Aparajita Apu

Aparajita Apu is an Indian Bengali television drama which is broadcasting on Bengali general entertainment channel Zee Bangla and is also available on the digital platform ZEE5.^[2] It was premiered on 30 November 2020 and produced by Susanta Das under the banner of Tent Cinema.^[3] The series stars Susmita Dey and Rohaan Bhattacharjee.^[4]

Aparajita Apu
Genre	Drama Romance
Written by	Dialogues Arpita Pal
Screenplay by	Rupa Banerjee
Story by	Susanta Das Sayantani Bhattacharya
Directed by	Swapan Kumar Nandi
Creative directors	Susanta Das Sayantani Bhattacharya
Starring	Susmita Dey Rohaan Bhattacharjee Satabdi Nag Soma Banerjee Surojit Bandopadhyay Nandini Chattrejee Sanjib Sarkar
Theme music composer	Suvam Moitra
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	418
Production
Executive producers	Soheli Goswami (Tent Cinema) Priyanka Seth Aniruddha Ghosh (Zee Bangla)
Producer	Susanta Das
Production location	Kolkata
Cinematography	Subrata Mallick
Editor	Amitava Bagchi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Tent Cinema
Original release
Network	Zee Bangla
Release	30 November 2020 (2020-11-30) – 26 March 2022 (2022-03-26)[1]

Plot

Apu is a young and passionate girl. She aspires to achieve her dream and become a successful government officer (B.D.O.) in order to help her father and break all stereotypes. However, Apu's elder sister Supu was going to marry Abala's third son. But in Abala Mukherjee's family, Juthika was ready to stop the marriage and demand dowry. Apu learns it and threatens to call the police. So Juthika fears and the marriage ends well. Soon Apu and Abola's last son Dipu falls in love with each other and later due to some unfortunate circumstances they both get married. Apu faces challenges in the form of her conservative mother-in-law, Abala. But Dipu supports and helps her to achieve and fulfill the dreams.^[5]

Cast

Main

• Susmita Dey as Aparna Mukherjee (née Chakravarty) aka Apu: A passionate and brave woman, a B.D.O of Phulbari, Dipu's wife
• Rohaan Bhattacharjee as Dipyaman Mukherjee aka Dipu: A calm and disciplined man, Apu's husband

Recurring

• Satabdi Nag as Suparna Mukherjee (née Chakravarty) aka Supu: Apu's elder sister, Dwaipayan's wife and Abala's third daughter-in-law.
• Sanjib Sarkar as Subir Chakravarty : Apu, Supu, Surya and Robi's father; Dwaipayan and Dipu's father in law.
• Jaayaati Chakraborty as Paroma Chakravarty: Apu, Supu, Surya and Robi's mother; Dwaipayan and Dipu's mother in law.
• Soma Banerjee as Abala Mukherjee: Arindam, Samarpan, Dwaipayan, Dipu and Khuku's mother; Tithi, Diksha, Supu and Apu's mother-in-law, Anadi's wife.
• Surojit Banerjee as Anadi Mukherjee: Arindam, Samarpan, Dwaipayan, Dipu and Khuku's father; Tithi, Diksha, Supu and Apu's father-in-law, Abala's husband.
• Nandini Chatterjee as Juthika Banerjee: Abala's younger sister and Arindam, Samarpan, Dwaipayan, Dipu and Khuku's aunt.
• Indrajit Mazumder as Arindam Mukherjee: Samarpan, Dwaipayan, Dipu, Khuku's eldest brother, Tithi's husband and Abala's first son.
• Sumana Chakraborty as Tithi Mukherjee: Samarpan, Dwaipayan, Dipu and Khuku's eldest sister-in-law and Abala's first daughter-in-law.
• Atmadeep Ghosh / Aritra Dutta as Samarpan Mukherjee: Arindam's younger brother; Dwaipayan, Dipu and Khuku's second eldest brother, Diksha's husband, Abala's second son.
• Susmita Roy Chakraborty as Diksha Mukherjee : Dwaipayan, Dipu and Khuku's second eldest sister-in-law and Abala's second daughter-in-law.
• Sankar Malakar as Dwaipayan Mukherjee : Dipu's third eldest brother, Supu's husband and Abala's third son.
• Sonalisa Das / Soumi Banerjee as Megha Mukherjee : Dipu's cousin sister.
• Mouli Dutta as Barsha Mukherjee : Dipu's cousin sister.
• Debopriya Basu as Khuku : Dipu's deceased sister.
• Ranjini Chattopadhyay as Manisha Mukherjee : Dipu's aunt and Megha and Borsa's mother, Chanchal's wife.
• Saibal Bhattacharya as Chanchal Mukherjee : Dipu's uncle and Megha and Borsa's father, Manisha's husband.
• Aritram Mukherjee as Surja Chakravarty : Apu and Supu's eldest brother.
• Debopriyo Mitra as Robi Chakravarty : Apu and Supu's second eldest brother.
• Monalisa Das as Monalisa Dutta : Dipu's ex-fiancée.
• Nilotpal Banerjee as Nilotpal Banerjee aka Neelu : Juthika's son.
• Ashmita Baidya as Munmun: Dwaipayan's lover
• Partha Sarathi Deb as Gurudev.
• Chandraneev Mukherjee as Videsh Mondal: Khuku's killer.
• Amitabh Bhattacharjee as Professor of office, he takes Apu's interview.
• Juiee Sarkar as Anamika: Dwaipayan's fake wife.
• Priyanka Bhattacharjee as Sunaina aka Sunny / Rubina Malik: Dipu's love interest

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Character
2022	Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar Award 2022	Priyo Sashuri	Abala
		Priyo Bou	Apu
		Priyo Bor	Dipu

Production

After Krishnakoli, producer Susanta Das has started producing the series under the banner Tent Cinema.^[6] It stars Susmita Dey, a model took part in a beauty pageant, plays the titular role in the series with actor Rohaan Bhattacharjee bagged in the lead roles.^[7]

Reception

Ratings

Week	Year	BARC Viewership		Ref.
		TRP	Rank
Week 9	2021	4.6	5	[8]
Week 10	2021	4.3	4	[9]
Week 11	2021	4.4	4	[10]
Week 12	2021	4.7	4	[11]
Week 13	2021	4.8	3	[12]
Week 14	2021	5.4	2	[13]
Week 15	2021	5.0	3	[14]
Week 16	2021	4.6	2	[15]
Week 17	2021	5.2	2	[16]
Week 18	2021	4.8	2	[17]
Week 19	2021	5.8	2	[18]
Week 20	2021	5.6	2	[19]
Week 22	2021	4.4	2	[20]

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Bengali	Aparajita Apu অপরাজিতা অপু	30 November 2020	Zee Bangla	26 March 2022	Original
Tamil	Indira இந்திரா	21 November 2022	Zee Tamil	Ongoing	Remake