Durga Aur Charu

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Durga Aur Charu
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GenreDrama
Created by
  • Shashi Mittal
  • Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal
Written by
  • Shashi Mittal
  • Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal
  • Amitabh Singh
Directed byBhagyasree Ananda Jadhav
Starring See below
Theme music composerAshish Rego
Composers Anish John
Singers
Mukund Suryavanshi
Shreya Phukan
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes86
Production
Producers
  • Shashi Mittal
  • Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal
  • Apoorv Jaiswal
Cinematography
  • Abhishek Basu Sudesh Kotian
Camera setup Multi-Camera
Running time20-59 minutes
Production company Shashi Sumeet Productions
Original release
Network Colors TV
Release12 December 2022 (2022-12-12) 
14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)
Related
Barrister Babu

Durga Aur Charu is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera by Shashi Sumeet Productions, which broadcast on Colors TV. [1] [2] [3] It aired from 12 December 2022 [4] to 14 April 2023 and starred Aurra Bhatnagar Badoni, Vaishnavi Prajapati, Rachi Sharma, Adirija Roy and Kunal Jaisingh in lead roles. [5] It is a sequel of Barrister Babu.

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Plot

Aniruddh and Bondita are taking their daughters, Durga and Devi, to Darjeeling for their fifth birthday, when the family are in a terrible car crash. Aniruddh and Bondita die, and Durga is thrown from the car into a bush by the side of the road; Devi, still in the car, suffers a head injury and loses her memory. The other driver rushes to the scene of the crash, where he finds Devi with her dead parents, and takes her with him, leaving behind the unconscious Durga.

Five years later, Durga is struggling with nightmares about the accident and with fear of Sumona and her husband Polash, who bully the girl and plan to get the whole Roy Chaudhary property in their own name. Meanwhile, Devi, now called Charu, has been adopted by circus workers called Banke and Bholi, and does fearless acrobatics, but she dreams of getting a proper education and becoming a barrister. The two girls share a special connection, which allows each of them to feel the other's pain.

Binoy angers Sumona by deciding to take Durga to a better hospital in Delhi for treatment. The girls see each other, and Charu tries to run away from her adoptive parents, only to be caught and sold to a brothel. With Durga's help, she and her adopted sister, Chumki, manage to escape, and she comes with Durga to Kolkata. There, Charu fights off Durga's bullies, and the two girls perform a Shradh puja ceremony for their parents.

Soon after, Charu figures out that Kalnemi, whom Durga is afraid of, is Polash in disguise. Polash denies it, blames someone else, and tries to manipulate Sampoorna, but Sampoorna and Binoy are impressed by Charu and decide to adopt her.

Meanwhile, Sheru, the owner of the brothel, has threatened Bholi that unless she returns Charu and Chumki to him, he will take her in their place. Bholi and Banke travel to Kolkata; Bholi insinuates herself into the family, while Banke takes out a loan from Binoy. On Durga Puja, Banke sees a portrait of Aniruddh and Bondita and realizes everything. To prevent him from coming clean to Binoy and Sampoorna, Bholi has Sheru kill him.

Bholi then introduces Chumki to the family as Devi and has her accuse Durga of hitting her, claims that Charu killed Banke, and Charu is arrested. With Durga's help, Charu escapes and disguises herself as Chaturvuj to evade Bholi and the police. She tries to blackmail Bholi, but it backfires. She is saved by Banke, who is alive but has lost his memory. Eventually, Bholi manages to get Charu arrested again, and Durga swears to Sampoorna to never meet Charu again. Durga is sent to study in Darjeeling, and Charu, who thinks the twelve years she is facing in prison are Durga's fault, is devastated.

Twelve years later, Durga and Charu, now grown up, have both become barristers, despite Charu still being in prison. Charu blames Durga for her imprisonment and thinks of her as an enemy, but Durga has secretly been sending all of her pocket money for Charu's education.

