Punyi Pukur Explained

Genre:Drama
Romance
Creator:Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Director:Saibal Banerjee
Snehashish Jana
Starring:Monami Ghosh
Koushik Roy
Aparajita Adhya
Voices:Madhuraa Bhattacharya
Opentheme:"Punyi Pukur"
Composer:Debojyoti Mishra
Country:India
Language:Bengali
Num Episodes:491
Producer:Saibal Banerjee
Location:Kolkata
Company:Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Channel:Star Jalsha

Punyi Pukur was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 7 December 2015 on Star Jalsha and aired every day at 9:30 PM IST.[1] [2] It was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures, and starred Monami Ghosh and Koushik Roy in lead roles and Aparajita Adhya, Bharat Kaul and Anushree Das among others in prominent supporting roles; while Debaparna Chakraborty essayed a negative role. The show replaced the popular show Jol Nupur. Alongside Guddi, this is a very regressive serial produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures as its plotline centers around polygamy, abuse of women, and excessive negativity.

Plot

Punyi Pukur follows the story of Kankon at her in-laws' house and how her relationship with her in-laws take turns with time. It is a story of Kankon, who lives in a village and since she was not getting married, Kankon and her mother, Hoimonti always had to listen her uncle's taunts. Kankon's father is tracking lover and gets missing from her birth. Kankon's aunt Basumati and her sister Chhuti is always in favor of Kankon. Kankon is very much interested in idol making from a localite, Biswanath, who has a past. Later, Kankon marries into a wealthy house in Kolkata.

Kankon's husband Somudro is a professor at a college and with time falls in love with Kankon. Kankon too loves him, but both, due to their ego and pride do not confess to each other. Meanwhile, Somudro doubts Kankon's childhood acquaintance, Riju to be Kankon's lover. It is revealed that Kankon's marriage was fixed to Riju but it never happened. Kankon does not love Riju, but Somudro keeps on doubting her. And, in order to make Kankon feel jealous, he tells her that his friend Sayoni and he are in love with each other. Kankon is very much hurt but does not give in, thinking that she is a village girl and unworthy of him.

To make Kankon even more jealous, he brings Sayoni home and asks Sayoni to act as his lover and act as if they would be marrying each other. Sayoni is revealed to be in love with Somudro since a long time. But Somudro has never considered Sayoni anything more than a friend. On the day of Somudro's birthday, in front of everyone, Sayoni attempts to put a ring on Somudro's finger. But Somudro immediately pulls his hand away and in front of everybody grabs Kankon's hand and confesses his love for her.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Banerjee family / Somudro's family

Mukherjee family / Kankon's family

Others

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Punyi Pukur. Hotstar. en-US.
  2. Web site: Women’s panel receives plaint on ‘regressive’ Bangla TV soaps. The Times of India. en-US. 19 March 2017.
  3. Web site: TV celebs speak against body shaming. The Times of India. en-US. 10 March 2018.