Guddi (TV series)

Guddi
Genre	Drama Family Romance
Written by	Leena Gangopadhyay
Directed by	Saibal Banerjee Diganta Sinha
Starring	Shyamoupti Mudly Ranojoy Bishnu Madhurima Basak
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	470
Production
Producers	Sumit Kumar Roy (Magic Moments Motion Pictures) Taniya Nilanjan (Star Jalsha)
Production location	Kolkata
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Release
Original network	Star Jalsha
Picture format	SDTV 576i HDTV 1080i
Original release	28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) – present

Guddi is an 2022 Indian Bengali language romantic drama television series that premiered on 28 February 2022 ^[1] and airs on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. ^[2] The show is produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay and stars Shyamoupti Mudly and Ranojoy Bishnu in lead roles. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Plot

The story opens with featuring, a young girl from Darjeeling aspires to become a police officer. However, along her path, her life gets entwined with Anuj, a successful police officer who she initially considers an inspiration to serve the country. She gets married to Anuj out of compromise due to a series of events, while the latter is in love with his childhood friend and Guddi's teacher, Shirin. Guddi eventually unknowingly begins developing feelings for Anuj.

However, as Shirin's wrath grows for Guddi, several events finally lead to the Guddi divorcing Anuj and the latter marrying Shirin. But even after marrying Shirin Anuj keeps on cheating on Shirin with Guddi and also at the same time he impregnates Shirin. Guddi pretends to be innocent in front of Shirin, however she backstabs her by continuing her affair with Anuj. After a long time Guddi breaks her extramarital affair with Anuj. Later Anuj also returns to Shirin. After moving on in life, Guddi marries Judhajit, a humble and supportive man, and Anuj's cousin, whom she cheats again with Anuj..

6 Years Later

Guddi is now a successful police-officer in Darjeeling. Anuj and Shirin have a son, Bublu, while the couple face problems in their marriage as they stayed apart for 6 years. Eventually due to circumstances, Bublu meets Guddi and the two develop a growing mother-son bond while the latter is unaware of him being Anuj's son. Also Guddi marries Judhajit again but cheats on him with Anuj just like she did 6 years before.

Soon, all the lies get uncovered and suddenly, Anuj faces a fatal death bringing a shocker to Guddi and Shirin.

18 Years Later

Guddi, now retired, lives with her adoptive daughter, Ritabhari. Ritabhari soon meets Rituraj aka Publu, and thus begins their lovestory.

Cast

Main

• Shyamoupti Mudly as
  • Guddi Sarkar Sen – A retired police officer; Bohoru's daughter; Anuj and Judhajit's ex-wife; Arjun's wife; Ritabhari's adoptive mother (2022–present)
  • Dr. Ritabhari "Reshmi" Sarkar Chatterjee – Guddi's adopted daughter; Rituraj's wife. (2023–present)
• Ranojoy Bishnu as
  • Anuj "Piklu" Chatterjee – A former police officer; Pinaki's son; Notun's step-son; Queen's half-brother; Tutul, Sohaag and Judhajit's cousin; Guddi's ex-husband; Shirin's husband; Rituraj's father. (2022–2023) (Dead)
  • Dr. Rituraj "Publu" Chatterjee – Anuj and Shirin's son; Ritabhari's husband; Ayantika's best friend and ex-fiancée (2023–present)
  • Arjun Sen aka Ankush Bhatiya – Anuj's lookalike; Guddi's husband. (2023–present)