Airblan Banerjee, the son of a wealthy family yearns for his mother's love who was manipulated by his step-mother meets Charu and Durga and helps them clearing their misunderstanding and uniting Durga and Charu. Bholi is arrested and ask Chumki to never let Roychowdhury family learn that Charu is actually Devi not Chumki herself.

Cast

Main

Recurring

  • Chandan K Anand as Binoy Roy Chowdhury: Trilochan's brother; Shubhra's widower; Sampoorna's second husband; Aniruddh, Somnath, Batuk and Shashwati's father; Durga and Devi's grandfather (2022–2023)
  • Pravisht Mishra as Barrister Aniruddh Roy Chowdhury: Binoy and Shubhra's eldest son; Sampoorna's step-son; Somnath and Batuk's brother; Shashwati's half-brother; Bondita's husband; Durga and Devi's father (2022) (Dead)
  • Anchal Sahu as Barrister Bondita Das Roy Chowdhury: Arvind and Sumati's daughter; Sampoorna, Tupur and Tapur's cousin; Aniruddh's wife; Durga and Devi's mother (2022) (Dead)
  • Jyoti Mukherjee as Sampoorna Jadhav Roy Chowdhury: Sundaram and Devoleena's daughter; Bondita's cousin; Saurabh's widow; Binoy's second wife; Shashwati's mother; Anirudh, Somnath and Batuk's step-mother; Durga and Devi's aunt/step-grandmother (2022–2023)
  • Kaushiki Rathore as Shashwati "Sumona" Roy Chowdhury: Binoy and Sampoorna's daughter; Aniruddh, Somnath and Batuk's half-sister; Durga and Devi's cousin/aunt; Polash's wife (2022–2023)
  • Sayantan Banerjee as Polash: Sumona's husband (2022–2023)
  • Sudeep Sarangi as Bankey: Bholi's husband; Chumki's father; Devi's foster father (2022–2023)
  • Preeti Amin as Bholi aka Neem ki Goli: Bankey's wife; Chumki's mother; Devi's foster mother (2022–2023)
  • Srushti Tare as Chumki: Fake Devi; Bankey and Bholi's daughter; Devi's foster sister (2023)
    • Ayesha Vindhara as Child Chumki (2022–2023)
  • Harsh Vashisht as Abhiroop Banerjee: Mrs. Banerjee's elder son; Mr. Banerjee's brother; Latika's husband; Anirban and Mihir's father (2023)
  • Monica Khanna as Latika Banerjee: Abhiroop's second wife; Anirban and Mihir's step-mother (2023)
  • Dolly Minhas as Mrs. Banerjee: Abhiroop's mother; Anirban and Mihir's grandmother (2023)
  • Preeti Puri as Savitri Banerjee: Mr. Banerjee's wife (2023)
  • Jignesh Joshi as Mr. Banerjee: Mrs. Banerjee's younger son; Abhiroop's brother; Savitri's husband (2023)
  • Unknown as Sitara Bai: Tara Bai's daughter; Anirudh and Bondita's rival (2023)

Development

After Barrister Babu was a success, the production brought up another season titled Durga Aur Charu which premiered on 12 December 2022 moving the show Sherdil Shergill to the next time slot. Its first promotional teaser was released on 13 November 2022 with Aurra Bhatnagar Badoni and Vaishnavi Prajapati as the leads of the show.

On 31 January 2023, [6] Colors TV unveiled a teaser to introduce the new actors, Rachi Sharma and Adrija Roy as grown-up Durga and Charu, [7] and the ten-year-leap after Durga and Charu's separation with a new male lead Mohit Kumar.

On 13 February 2023, Colors TV unveiled a teaser to introduce the new time slot and a new male lead Kunal Jaisingh replacing the former Mohit Kumar.

It went off air on 14 April 2023. [8] [9]

Reception

In a review for IMW BUZZ Srividya Rajesh found the series was "a well-deserved sequel to the story of Barrister Babu". [10]

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