Balijhor

*Balijhor*
Balijhor
Genre	Drama
Written by	Leena Gangopadhyay
Directed by	Saibal Banerjee
Creative director	Leena Gangopadhyay
Starring	Trina Saha ; Koushik Roy ; Indrasish Roy
Theme music composer	Anweesha
Opening theme	"Balijhor... Balijhor"
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	70
Production
Producer	Saibal Banerjee
Production location	Kolkata
Editor	Sameer
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production company	Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Release
Original network	Star Jalsha
Picture format	576i ; HDTV 1080i ;
Original release	6 February –; 16 April 2023

Last updated April 16, 2023

Balijhor is an Indian Bengali drama television series which premiered on 6 February 2023 on Star Jalsha and also digitally available on Disney+ Hotstar.^[1] It stars Trina Saha, Koushik Roy and Indrasish Roy as the leads.^[2] This show marks the comeback of Trina Saha and Koushik Roy as couples for the second time after 8 months from Khorkuto and of Indrasish Roy after his recent project Dhulokona, This show its end on 16th April 2023

Plot

Jhora Sen is a young girl, staying with her rich politically-strong family in Kolkata. While her father, Somudra Sen, finds peace in power, property and status; Jhora is in-love with a middle class man, Srot Basu. Somudra soon fixed Jhora’s marriage to Maharghya Banerjee, the former’s assistant, much against Jhora’s will.

On the marriage day, Jhora attempts to elope from the wedding, however fate plans it different for her as she ties the knot with Maharghya. The further story focuses upon the problems the newly-wedded face with the backdrop of family, relationships and politics.

Cast

Main

Trina Saha as Jhora Banerjee (née Sen) – a dancer, Samudra and Lokkhishri's only daughter, Srot's love interest and Maharghya's wife, Animesh's daughter in-law.
Koushik Roy as Maharghya Banerjee – Samudra's assistant who lives in Jhora's house since childhood, Jhora's one-sided lover and husband, Animesh's son
Indrasish Roy as Srot Basu – a fresher, who belongs to a middle class family, Jhora's former love interest.

Recurring

Jhora's family

Bharat Kaul as Samudra Sen – Lokkhishri's husband, Jhora's father, Maharghya's guide turned father in-law, a minister. He wants her daughter Jhora to marry Maharghya, but she is in love with Srot and fails to understand.
Moyna Mukherji as Lokkhishri Sen – Samudra's wife, Maharghya's mother in-law and Jhora's mother
Madhabi Mukherjee as Samudra's mother, Lokkhishri's mother-in-law and Jhora's grandmother
Dulal Lahiri as Samudra's maternal uncle
Chaitali Chakraborty as Samudra's maternal aunt

Maharghya's family

Chandan Sen as Animesh Banerjee – Maharghya's father

Srot's family

Sabitri Chatterjee as Srot's grandmother
Shankar Chakraborty as Srot's father
Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Srot's mother
Tathagata Mukherjee as Barshan Basu – Srot's elder brother and Kankana's husband
Rajanya Mitra as Kankana Basu aka Bousona – Srot's elder sister-in-law and Barshan's wife
Bhaskar Banerjee as Srot's younger paternal uncle
Anushree Das as Srot's younger paternal aunt
Priyanka Mitra as Doel Basu – Srot's younger cousin sister
Sonal Mishra as Koel Basu – Srot's youngest cousin sister
Ambarish Bhattacharya as Kakababu – Srot's youngest paternal uncle and a typical strict Bengali man

Others

Debalina Banerjee as Rupashi – the care-taker of the Sen residence
Prity Biswas as Poly – Samudra's helper who secretly loves him and Lokkhishri's rival
Ipsita Mukherjee as Kamolika; Jhora’s rival and Maharghya’s friend.

Reception

The show was initially expected to create a high competition against competitor-show Mithai which airs on Zee Bangla.^[3] However, it managed to only open with an average ratings of 4.5 in the premier week.^[4]

After two months of a poor performance in ratings, the show ended. </ref> "Sabyasachi Chowdhary's Ramprasad to replace Trina Saha, Kaushik Roy's Balijhor". Hindustan Times.</ref>

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References

↑ "New television show Balijhor to launch next month". The Times of India.
↑ "Balijhor; Trina Saha, Koushik Roy and Indrasish Roy in the passionate tale of love withstanding the power of politics". Aaj Tak Bangla (in Bengali).
↑ "Trina-Kaushik starrer Balijhor to replace Nabab Nandini will become Mithai's new opponent from 6th February" (in Bengali).
↑ "TRP: বালিঝড়কে হারিয়ে দিল মিঠাই! অনুরাগের ছোঁয়াকে কি টলাতে পারল জগদ্ধাত্রী?" (in Bengali).

External links

Balijhor at Disney+ Hotstar

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[1] "New television show Balijhor to launch next month". The Times of India.

[2] "Balijhor; Trina Saha, Koushik Roy and Indrasish Roy in the passionate tale of love withstanding the power of politics". Aaj Tak Bangla (in Bengali).

[3] "Trina-Kaushik starrer Balijhor to replace Nabab Nandini will become Mithai's new opponent from 6th February" (in Bengali).

[4] "TRP: বালিঝড়কে হারিয়ে দিল মিঠাই! অনুরাগের ছোঁয়াকে কি টলাতে পারল জগদ্ধাত্রী?" (in Bengali).

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