Aparajita Apu

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]

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]

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.
• Jayati 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 আপু	30 November 2020	Zee Bangla	26 March 2022	Original
Tamil	Indira இந்திரா	21 November 2022	Zee Tamil	Ongoing	Remake

References

1. "Aparajita Apu: জানুন কবে হবে 'অপরাজিতা অপু'র শেষ সম্প্রচার, তার জায়গায় কোন মেগা?". Hindustan Times Bangla (in Bengali). 16 March 2022.
2. "New TV show 'Aparajita Apu' to launch soon". The Times of India .
3. "Zee Bangla has strengthened its primetime line-up with the launch of Aparajita Apu". Indian Television.
4. "Actor Rohaan Bhattacharjee bags the lead role in Aparajita Apu". The Times of India .
5. "Aparajita Apu on ZEE5". Zee5.com.
6. "Aparajita Apu: Meet Apu, determined, brave and starkly different from your usual protagonists". Zee5.com.
7. "Rohaan Bhattacharjee-Susmita Dey starrer 'Aparajita Apu' to launch on November 30". The Times of India.
8. "WEEK 9 - DATA: Saturday, 27th February 2021 To Friday, 5th March 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021.
9. "WEEK 10 - DATA: Saturday, 6th March 2021 To Friday, 12th March 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.
10. "WEEK 11 - DATA: Saturday, 13th March 2021 To Friday, 19th March 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.
11. "'কৃষ্ণকলি'র থেকে সেরার মুকুট ছিনিয়ে নিল 'মিঠাই', TRP তালিকায় সেরা দশে কারা". Hindustan Times Bangla (in Bengali).
12. "WEEK 13 - DATA: Saturday, 27th March 2021 To Friday, 2nd April 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
13. "প্রথমস্থান দখলে রাখল 'মিঠাই', TRP তালিকায় সেরা ১০ নেই 'মোহর'!". Hindustan Times Bangla (in Bashkir).
14. "WEEK 15 - DATA: Saturday, 10th April 2021 To Friday, 16 April 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
15. "হুড়মুড়িয়ে TRP রেটিং পড়ল সব ধারাবাহিকের! প্রথম স্থান কি ধরে রাখতে পারল মিঠাই?". Hindustan Times Bangla (in Bashkir).
16. "WEEK 17 - DATA: Saturday, 24th April 2021 To Friday, 30th April 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.
17. "WEEK 18 - DATA: Saturday, 1st May 2021 To Friday, 7th May 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.
18. "WEEK 19 - DATA: Saturday, 8th May 2021 To Friday, 14th May 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.
19. "WEEK 20 - DATA: Saturday, 15th May 2021 To Friday, 21st May 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.
20. "WEEK 22 - DATA: Saturday, 29th May 2021 To Friday, 4th June 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.

External links

• Aparajita Apu at ZEE5