Khelaghor

Khelaghor
Genre	Drama Romance Thriller Crime
Created by	Blues Productions
Developed by	Blues Productions
Screenplay by	Snehasish Chakraborty
Story by	Snehasish Chakraborty
Directed by	Ranjoy Roy
Creative director	Snehasish Chakraborty
Starring	Swikriti Majumder Syed Arefin
Voices of	Joy Bhattacharya
Composer	Snehasish Chakraborty
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	628
Production
Executive producers	Runa & Sudip (Blues Productions) Samajita, Arpita & Dipanita (Star Jalsha)
Producer	Snehasish Chakraborty
Production location	Kolkata
Cinematography	Sukanta Baag
Editor	Bapon & Sumit
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Blues Productions
Original release
Network	Star Jalsha
Release	30 November 2020 (2020-11-30) – 4 September 2022 (2022-09-04)

Khelaghor is an 2020 Indian Bengali language romantic thriller drama television series that premiered on 30 November 2020 on Bengali General Television Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and it also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. The show is produced by Snehasish Chakraborty of Blues Productions and stars Swikriti Majumder and Syed Arefin in lead roles. On 8 August 2022, an Odia dubbed version of this show was premiered on Star Kiran. After a successful run of almost two years, the show went off-air on 4 September 2022.

Plot

The story involves a rich girl, Purna Chatterjee, who gets accidentally married to an uneducated vagabond Shantu Gunda, a goon living in a slum in a twist of fate. Shantu, once a bright student Digbijoy Roy, gets jailed for 3 years for a crime he committed accidentally and later gets hired by Gogon Makhal, the leader of a local political party. Purna is the daughter of Justice Barun Chatterjee, the judge responsible for Shantu's imprisonment. Born and brought up conservatively, she never thought of meeting a man and falling in love with him, thus agreeing for an arranged marriage with Ritam. Shantu, on the other hand applies sindoor on Purna's forehead in a fit of rage just to prove his point about marriage, but he later regrets it. Though shocked and distraught at first, Purna leaves Ritam on the very ritual whereas Ritam supports Purna and says he loves her irrespective of the accidental sindur which is not really a marriage by law. But Purna forcefully enters in the slum as a newly wed bride, much to the chagrin of her father as well as Shantu. Ritam continues to love her but Purna ignores him and keeps chasing Shantu, who is also loved secretly by his childhood friend Radha. However, destiny makes many events occur in the life of Shantu and Purna which eventually make them both gets close to each other. ^[1]

Cast

Main

• Swikriti Majumder ^[2] as Purna Chatterjee Roy – Barun and Somdatta's elder daughter; Arna's sister; Rana, Baishali, Riya, Nandini and Gargi's cousin; Shantu's wife
• Syed Arefin ^[3] as Digbijoy "Shantu" Roy – Sarbojit and Panchali's youngest son; Ranjit and Ajit's brother; Purna's husband

