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Mithai (Bengali TV series)
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Mithai (transl. Sweets) is a 2021 Indian Bengali romantic comedy television drama series that aired on Zee Bangla from 4 January 2021 to 9 June 2023. The show was also available on the digital platform ZEE5 before its telecast. The show is produced by Zee Bangla. It stars Soumitrisha Kundu and Adrit Roy in lead roles. During its broadcast period, it was the TRP topper of Bengali television for 56 weeks, making it one of the most loved shows of Bengali television. [2][3]
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Plot
Mithai is a cheerful, uneducated village sweetseller meanwhile Siddharth is a grumpy gentleman who hates sweet. Later on both of them get married and the series is based on their sweet love life. Along with that the life of Ratul, Nipa, Sree, Rajib, Nanda, Rudra, Som, Torsha is also portrayed and the story also revolves around their family business "Siddheshwar Modak" named after Siddharth's grandfather. Later, Mithai gave birth to a baby boy names Sakkyo. Some years later Mithai went to factory where got into a fire accident and mithai was presumed to be death.She was pregnant but no one was aware of that. 5 years later, Sid became grumble again. He was unable to manage Sakkyo. Mithi, a lookalike of Mithai, was set for Sakkyo's responsibility. Soon, Mithi and Sid get married. Few days later, Mithai returned. It was revealed she escaped from the accident and lost her memory and gave birth to a baby girl named Misti. Then Modak family's every member joined to get mithai's memory back and they all reunite. Mithi and sid get divorced and mithi married to a Doctor. They all start living happily.
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Cast
Main
- Soumitrisha Kundu as
- Mithai Das Modak – A former sweet seller turned businesswoman of Siddheshwar Modak Group; Sudip and Parbati's daughter; Gulti's cousin; Samu and Arati's daughter-in-law; Anuradha's step-daughter-in-law; Sree's sister-in-law; Som's adopted sister-in-law Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin-in-law; Siddhartha's wife; Shakya and Mishti's mother.
- Mithi Biswas Banerjee – Mithai's lookalike; Mahendra's daughter; Siddhartha's fake wife; Samu and Arati's fake daughter-in-law; Anuradha's fake step-daughter-in-law; Sree's fake sister-in-law; Som's adopted fake sister-in-law; Dr. Rohit's wife; Shakya's foster mother. Mishti's mother figure.
- Adrit Roy as Siddhartha Modak - Former senior architect in PCG and Former head of Siddheshwar Modak Group turned Intelligence officer; Sudip and Parbati's son-in-law; Gulti's cousin-in-law; Samu and Arati's son; Anuradha's step-son; Sree's brother; Som's adopted brother; Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Mithai's husband; Mithi's fake husband; Shakya and Mishti's father.
- Ankit Majumdar as Child Siddhartha Modak
- Dhritishman Chakraborty as Shakya Modak – Mithai and Siddhartha's son; Mishti's brother; Mithi's foster son.
- Anumegha Kahali as Mishti Modak – Mithai and Siddhartha's daughter; Shakya's sister; Mithi's daughter figure.
Recurring
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Siddheshwar Modak – Head and Owner of Siddheshwar Modak Group; Sushoma's husband; Samaresh, Amaresh and Apa's father; Nanda, Siddhartha, Sandy, Sree and Nipa's grandfather; Som's adoptive grandfather; Shakya, Mishti and Srishti's great-grandfather.
- Swagata Basu as Sushoma Ghosh Modak – Matriarch of Modak family; Sushovan's sister; Siddheshwar's wife; Samaresh, Amaresh and Apa's mother; Nanda, Siddhartha, Sandy, Sree and Nipa's grandmother; Som's adoptive grandmother; Shakya, Mishti and Srishti's great-grandmother.
