Bodhuboron

Bodhuboron
Genre	Drama Romance Comedy
Created by	Acropoliis Entertainment
Based on	Saath Nibhaana Saathiya
Screenplay by	Ashita Bhattacharya Dialogue Sayan Chowdhury
Directed by	Babu Banik Chitrabhanu Basu (pre-direction) Bubai (pre-direction)
Opening theme	"Bodhuboron"
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	1163
Production
Executive producers	Aratrika (Star Jalsha) Sromona Ghose (Star Jalsha)
Production locations	Kolkata Village near Kolkata
Cinematography	Sandip Mithun Banerjee (sound management)
Editors	Nilanjan Jishu
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Acropoliis Entertainment
Original release
Network	Star Jalsha
Release	19 August 2013 (2013-08-19) – 29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)
Related
Saath Nibhaana Saathiya

Bodhuboron is a Bengali language television serial which began airing on Star Jalsha from 19 August 2013. The series starred Gourab Chatterjee and Pramita Chakraborty in lead roles. It was the remake of the Hindi popular show Saath Nibhaana Saathiya. ^[1] This Show did it's 2nd time repeat telecast on Star Jalsha from 10 june 2024. (Mon - Sun 1.00Pm to 2.00pm)

Plot

The story revolves around a simple innocent orphaned village girl named Konok (Pramita). She does all the household work yet her aunt sikha and cousin Jhilmil cannot tolerate her and torture her daily (Sreetama). She is illiterate and they do not allow her to take any education. One day Indira Chowdhury (Anjana Basu) comes to their home with his son Satyaki (Gourab Chatterjee) for marriage of Jhilmil with Satyaki who already has an affair with Teesta. But instead of Jhilmil she likes Konok and decides to make the latter her daughter-in-law, going against the wishes of her son.

Later both Konok and Jhilmil are married to Satyaki and Avro (Satyaki's cousin) respectively. Jhilmil is jealous of Konok as she failed to become elder daughter-in-law of Chowdhury mansion which may deprive her of inheriting the property of the Chowdhury family. She, along with the evil plans of her mother Sikha creates problems in Konok's life and tries to kill her. With all of these troubles on her shoulder, Konok completes all of her duties & wins all other family member's hearts. Later Satyaki also coming out from his past, falls in love with Konok and accepts her as his wife. In all the troubles Indira supports her as her own daughter making an inherent bond between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Taking the opportunity of brother's death Teesta comes again in Satyaki and Konok's married life to make Konok's life hell. She pretends as mentally unstable and innocent Konok takes her in Chowdhury mansion going against everyone's decision. Teesta now makes problems to kick Konok out of the house and to bring back Satyaki again in her life.

The show ends with Jhilmil' s death where Avro marries another woman who cares for the twin daughters of Avro and Jhilmil. Konok gets pregnant and has a baby boy. The last scene shows that 25 years later Konok is welcoming her adult son and daughter-in-law.

Cast

Main

• Promita Chakraborty as Konok Chowdhury – Dayananda and Shikha's niece; Jhilmil's cousin; Satyaki's wife
• Gourab Chatterjee as Satyaki Chowdhury – A businessman; Nikhilesh and Bidisha's son; Indira's step-son; Oli's brother; Abhra's cousin; Konok's husband; Teesta's ex-fiancée
• Anjana Basu as Indira Chowdhury – A kind-hearted businesswoman; Nikilesh's second wife; Satyaki and Oli's step-mother
• Sreetama Roy Chowdhury as Jhilmil Goswami Chowdhury – Dayananda and Shikha's daughter; Konok's cousin; Abhro's first wife (Dead)
• Suman Dey as Abhra Chowdhury – Akhilesh and Nirmala's son; Satyaki and Oli's cousin; Jhilmil's widower; Mahi's husband

Recurring

• Suranjana Roy as Mahi Chowdhury- Abhra's second wife
• Kaushik Chakrabarty as Arunesh Chatterjee / Radheshyam- a corrupt businessman, Indira's rival
• Alokananda Roy as Annopurna/ Rangama - matriarch, Akhilesh and Nikhilesh's mother
• Manishankar Banerjee as Akhilesh Chowdhury- Abhra 's father
• Mithu Chakraborty as Nirmala Chowdhury - Abhra's mother
• Bikash Bhowmik as Nikhilesh Chowdhury- Bidisha's former husband, Indira's husband, Satyaki's and Oli's father
• Tulika Basu as Bidisha Chowdhury- Satyaki and Oli's mother
• Judhajit Banerjee as Biresh
• Ratan Sarkhel as Dayananda Goswami
• Nondini Chatterjee as Shikha Goswami- Jhilmil's mother
• Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Teesta Roy- Satyaki's love interest
• Diya Chakraborty as Oli- Satyaki's sister
• Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Arup- Oli's husband, a doctor
• Subho Roy Chowdhury as Rahul Roy- Teesta's brother, Oli's love interest
• Subhrajit Dutta as Debu da
• Sayantani Sengupta as Sriparna- Satyaki's paternal aunt
• Abhijit Deb Roy as Partho- an IPS officer, Sriparna's husband
• Mridul Majumdar as Mahesh
• Indranil Mallick as John
• Saswati Guhathakurta as College Principal
• Avrajit Chakraborty as Dipak
• Hersale Mallick as Bristy
• Adrija Roy as Putul

Reception

The Times of India states Konok and Indira – the lead characters in the soap – have become household names in Bengal. At one point of time during its run that the CM of West Bengal, Smt. Mamata Banerjee did not miss a single episode of the soap (as was told by Anjana Basu and Pramita Chakraborty at an interview). ^[2]

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Hindi	Saath Nibhaana Saathiya साथ निभाना साथिया	3 May 2010	StarPlus	23 July 2017	Original
Marathi	Pudhcha Paaul पुढचं पाऊल	2 May 2011	Star Pravah	30 June 2017	Remake
Tamil	Deivam Thandha Veedu தெய்வம் தந்த வீடு	15 July 2013	Star Vijay	26 May 2017
Malayalam	Chandanamazha ചന്ദനമഴ [3]	3 February 2014	Asianet	9 December 2017
Bengali	Bodhuboron বধুবরন	19 August 2013	Star Jalsha	29 January 2017
Telugu	Intiki Deepam Illalu ఇంటికి దీపం ఇల్లాలు	8 March 2021	Star Maa	9 September 2023

References

1. "Anjana Basu is the agony aunt on the sets!". The Times of India. 18 December 2014.
2. "CM Mamata Banerjee never misses a single episode of our soap - Times of India". The Times of India .
3. "I Want To Focus More On Serials Than Films As Small Screen Is My Comfort Zone: Shalu Kurian". The Times of India . 22 March 2017.

External links

• Bodhuboron at Disney+ Hotstar