- Source: Punyi Pukur
Punyi Pukur was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 7 December 2015 on Star Jalsha and aired every day at 9:30 PM IST. It was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures, and starred Monami Ghosh and Koushik Roy in lead roles and Aparajita Adhya, Bharat Kaul and Anushree Das among others in prominent supporting roles; while Debaparna Chakraborty essayed a negative role. The show replaced the popular show Jol Nupur. Alongside Guddi, this is a very regressive serial produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures as its plotline centers around polygamy, abuse of women, and excessive negativity.
Plot
Punyi Pukur follows the story of Kankon at her in-laws' house and how her relationship with her in-laws take turns with time. It is a story of Kankon, who lives in a village and since she was not getting married, Kankon and her mother, Hoimonti always had to listen her uncle's taunts. Kankon's father is tracking lover and gets missing from her birth. Kankon's aunt Basumati and her sister Chhuti is always in favor of Kankon. Kankon is very much interested in idol making from a localite, Biswanath, who has a past. Later, Kankon marries into a wealthy house in Kolkata.
Kankon's husband Somudro is a professor at a college and with time falls in love with Kankon. Kankon too loves him, but both, due to their ego and pride do not confess to each other. Meanwhile, Somudro doubts Kankon's childhood acquaintance, Riju to be Kankon's lover. It is revealed that Kankon's marriage was fixed to Riju but it never happened. Kankon does not love Riju, but Somudro keeps on doubting her. And, in order to make Kankon feel jealous, he tells her that his friend Sayoni and he are in love with each other. Kankon is very much hurt but does not give in, thinking that she is a village girl and unworthy of him.
To make Kankon even more jealous, he brings Sayoni home and asks Sayoni to act as his lover and act as if they would be marrying each other. Sayoni is revealed to be in love with Somudro since a long time. But Somudro has never considered Sayoni anything more than a friend. On the day of Somudro's birthday, in front of everyone, Sayoni attempts to put a ring on Somudro's finger. But Somudro immediately pulls his hand away and in front of everybody grabs Kankon's hand and confesses his love for her.
Cast
= Main
=Monami Ghosh as Kankaboti “Kankon” Banerjee (née Mukherjee) – Chandra Shekhar and Hoimonti's daughter; Somudro's wife
Koushik Roy as
Prof. Somuddroneel “Somudro / Pupul” Banerjee – Debjit and Shrestha's son; Radha's stepson / adoptive son; Saanji's younger brother; Kankon's husband
Ronnie Golmes – Twin brother of Somudro who was lost after birth
= Recurring
=Banerjee family / Somudro's family
Aparajita Adhya as Radharani “Radha” Banerjee – Debjit's first wife; Shrestha's elder cousin; Somudro's stepmother / adoptive mother. She stayed back in the Banerjee residence as she didn't accept the signature on the divorce paper with Debjit. (Deceased)
Bharat Kaul as Barrister Debjit Banerjee – Somudro's father; Radha and Shrestha's husband
Anushree Das as Barrister Shrestha Banerjee – Debjit's second wife; Radha's younger cousin; Somudro’s mother
Ambarish Bhattacharya as Chandrajit Banerjee – Debjit's younger brother; Koyel’s husband; Jiya’s father; Somudro's uncle
Rajanya Mitra as Koyel Banerjee – Chandrajit's wife; Jiya’s mother; Somudro’s aunt
Sohini Sanyal as Shahana Ganguly – Debjit's younger sister; Atri's mother
Bulbuli Choubey Panja as Saanji Banerjee – Debjit and Shrestha's daughter; Radha's stepdaughter / adoptive daughter; Somudro's elder sister; Sourav's wife
Sudip Sarkar as Sourav – Saanji's husband; Somudro's brother-in-law
Anish Mukherjee as Atri Ganguly – Shahana's son; Somudro's younger cousin
Nabanita Malakar as Aratrika “Mimi” Banerjee – Atri's wife; Somudro's sister in law
Ayesha Bhattacharya as Joyeeta “Jiya” Banerjee - Chandrajit and Koyel's daughter; Somudro and Saanji's younger cousin; briefly Sourav's unwilling wife
Mukherjee family / Kankon's family
Chandan Sen as Chandra Shekhar Mukherjee – Kankon's father; Hoimonti's estranged husband for a long period
Soma Banerjee as Hoimonti Mukherjee – Kankon's mother; Chandra Shekhar's wife
Sandeep De as Shyam Shankar Mukherjee – Chandra Shekhar's younger brother; Kankon's uncle; Basumati's husband
Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Basumati Mukherjee – Shyam Shankar's wife; Chhuti's mother; Kankon's aunt
Aishwarya Sen as Debasree “Chhuti” Banerjee – Shyam Shankar and Basumati's daughter; Kankon's younger cousin
Sourav Das as Sarbajit Majumdar – Chhuti's husband
= Others
=Santu Mukherjee as Bishwanath “Bishu” Pal – Radha's elder brother-figure; a sculptor
Goutam De as Goutam Majumdar – Sarbajit's uncle
Sreela Majumdar as Saswati Majumdar – Sarbajit's aunt
Rahul Chakraborty as Dr. Dasgupta – Radha's sworn younger brother
Debaparna Chakraborty as Sayani Ghosh – Somudro’s friend who wants to marry him
Shankar Chakraborty as Aratrika's father
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Punyi Pukur
- Star Jalsha
- Jol Nupur
- Ayesha Bhattacharya
- Aparajita Auddy
- Monami Ghosh
- Bharat Kaul
- Irabotir Chupkotha
- List of Indian television actresses
- Ambarish Bhattacharya