Khelaghor Explained
| Genre: | Drama
Romance
Thriller
Crime |
| Creator: | Blues Productions |
| Developer: | Blues Productions |
| Screenplay: | Snehasish Chakraborty |
| Story: | Snehasish Chakraborty |
| Director: | Ranjoy Roy |
| Creative Director: | Snehasish Chakraborty |
| Voices: | Joy Bhattacharya |
| Composer: | Snehasish Chakraborty |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Bengali |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 628 |
| Executive Producer: | Runa & Sudip
(Blues Productions)
Samajita, Arpita & Dipanita
(Star Jalsha) |
| Producer: | Snehasish Chakraborty |
| Editor: | Bapon & Sumit |
| Location: | Kolkata |
| Cinematography: | Sukanta Baag |
| Camera: | Multi-camera |
| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Company: | Blues Productions |
| Channel: | Star Jalsha |
Khelaghor is an 2020 Indian Bengali language romantic thriller drama television series that premiered on 30 November 2020 on Bengali General Television Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and it also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. The show is produced by Snehasish Chakraborty of Blues Productions and stars Swikriti Majumder and Syed Arefin in lead roles. On 8 August 2022, an Odia dubbed version of this show was premiered on Star Kiran. After a successful run of almost two years, the show went off-air on 4 September 2022.
Plot
The story involves a rich girl, Purna Chatterjee, who gets accidentally married to an uneducated vagabond Shantu Gunda, a goon living in a slum in a twist of fate. Shantu, once a bright student Digbijoy Roy, gets jailed for 3 years for a crime he committed accidentally and later gets hired by Gogon Makhal, the leader of a local political party. Purna is the daughter of Justice Barun Chatterjee, the judge responsible for Shantu's imprisonment. Born and brought up conservatively, she never thought of meeting a man and falling in love with him, thus agreeing for an arranged marriage with Ritam. Shantu, on the other hand applies sindoor on Purna's forehead in a fit of rage just to prove his point about marriage, but he later regrets it. Though shocked and distraught at first, Purna leaves Ritam on the very ritual whereas Ritam supports Purna and says he loves her irrespective of the accidental sindur which is not really a marriage by law. But Purna forcefully enters in the slum as a newly wed bride, much to the chagrin of her father as well as Shantu. Ritam continues to love her but Purna ignores him and keeps chasing Shantu, who is also loved secretly by his childhood friend Radha. However, destiny makes many events occur in the life of Shantu and Purna which eventually make them both gets close to each other.[1]
Cast
Main
- Swikriti Majumder[2] as Purna Chatterjee Roy – Barun and Somdatta's elder daughter; Arna's sister; Rana, Baishali, Riya, Nandini and Gargi's cousin; Shantu's wife
- Syed Arefin[3] as Digbijoy "Shantu" Roy – Sarbojit and Panchali's youngest son; Ranjit and Ajit's brother; Purna's husband
Recurring
- Sohan Bandyopadhyay as Justice Barun Chatterjee – Kiranmala and Tarun's brother; Somdatta's husband; Purna and Arna's father
- Dolon Roy as Somdatta Chatterjee – Barun's wife; Purna and Arna's mother
- Shuvangshee Dutta as Arna Chatterjee – Barun and Somdatta's younger daughter; Purna's sister; Rana, Baishali, Riya, Nandini and Gargi's cousin
- Subhasish Mukherjee as Sarbojit Roy – Panchali's husband; Ranjit, Ajit and Shantu's father
- Mousumi Saha as Panchali Roy – Sarbojit's wife; Ranjit, Ajit and Shantu's mother
- Jayanta Dutta Barman as Ranjit Roy – Sarbojit and Panchali's eldest son; Ajit and Shantu's brother; Swati's husband
- Bulbuli Panja as Swati Roy – Ranjit's wife
- Sounak Ray[4] as IPS Ritam Mukherjee – Partha's son; Purna's ex-fiancé