Recurring

• Madhurima Basak as Shirin Banerjee Chatterjee – Baskar and Chaitali's daughter; Guddi's school teacher turned rival; Anuj's widow; Rituraj's mother. (2022–2023)
• Chandan Sen as Bohoru Sarkar – Guddi's father. (2022) (Dead)
• Debottam Majumdar as Dr. Judhajit Chatterjee – Koushola and Anandashankar's son; Anuj, Queen, Tutul and Sohag's cousin; Guddi's ex-husband. (2022–2023)
• Shankar Chakraborty as Amitabha "Jethumoni" Chatterjee – Pinaki and Dodul's brother; Mummum's husband; Tutul and Sohaag's father; Guddi's father-figure. (2022–present)
• Sohini Sengupta as Mummum Chatterjee – Jethumoni's wife; Tutul and Sohaag's mother (2022–present)
• Sudip Mukherjee as Pinaki Chatterjee – Jethumoni and Dodul's brother; Notun's husband; Anuj and Queen's father; Rituraj's grandfather. (2022–present)
• Bidisha Chakraborty as Notun Chatterjee – Pinaki's second wife; Queen's mother; Anuj's step-mother; Rituraj's step-grandmother. (2022–present)
• Ambarish Bhattacharya as Dodul Chatterjee – Jethumoni and Pinaki's brother; Keya's husband. (2022–present)
• Rajanya Mitra as Keya Chatterjee – Dodul's wife. (2022–present)
• Hridlekha Banerjee as Sohaag Chatterjee – Jethumoni and Mummum's daughter; Tutul's sister; Anuj, Queen and Judhajit's cousin; Anirban's wife. (2022–present)
• Biswabasu Biswas as Anirban, Sohaag's husband (2022 – present)
• Tathagata Mukherjee as Aabir "Tutul" Chatterjee – Jethumoni and Mummum's son; Sohaag's brother; Anuj, Queen and Judhajit's cousin; Mithi's husband; Guddi's professor and sworn brother. (2022–present)
• Lovely Maitra / Shampa Banerjee as Mithi Chatterjee – Tutul's wife; Guddi's sworn sister. (2022–present)
• Kaushiki Basu as Queen Chatterjee – Pinaki and Notun's daughter; Anuj's half-sister; Tutul, Sohaag and Judhajit's cousin. (2022–present)
• Malabika Sen as Chaitali Banerjee – Bhaskar's wife; Shirin's mother; Rituraj's grandmother. (2022–present)
• Debasish Roy Chowdhury as Bhaskar Banerjee – Pinaki's friend; Chaitali's husband; Shirin's father; Rituraj's grandfather. (2022–present)
• Prasun Banerjee as Kinkshuk Sen – Anuj's senior (2022–present)
• Anindita Raychaudhury as Koushola Chatterjee – Anandashankar's wife; Judhajit's mother. (2022–present)
• Oindrila Bose as Ayantika – Ritabhari, Rituraj and Rigved's friend; Rituraj's ex-fiancée; Rigved's wife. (2023–present)
• Subhajit Kar as Rigved – Ritabhari, Rituraj and Ayantika's friend; Ritabhari's ex-lover; Ayantika's husband. (2023–present)
• Monalisa Paul (2022–present)
• Manjushree Ganguly as Ayantika's mother.
• Bhaskar Banerjee as Ayantika's father.
• Tanuka Chatterjee as Arjun's mother

Reception

The show performs very poorly in TRP.The show has received negative critical reception for showing extra marital affairs, adultery, numerous marriage tracks, bad storyline etc. ^[7] The main characters of the serial Guddi and Anuj characters have been criticised too for being characterless. ^[8] This series of Magic Moments has been a victim of trolls since its inception.There have been repeated calls for the closure of Guddi on social media. It has been said that this serial is having a bad effect on the society. ^[9] this serial has earned the title of the dirtiest serial on Bengali television ^[10]

References

1. "Rano Joy-Shyamoupti Mudly starrer 'Guddi' to launch February 28". The Times of India .
2. "Rano Joy Bishnu and Shyamoupti Mudly starrer 'Guddi' to narrate the story of dream and passion". The Times of India .
3. "Madhurima Basak, on the changing storylines of Bengali serials and her new show Guddi". Telegraph India .
4. ""Shooting in the hills was really challenging due to adverse weather; but team spirit made it possible," says Guddi actors Rano Joy, Shyamoupti Mudly and Madhurima Basak". The Times of India .
5. "Guddi: প্রবল ঠাণ্ডা, তুষারপাত, দার্জিলিংয়ে শ্যুটিং করতে গিয়ে কী অভিজ্ঞতা হয়েছিল শ্যামৌপ্তি, রণজয়ের?". ABP Ananda .
6. "Tv Serial: তুষারপাতের মধ্যে দার্জিলিংয়ে কাঁপতে কাঁপতেই তারকারা শ্যুট করলেন ধারাবাহিক 'গুড্ডি'র". Anandabazar Patrika .
7. "Guddi Serial Trolling: পরকীয়া-শারীরিক সম্পর্ক দেখিয়ে দর্শক টানার চেষ্টা হচ্ছে, 'গুড্ডি' নিয়ে উঠল আপত্তি". Hindustan Times Bangla .
8. "Star Jalsha: 'বিশাল মনের মানুষ' লালন-অনুজ? সব মেয়েকেই মনে জায়গা দেয়! ট্রোলের বন্যা বইছে কেন". Hindustan Times Bangla .
9. "Serial Update: 'প্রথম দেখলাম আইপিএস পাশ করে সোজা এসপি!', গুড্ডি নিয়ে ট্রোল সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায়". Hindustan Times Bangla .
10. "অঙ্কুশকে কাছে পেতে নিজের মেয়ে রেশমিকেও ছাড়তে রাজি গুড্ডি! অজানা লোককে শুধু অনুজের মতো দেখতে বলে আবেগে সব জলাঞ্জলি দিল? ছি ছি করছে দর্শক". HometollyGosssip .

External links

• Guddi at Disney+ Hotstar