Ami Sirajer Begum

For the 1973 film, see Ami Sirajer Begam.

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.

Ami Sirajer Begum
Genre	Period Drama Romance
Based on	Ami Sirajer Begam by Sree Parabat
Directed by	Tathagata Mukherjee
Starring	Sean Banerjee Pallavi Dey
Opening theme	"Ami Sirajer Begum" by Shreya Ghoshal
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	125
Production
Producers	Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni
Production locations	Kolkata Mumbai
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Dag Creative Media Shree Venkatesh Films
Original release
Network	Star Jalsha
Release	10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) – 17 May 2019 (2019-05-17)

Synopsis

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]

Cast

• Sean Banerjee as Nawab Siraj-Ud-Daulah aka Siraj
• Pallavi Dey as Lutfunnisa Begum aka Lutfa
• Chandrayee Ghosh^[3] as Ghaseti Begum
• Badshah Moitra^[4] as Mir Jafar
• Sayak Chakraborty as Asrafi
• Sohan Bandopadhyay as Alivardi Khan
• Rupa Bhattacharjee as Hamida^[5]
• Tulika Basu as Sharf-un-Nisa Begum
• Mallika Majumdar as Amina Begum
• Rajesh Kr Chattopadhyay as Omichund
• Anirban Bhattacharya as Rajballav
• Sandip Dey as Ray Durlobh
• Laboni Bhattacharjee as Haseena
• Sanghasri Sinha Mitra as Rabeya
• Amitava Das as Diwan Mohanlal
• Sreetoma Roy Chowdhury as Zebunnisha
• Nisha Poddar as Umdadunnissa Bahu Begum
• Ayendri Lavnia Roy as Shehzadi Afseen Begum
• Mohana Meem as Begum Gulshanara
• Ananda Chaudhury as Shaukat Jung
• Pallavi Mukherjee as Faizi Bai
• Ananya Guha as Hadiyah