- Kaushik Chakraborty as Samaresh "Samu" Modak – Siddheshwar and Sushoma's elder son; Amaresh and Apa's brother; Arati's widower; Anuradha's husband; Siddhartha and Sreetama's father; Som's adoptive father; Shakya and Mishti's grandfather.
- Moyna Mukherjee as Late Arati Modak – Samaresh's first wife; Siddhartha and Sreetama's mother; Som's adoptive mother; Parbati's close friend; Shakya and Mishti's grandmother.
- Bidipta Chakraborty as Anuradha "Anu" Modak – A famous interior designer; Lalita's daughter; Samaresh's second wife; Som, Siddhartha and Sree's step-mother; Shakya and Mishti's step-grandmother.[4]
- Diya Mukherjee as Sreetama "Sree" Modak Mitra – Samaresh and Arati's daughter; Anuradha's step-daughter; Siddhartha's sister; Som's adopted sister; Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Ratul's wife.
- Uday Pratap Singh as Ratul Mitra – Animesh and Susmita's younger son; Rajib's brother; Dhara's cousin; Mithai's friend; Sree's husband; Payel's teacher and her former love interest.
- Prriyam Chakraborty / Kaushambi Chakraborty as Sreenanda "Nanda" Bose Mitra – Apa and Brotin's daughter; Siddhartha, Sree, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Som's adopted cousin; Rajib's wife; Srishti's mother.[5]
- Sourav Chatterjee as Rajib Mitra – Animesh and Susmita's elder son; Ratul's brother; Dhara's cousin; Nanda's husband; Sristhi's father.
- Enaira as Srishti Mitra – Sreenanda and Rajib's daughter; Shakya and Mishti's cousin.
- Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Somdeb "Som" Modak – Tridibesh and Joyeeta's son; Samaresh and Arati's adopted son; Anuradha's step-son; Siddhartha and Sree's adopted brother; Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Sangita's fake love-interest; Torsha's husband.
- Tonni Laha Roy as Torsha "Tess" Roy Modak – Reboti's daughter; Siddhartha's former obsessive lover, friend and colleague; Mithai's former rival; Som's wife.
- Biswabasu Biswas / Omkar Bhattacharya as Sandeep "Sandy" Modak – Amaresh and Lata's son; Nipa's brother; Nanda, Siddhartha and Sree's cousin; Som's adopted cousin; Pinky's former teacher and husband.[6]
- Ananya Guha as Pinky Agarwal Modak – Omi and Aditya's sister; Sandy's former student and wife.[7]
- Oindrila Saha as Sreenipa "Nipa" Modak Banerjee – Amaresh and Lata's daughter; Sandy's sister; Nanda, Siddhartha and Sree's cousin; Som's adopted cousin; Rudra's wife.
- Fahim Mirza as ACP Rudradeb "Rudra" Banerjee – Siddhartha's senior and best friend; Nipa's husband.
- Sandip Chakraborty as Amaresh "Amu" Modak – Siddheshwar and Sushoma's younger son; Samaresh and Apa's brother; Lata's husband; Sandy and Nipa's father.
- Lopamudra Sinha as Sulata "Lata" Modak – Amaresh's wife; Sandy and Nipa's mother.
- Arpita Mukherjee as Aparajita "Apa" Modak Bose – Siddheshwar and Sushoma's daughter; Samaresh and Amaresh's sister; Brotin's wife; Nanda's mother; Srishti's grandmother.
- Arijit Chowdhury / Raja Chatterjee as Brotin Bose – Apa's husband; Nanda's father; Srishti's grandfather.
- Arkoja Acharya as Basundhara "Dhara" Basu – An IPS Officer; Rajib and Ratul's cousin; Rudra's love interest and close friend.[8]
- Boni Mukherjee as Parbati Das – Sudip's wife; Mithai's mother; Arati's close friend; Shakya and Mishti's grandmother. (Dead)
- Debrishi Chatterjee as Gulti Das – Saswati and Gour's son; Mithai's cousin.
