Netaji (TV series) explained
Netaji is a Bengali biographical soap opera on the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that premiered on 14 January 2019 and aired on Bengali GEC Zee Bangla.[1] [2] Based majorly on Udyata Kharga Subhash by Achintya Kumar Sengupta and produced by Surinder Films, the series stars [3] Abhishek Bose in the eponymous role, with[4] Basabdatta Chatterjee, marking her comeback on television, Dhruvajyoti Sarkar, Kaushik Chakraborty, Sriparna Roy, Debopriyo Sarkar, Sohan Bandopadhyay, Fahim Mirza appearing in other recurring roles.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the shooting of the series was stalled. It was rumoured that along with Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni, this series will be axed the channel.[6] Putting rest to such rumours, the shooting started from June 11 and new episodes started to air from June 15, 2020.[7] The show went off air on 1 st August 2020.
Plot
This show is a biographical drama, depicting the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The show begins by presenting the youth of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and presenting the many brave decisions Bose took as a young boy with his friends in Cuttack.
From episode 231 the series transitions to his later life, and his attendance at the Presidency College in Kolkata. In episode 390 there is another jump to 1933.
The show also presents other groups of independence involved at Bose's time, including the likes of Bagha Jatin, Sri Aurobindo, Khudiram Bose and many others associated with the Swadeshi movement . Often regarded as the greatest leader of the Indian Freedom Struggle, he fearlessly led his Indian National Army to war against the British, inspiring mass revolts and mutinies throughout the country, ultimately resulting in India's independence.
Cast
Main
Recurring
- Basabdatta Chatterjee as Prabhabati Bose
- Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Sarat Chandra Bose
- Sriparna Roy as Bibhavati Bose
- Saugata Bandyopadhyay as Ashoke Nath Bose[9]
- Diya Mukherjee as Sarbani Roy Choudhury (Bani)[10]
- Gautam Mukherjee as Shankar Lal Roy Chowdhury
- Ritwick Purkait as Kazi Nazrul Islam
- Rob Dey as Sisir Kumar Bose
- Ashmee Ghosh as Ila Bose
- Debopriyo Mukherjee as Mahatma Gandhi[11]
- Unknown as Jawaharlal Nehru
- Debdut Ghosh as Rabindranath Tagore[12]
- Sohan Bandopadhyay as Charles Tegart Sudip Sengupta as Bipin Behari Ganguly
- Nilanjan Datta as Inspector Shiben Chowdhury
- Shyamashis Pahari as Inspector Suresh Sarkhel
- Neil Chatterjee as Pratap Babu
- Lopamurdra Sinha as Pratap's mother
- Moushumi Bhattacharya as Pratap's sister in-law
- Rumpa Das as Pratap's sister
- Fahim Mirza as Rash Behari Bose
- Debomoy Mukherjee as Hemanta Kumar Sarkar
- Siddhartha Shankar Chakraborty as Suresh Chandra Bose
- Jagriti Goswami as Arunprabha Bose
- Aditya Chowdhury as Sunil Chandra Bose
- Indranil Mullick as Rono Dutta
- Pritam Das as Charuchandra Gangopadhyay
- Supratim Sinha as Dilipkumar Roy
- Prriyam Chakraborty as Kalyani Das
- Sahana Sen as Basanti Devi
- Kunal Banerjee as Nanda.
- Kaushik Chakraborty as Janakinath Bose
- Abhijit Debroy as Anupama's father
- Mayna Banerjee as Anupama's mother
- Mridul Majumdar as Abdul
- Debaparna Chakraborty as Anupama Dutta
- Sananda Basak as Pramilabala Mitra
- Ishani Sengupta as Saralabala Dey
- Prantik Banerjee as Ananto Rai
- Priyam as Sudhir Chandra Bose
- Ayush Das as young Sudhir Chandra Bose
- Anirban Guha as Beni Madhab Das
- Arghya Mukherjee as Akshay Kumar Dey Biswas
- Abanti Dutta as Subala Dey Biswas
- Shankar Malakar as Ajit Dey Biswas
- Ranjini Chatterjee as Lalita Sen
- Subhajit Banerjee as Manmotho Sen
- Achintya Kumar Moitro as Mohan Maharaj
- Chaitali Mukhopaddhay as Renubala Bose
- Somjita Bhattacharya as Manuda
- Runa Bandopadhyay as Prabhabati's aunt
- Ashok Mukherjee as Prabhabati's uncle
- Jayanta Banerjee as Sonailal Dutta
- Kaushik Banerjee as Kedarnath Bose
- Madhumita Chakrabarty as Madhuri Bose
- Trilok Nath Thander as Nirendranath Dasgupta
- Subrata Guha Roy as Mukunda Ghosh
- Arka Dasgupta as Charles Richardson
- Diganta Saha as Sushil Sen
- Diganta Das as Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy
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- Lakshya Punjabi as Kirpal Singh Madhubani Goswami as Sarala Devi
- Indrajit Mazumder as Prof. E.F. Oaten
- Gopal Talukder as Shubendu Sarkar
- Bhola Tamang as Kalochin
- Siddhartha Ghosh as Biren Dutta Gupta
- Shaktipada Dey as DSP Shamsul Alam
- Sayanjit Ghosh Dastidar as Ullaskar Dutta
- Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Mrinalini Devi
- Ishani Das as Sarojini Devi
- Dwaipayan Das as Barin Ghosh
- Animesh Bhaduri as Bhupendranath Dutta
- Amitava Bhattacharya as Dr. Joydeb Sanyal
- Sagorika Roy as Joydeb's wife
- Sukanya Basu as Kalpona Dutta
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Television serial based on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's life to premiere soon. The Times of India.
- Web site: Netaji Upcoming Serial from 14 January only on Zee Bangla. mahanagar24x7.com. 2 January 2019.
- Web site: TV Show Netaji to Premiere this month. timesofindia.com. 2 January 2019.
- Web site: 5 things that television industry will observe in 2019.
- News: TV show 'Netaji' crosses 350 episodes.
- News: TV channel assures to continue 'Rani Rashmoni', 'Netaji' and other shows along with launching new ones.
- News: Bengali TV shoots to resume from June 11.
- Web site: Zee Bangla Serial Netaji Abhishek Basu to play lead role.
- Web site: Actor Saugata Bandyopadhyay joins the cast of TV show 'Netaji'. The Times of India.
- Web site: Diya Mukherjee joins the cast of 'Netaji'. The Times of India.
- Web site: I had goosebumps while playing Gandhi Ji's character. The Times of India.
- News: Debdut Ghosh to play Rabindranath Tagore on TV.