Recurring

• Sohan Bandyopadhyay as Justice Barun Chatterjee – Kiranmala and Tarun's brother; Somdatta's husband; Purna and Arna's father
• Dolon Roy as Somdatta Chatterjee – Barun's wife; Purna and Arna's mother
• Shuvangshee Dutta as Arna Chatterjee – Barun and Somdatta's younger daughter; Purna's sister; Rana, Baishali, Riya, Nandini and Gargi's cousin
• Subhasish Mukherjee as Sarbojit Roy – Panchali's husband; Ranjit, Ajit and Shantu's father
• Mousumi Saha as Panchali Roy – Sarbojit's wife; Ranjit, Ajit and Shantu's mother
• Jayanta Dutta Barman as Ranjit Roy – Sarbojit and Panchali's eldest son; Ajit and Shantu's brother; Swati's husband
• Bulbuli Panja as Swati Roy – Ranjit's wife
• Sounak Ray ^[4] as IPS Ritam Mukherjee – Partha's son; Purna's ex-fiancé
• Manishankar Banerjee as Partha Pratim Mukherjee – Ritam's father
• Biplab Bandyopadhyay as Moundip – Shantu's professor
• Sneha Das as Radha – Shantu's childhood friend and lover; Ravi's love interest
• Tapasi Roy Chowdhury as Kiranmala Chatterjee Ganguly – Barun and Tarun's sister
• Sudipa Basu as Aloka Chatterjee – Kiranmala, Barun and Tarun's sister-in-law
• Rana Mitra as Tarun Chatterjee – Kiranmala and Barun's brother; Meghna's husband
• Meghna Halder as Meghna Chatterjee – Tarun's wife
• Dipanjan Jack Bhattacharya as Rana Chatterjee – Purna, Arna, Baishali, Riya, Nandini and Gargi's cousin; Bonnie's husband
• Mousumi Bhattacharya as Bonnie Chatterjee – Rana's wife
• Sukanya Chatterjee as Baishali, Purna's eldest cousin
• Ankita Brahma as Riya, Purna's cousin
• Nondini Roy as Nondini, Purna's cousin
• Gargi Mukherjee as Gargi, Purna's youngest cousin
• Sankar Sanku Chakraborty as Gogon Makhal- a corrupt politician, Purna and Shantu's rival
• Surajit Sen as Bobin goon, Shantu's Rival
• Priyantika Karmakar as Gauri Makhal- Gogon's sister
• Judhajit Banerjee as Badal Singh
• Roosha Chatterjee as Roosha Chatterjee
• Ashim Mukherjee as Roosha's father

Adaptation

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes	Ref(s)
Tamil	Thendral Vanthu Ennai Thodum தென்றல் வந்து என்னை தொடும்	16 August 2021	Star Vijay	11 November 2023	Ongoing	[5]
Kannada	Neenadena ನೀನಾದೇನಾ	16 May 2023	Star Suvarna	[6]

Reception

Ratings

Week	Year	BARC Viewership		Ref.
		TRP	Rank
Week 51	2020	5.1	4	[7]
Week 52	2020	5.4	5	[8]
Week 1	2021	5.1	4	[9]
Week 2	2021	5.0	5	[10]
Week 3	2021	4.8	4	[11]
Week 4	2021	4.9	4	[12]

References

1. Chakraborty, Raima (26 November 2020). "শান্টু ও পূর্ণার আচমকা বিয়ে দিয়ে শুরু 'খেলাঘর', স্টার জলসার নতুন ধারাবাহিক". Ei Samay (in Bengali).
2. "প্রথম ধারাবাহিক থেকেই সকলের প্রিয় হয়ে উঠেছেন 'খেলাঘর'-এর পূর্ণা, কিন্তু বাস্তবে তিনি কেমন, জানুন". Khabor24x7 (in Bengali). 14 May 2021.
3. "Actor Syed Arefin bags the lead role in 'Khelaghar' - Times of India". The Times of India. 19 November 2020.
4. "Actor Sounak Ray bags a role in 'Khelaghar' - Times of India". The Times of India. 20 November 2020.
5. "Vijay TV serial promo shows forced marriage, Tamil Nadu cop reminds them of law". Hindustan Times. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021.
6. "New Serial 'Neenadena' to premiere today". Times of India. 16 May 2023.
7. "WEEK 51 - DATA: Saturday, 19th December 2020 To Friday, 25th December 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021.
8. "WEEK 52 - DATA: Saturday, 26th December 2020 To Friday, 1st January 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021.
9. "WEEK 1 - DATA: Saturday, 2nd January 2021 To Friday, 8th January 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021.
10. "WEEK 2 - DATA: Saturday, 9th January 2021 To Friday, 15th January 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021.
11. "WEEK 3 - DATA: Saturday, 16th January 2021 To Friday, 22nd January 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021.
12. "WEEK 4 - DATA: Saturday, 23rd January 2021 To Friday, 29th January 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021.