- Suchandra Banerjee as Saswati Das – Gour's wife; Gulti's mother.
- Arnab Bhadra as Gour Das – Saswati's husband; Gulti's father.
- Aditi Chatterjee as Reboti Roy – A lawyer; Torsha's mother.
- Neil Chatterjee (before surgery) / Subhajit Banerjee (after Surgery) as Aditya Agarwal / Roshan Bajaj (Fake) / Parikshit Sharma (Fake) – Modak family business rival; Omi and Pinky's brother; Siddhartha's childhood friend.
- Arghya Mukherjee as Animesh Mitra – Susmita's husband; Rajib and Ratul's father; Srishti's grandfather.
- Sanjuktaa Roy Chowdhury as Susmita Pal Mitra – Animesh's wife; Rajib and Ratul's mother; Srishti's grandmother.
- Niladri Lahiri as Arunesh Ghosh – Former PCG Kolkata branch head; Siddhartha's former boss.
- Chaitali Mukhopadhyay as Renubala Ghosh - Arunesh's wife.
- Gautam Mukherjee as Pratul Biswas – A criminal and divorce lawyer and long time customer of Siddheshwar Sweets; Mithai's namesake uncle.
- Partha Sarathi Deb as Sushovan Ghosh – Sushoma's brother.
- Indranil Mallick as Indra – Sreetama's senior, friend and also her one-sided lover.
- Samir Biswas as Swami Achutananda Maharaj – Gurudeb of Ashram. (Gurukunja)
- Anindya Chakraborty as Dr. Tridibesh Basu aka Tridip – Samaresh's friend; Joyeeta's former lover; Som's father.
- Rupsha Guha as Joyeeta Dutta – Samaresh and Tridibesh's former lover; Som's mother.
- Raktim Samanta as Ganeshwar aka Ghontu – Modak family's relative; Nosu's son; Makhon's brother.
- Debapratim Dasgupta as Nosu – Ghontu's father; Samaresh, Amaresh and Apa's cousin.
- Ashok Mukherjee as Parimal - Nosu's father.
- Pallabi Mukherjee as Swagata - Nosu's mother.
- Promita Chakraborty as Satarupa aka Satty – NRI college friend of Siddharth and Torsha.
- Kunal Banerjee as Kunal – Satty's husband.
- John Bhattacharya as Omkar Agarwal aka Omi / (Monindronath in disguise) – Aditya and Pinky's brother. (Dead) [9]
- Dwaipayan Das as Gogol Mitra – A student and group partner of Mithai at Excel English Academy..
- Deerghoi Paul as Julie - Gogol's girlfriend.
- Sudeshna Roy as Mrs. Chatterjee - English tutor at Excel English Academy.
- Kheyali Dastidar as Sreetama's college teacher aka Hitler mam.
- Arindam Ganguly as Nabin – Husband of Sreetama's college teacher.
- Suchandrima as Madhuchanda Roy – Chief nutritionist at "Wellness Multi-Speciality Hospital".
- Vicky Nandy as Pratik Sanyal – A journalist from Daily News Express who interviewed Mithai.
- Shraboni Banik as Mandira Chatterjee – A famous industrialist.
- Anuradha Mukherjee as Priyanjali Sen aka Angie – Ricky's fake girlfriend, Ricky's love interest .[10]
- Saptarshi Roy as Aniruddha Sen – Angie's father.
- Bhavana Banerjee as Mimi - Channel Coordinator of the serial in which Pinky and Sulata act.[11]
- Ananda Chowdhury as Suman – Director of the serial in which Pinky and Sulata act.
- Baisakhi Marjit as Lalita – Siddheshwar's childhood friend; Anuradha's mother; Samaresh's mother-in-law, a socialite.[12]
- Rudrajit Mukherjee as Sudipto Roy – A special crime branch officer, Rudra's junior colleague.[13]
- Arijita Mukhopadhyay as Promila Laha – A counsellor of F.C.P.[14]
- Subrata Guha Roy as Tarak – Owner of the House the Modaks have rented.
