Kadambini (TV series)

Kadambini is a daily Bengali soap opera, which was premiered on Zee Bangla and the digital platform ZEE5. The show starred Ushasi Ray and Manoj Ojha in lead roles. It was launched on 6 July 2020^[1][2][3] and went off-air within three months, on 3 October 2020, owing to its inaccurate historical screenplay^[4][5] and low ratings.^[6][7][8]

Kadambini
Genre	Drama Biographical film
Created by	Zee Bangla
Developed by	Shibashis Bandopadhyay
Written by	Anjan Chakrabarty
Screenplay by	Saswati Ghosh
Story by	Saswati ghosh
Directed by	Rajendra Prasad Das
Creative director	Joy Chandra Chandra
Starring	Ushashi Roy Manoj Ojha
Theme music composer	Upali Chattopadhyay
Opening theme	"Samarohe eso he poromotor"
Ending theme	"Kadambini ..... Kadambini"
Composer	Upali Chattopadhyay
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	85
Production
Executive producers	Krishanu Ganguly Urvi Mukherjee
Producer	Zee Bangla
Production location	Kolkata
Cinematography	Santu Dutta Goutam Naskar
Editors	Jishu Nath Biplab Mandal Shaibal Das
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Zee Bangla
Original release
Network	Zee Bangla
Release	6 July (2020-07-06) – 3 October 2020 (2020-10-03)

Plot

The story is set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when many people were trying to reform the society. Women were often subjected to violence during this time. The story shows the struggle of a lady, Kadambini Ganguly née Bose, who stood up against violence and became the first Indian female doctor to practice modern Western medicine professionally.

Cast

Main

• Ushashi Roy as Kadambini Ganguly née Bose^[9] aka Bini.
• Manoj Ojha as Dwarkanath Ganguly aka Dwaraka^[10]

Recurring

• Debdut Ghosh as Brajokishore Bose: Kadambini's father.
• Lopamudra Sinha as Pramodbala Devi: Kadambini's mother
• Debopriya Basu as Saudamini Bose: Kadambini's sister.
• Oindrila Saha as Bidhumukhi Devi: Dwaraka's daughter aka Bidhu.
• Ankit Mazumder as Satish Ganguly: Dwaraka's son aka Satish.
• Ananya Sengupta as Tarasundori Devi aka Tara: Dwaraka's sister.
• Nandini Chatterjee as Udaytara Devi: Dwaraka's mother.
• Sumanta Mukherjee as Krishnapran Gangopadhyay: Dwarka's father.
• Sahana Sen / Anindita Raychaudhury as Surobala: Manmotho's mother.^[11]
• Sayak Chakraborty as Manmotho.^[12]
• Soumi Chakrobarty as Sarala Roy(Das): Dwaraka's student
• Ashmee Ghosh as Abala Bose(Das): Dwaraka's student
• Poonam Basak as Bula:Kadambini"s Friend
• Sandip Chakraborty as Durga Mohan Das: Sarala and Abala's father
• Rupsha Chakraborty as Brahmamoyee Devi: Sarala and Abala's mother^[13]
• Chandraneev Mukherjee as Manmohan Ghosh
• Twarita Chatterjee as Swarnalata Ghose: Monmohon's wife.
• Sreemoyee Chattoraj as Swarnaprobha Bose: Dwaraka's student.
• Shirsha Guhathakurta as Protima.
• Subhrajit Dutta as Prankrishna Dutta.
• Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Niranjan Mitra: Kadambini's former fiancé
• Sanjuktaa Roy Chowdhury as Priyadarshini mitra: Niranjan's mother.
• Gautam Mukherjee as Bhavesh Mitra: Niranjan's father.
• Shobhana Bhunia as Kaveri Mitra: Niranjan's sister-in-law.
• Indrajit Mazumder as Dr. Rajendrachanda Chandra.
• Debshankar Haldar as Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar
• Anindya Sarkar as Keshab Chandra Sen