- Manishankar Banerjee as Partha Pratim Mukherjee – Ritam's father
- Biplab Bandyopadhyay as Moundip – Shantu's professor
- Sneha Das as Radha – Shantu's childhood friend and lover; Ravi's love interest
- Tapasi Roy Chowdhury as Kiranmala Chatterjee Ganguly – Barun and Tarun's sister
- Sudipa Basu as Aloka Chatterjee – Kiranmala, Barun and Tarun's sister-in-law
- Rana Mitra as Tarun Chatterjee – Kiranmala and Barun's brother; Meghna's husband
- Meghna Halder as Meghna Chatterjee – Tarun's wife
- Dipanjan Jack Bhattacharya as Rana Chatterjee – Purna, Arna, Baishali, Riya, Nandini and Gargi's cousin; Bonnie's husband
- Mousumi Bhattacharya as Bonnie Chatterjee – Rana's wife
- Sukanya Chatterjee as Baishali, Purna's eldest cousin
- Ankita Brahma as Riya, Purna's cousin
- Nondini Roy as Nondini, Purna's cousin
- Gargi Mukherjee as Gargi, Purna's youngest cousin
- Sankar Sanku Chakraborty as Gogon Makhal- a corrupt politician, Purna and Shantu's rival
- Surajit Sen as Bobin goon, Shantu's Rival
- Priyantika Karmakar as Gauri Makhal- Gogon's sister
- Judhajit Banerjee as Badal Singh
- Roosha Chatterjee as Roosha Chatterjee
- Ashim Mukherjee as Roosha's father
Adaptation
Reception
Ratings
| Week | Year | BARC Viewership | Ref. |
|---|
| TRP | Rank |
|---|
| Week 51 | 2020 | 5.1 | 4 | [7] |
| Week 52 | 2020 | 5.4 | 5 | [8] |
| Week 1 | 2021 | 5.1 | 4 | [9] |
| Week 2 | 2021 | 5.0 | 5 | [10] |
| Week 3 | 2021 | 4.8 | 4 | [11] |
| Week 4 | 2021 | 4.9 | 4 | [12] | |
Notes and References
- News: Chakraborty . Raima . শান্টু ও পূর্ণার আচমকা বিয়ে দিয়ে শুরু 'খেলাঘর', স্টার জলসার নতুন ধারাবাহিক . . 26 November 2020 . bn.
- News: প্রথম ধারাবাহিক থেকেই সকলের প্রিয় হয়ে উঠেছেন 'খেলাঘর'-এর পূর্ণা, কিন্তু বাস্তবে তিনি কেমন, জানুন . Khabor24x7 . 2021-05-14. bn.
- News: Actor Syed Arefin bags the lead role in 'Khelaghar' - Times of India . The Times of India . 19 November 2020 . en.
- News: Actor Sounak Ray bags a role in 'Khelaghar' - Times of India . The Times of India . 20 November 2020 . en.
- Web site: Vijay TV serial promo shows forced marriage, Tamil Nadu cop reminds them of law. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727064254/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/vijay-tv-serial-promo-shows-forced-marriage-tamil-nadu-cop-reminds-them-of-law-101627297314524.html. 27 July 2021. Hindustan Times. 26 July 2021.
- Web site: New Serial 'Neenadena' to premiere today. Times of India. 16 May 2023.
- Web site: WEEK 51 - DATA: Saturday, 19th December 2020 To Friday, 25th December 2020. https://archive.today/20210107061032/https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights. 2021-01-07. live. BARC India.
- Web site: WEEK 52 - DATA: Saturday, 26th December 2020 To Friday, 1st January 2021. https://archive.today/20210114033403/https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights. 2021-01-14. live. BARC India.
- Web site: WEEK 1 - DATA: Saturday, 2nd January 2021 To Friday, 8th January 2021. https://archive.today/20210120175842/https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights. 2021-01-20. live. BARC India.
- Web site: WEEK 2 - DATA: Saturday, 9th January 2021 To Friday, 15th January 2021. https://archive.today/20210126034641/https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights. 2021-01-26. live. BARC India.
- Web site: WEEK 3 - DATA: Saturday, 16th January 2021 To Friday, 22nd January 2021. https://archive.today/20210202164715/https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights. 2021-02-02. live. BARC India.
- Web site: WEEK 4 - DATA: Saturday, 23rd January 2021 To Friday, 29th January 2021. https://archive.today/20210210163703/https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights. 2021-02-10. live. BARC India.