- Gora Dhar as Goju – Promila's right hand.
- Oindrila Banerjee as Ratri Chatterjee – Head of PCG Kolkata Branch.
- Ashmita Chakraborty as Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee – A Gynaecologist who performed Mithai's delivery.
- Arpita Ghosh as Soumi – Nipa's cousin.
- Debraj Mukherjee / Rajkumar Dutta as Mahendra Biswas – Mithi's father
- Arindya Banerjee as Dr. Rohit "Ro" Banerjee – A psychiatrist at Wellness Multi-Speciality Hospital; Mithai's doctor; Mithi's husband.
- Jayati Chakraborty as Mrs. Banerjee – Rohit's mother.
- Sam Bhattacharya as Prantik – Mithi's former love interest and ex-fiańcee.
- Aritram Mukherjee as Sayan – Siddhartha's junior.
- Riya Dutta as Megha – Siddhartha's junior.
- Sangita Ghosh as Sangeeta – Som's former love interest.
- Swarnadipto Ghosh as Rony Chandra Das – Nofor Chandra Das' son; Rajani's brother.
- Shilpa Mondal as Rajani Chandra Das – Nofor Chandra Das' daughter; Rony's sister.
- Taniya Bhowmik as Payel - Ratul's love interest.
- Debomoy Mukherjee as Palash Chowdhury – Lab technician at Wellness Multi-Speciality Hospital; Sangeeta's lover.
- Sayantan Halder as Aniket Hazra - Mithi's fiancé.
- Ayendri Lavnia Roy as Rohini Basu – An actress; Siddharth's obsessive lover.
- Mouli Dutta as Pragya – Nipa's friend and colleague (Dead)
Guest appearance
- Ditipriya Roy as herself at the opening ceremony of "Mithai Hub"[15][16]
- Soumili Biswas as herself – judge of cooking show Healthy হেশেল
- Mimi Dutta as herself – Anchor of cooking show Healthy হেশেল
- Jayanta Banerjee as himself – judge of cooking show Healthy হেশেল
- Jojo Mukherjee as herself – an entertainer in the cooking show Healthy হেশেল
- Ankush Hazra as himself at the Marriage Anniversary Party of Som and Torsha to promote to his web series "Shikarpur".
- Sandipta Sen as herself at the Marriage Anniversary Party of Som and Torsha to promote to her web series "Shikarpur".
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Critics
The Times of India quoted the series that "Mithai will tell you a sweet love story".[17]
Viewership
Mithai became the most watched television series in Bengal. Beginning with a good viewership, after a few weeks, the series soon became the top rated Bengali television program garnering a record viewership, maintaining the first position consistently in the BARC's weekly viewership charts.[18][19] As on week 4 of 2022, Mithai had been holding the top position on West Bengal Television TRP charts since last 44 weeks starting week 13 of 2021.[20]
Special episodes
- On 15 April 2021, Mithai held a Mega episode titled as "Mithai Boishakhi Halkhata" marking the 100th episode which is aired for two hours on Thursday.[21] This special episode successfully received 5.94 million impressions and occupied the first position of the TRP rating in Week 15 of 2021.[22]
- On 14 February 2022, Mithai held a Mega episode titled as "1 ghanta Mahaparba" which is aired for one hours on Monday.[23]
In popular culture
There was a clip of an episode where Mithai (Soumitrisha Kundu) made a new sweet named Uchche Babu. A fan made this sweet in real life and soon it went viral on social media.[24] Few days later, this sweet hit the markets.[25]
Reception
TRP Ratings
2021
2022
2023
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Soundtrack
The title song "Tar Nam Mithai" is a music composed by Suvam Moitra and sung by Chandrika Bhattacharya. The song was created for the series.
Adaptations
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References
External links
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