Punyi Pukur

Punyi Pukur
Genre	Drama Romance
Created by	Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Written by	Leena Gangopadhyay
Directed by	Saibal Banerjee Snehashish Jana
Starring	Monami Ghosh Koushik Roy Aparajita Adhya
Voices of	Madhuraa Bhattacharya
Opening theme	"Punyi Pukur"
Composer	Debojyoti Mishra
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	491
Production
Producer	Saibal Banerjee
Production location	Kolkata
Production company	Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Original release
Network	Star Jalsha
Release	7 December 2015 (2015-12-07) – 28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)
Related
Jol Nupur Bhojo Gobindo

Punyi Pukur was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 7 December 2015 on Star Jalsha and aired every day at 9:30 PM IST. ^{[1] [2]} It was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures, and starred Monami Ghosh and Koushik Roy in lead roles and Aparajita Adhya, Bharat Kaul and Anushree Das among others in prominent supporting roles; while Debaparna Chakraborty essayed a negative role. The show replaced the popular show Jol Nupur . Alongside Guddi , this is a very regressive serial produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures as its plotline centers around polygamy, abuse of women, and excessive negativity.

Plot

Punyi Pukur follows the story of Kankon at her in-laws' house and how her relationship with her in-laws take turns with time. It is a story of Kankon, who lives in a village and since she was not getting married, Kankon and her mother, Hoimonti always had to listen her uncle's taunts. Kankon's father is tracking lover and gets missing from her birth. Kankon's aunt Basumati and her sister Chhuti is always in favor of Kankon. Kankon is very much interested in idol making from a localite, Biswanath, who has a past. Later, Kankon marries into a wealthy house in Kolkata.

Kankon's husband Somudro is a professor at a college and with time falls in love with Kankon. Kankon too loves him, but both, due to their ego and pride do not confess to each other. Meanwhile, Somudro doubts Kankon's childhood acquaintance, Riju to be Kankon's lover. It is revealed that Kankon's marriage was fixed to Riju but it never happened. Kankon does not love Riju, but Somudro keeps on doubting her. And, in order to make Kankon feel jealous, he tells her that his friend Sayoni and he are in love with each other. Kankon is very much hurt but does not give in, thinking that she is a village girl and unworthy of him.

To make Kankon even more jealous, he brings Sayoni home and asks Sayoni to act as his lover and act as if they would be marrying each other. Sayoni is revealed to be in love with Somudro since a long time. But Somudro has never considered Sayoni anything more than a friend. On the day of Somudro's birthday, in front of everyone, Sayoni attempts to put a ring on Somudro's finger. But Somudro immediately pulls his hand away and in front of everybody grabs Kankon's hand and confesses his love for her.

Cast

Main

• Monami Ghosh as Kankaboti “Kankon” Banerjee (née Mukherjee) – Chandra Shekhar and Hoimonti's daughter; Somudro's wife
• Koushik Roy as
  • Prof. Somuddroneel “Somudro / Pupul” Banerjee – Debjit and Shrestha's son; Radha's stepson / adoptive son; Saanji's younger brother; Kankon's husband
  • Ronnie Golmes – Twin brother of Somudro who was lost after birth

Recurring

Banerjee family / Somudro's family

• Aparajita Adhya ^[3] as Radharani “Radha” Banerjee – Debjit's first wife; Shrestha's elder cousin; Somudro's stepmother / adoptive mother. She stayed back in the Banerjee residence as she didn't accept the signature on the divorce paper with Debjit. (Deceased)
• Bharat Kaul as Barrister Debjit Banerjee – Somudro's father; Radha and Shrestha's husband
• Anushree Das as Barrister Shrestha Banerjee – Debjit's second wife; Radha's younger cousin; Somudro’s mother
• Ambarish Bhattacharya as Chandrajit Banerjee – Debjit's younger brother; Koyel’s husband; Jiya’s father; Somudro's uncle
• Rajanya Mitra as Koyel Banerjee – Chandrajit's wife; Jiya’s mother; Somudro’s aunt
• Sohini Sanyal as Shahana Ganguly – Debjit's younger sister; Atri's mother
• Bulbuli Choubey Panja as Saanji Banerjee – Debjit and Shrestha's daughter; Radha's stepdaughter / adoptive daughter; Somudro's elder sister; Sourav's wife
• Sudip Sarkar as Sourav – Saanji's husband; Somudro's brother-in-law
• Anish Mukherjee as Atri Ganguly – Shahana's son; Somudro's younger cousin
• Nabanita Malakar as Aratrika “Mimi” Banerjee – Atri's wife; Somudro's sister in law
• Ayesha Bhattacharya as Joyeeta “Jiya” Banerjee - Chandrajit and Koyel's daughter; Somudro and Saanji's younger cousin; briefly Sourav's unwilling wife

Mukherjee family / Kankon's family

• Chandan Sen as Chandra Shekhar Mukherjee – Kankon's father; Hoimonti's estranged husband for a long period
• Soma Banerjee as Hoimonti Mukherjee – Kankon's mother; Chandra Shekhar's wife
• Sandeep De as Shyam Shankar Mukherjee – Chandra Shekhar's younger brother; Kankon's uncle; Basumati's husband
• Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Basumati Mukherjee – Shyam Shankar's wife; Chhuti's mother; Kankon's aunt
• Aishwarya Sen as Debasree “Chhuti” Banerjee – Shyam Shankar and Basumati's daughter; Kankon's younger cousin
• