tathagata Mukherjee as Dweepjoy, a lawyer
Notes and References
- Web site: আদিবাসী মেয়ের গল্প নিয়ে আসছে নতুন ধারাবাহিক. bn-IN.
- Web site: 'Kora Pakhi' has no similarity with 'Ishti Kutum' . Leena Gangopadhyay . The Times of India . January 10, 2020.
- News: Parno Mittra to play an aspiring journo in Kora Pakhi. The Times of India. 19 December 2019. 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Parno wants more strong women characters in Tollywood.
- Web site: Parno returned to the small screen after ten years.
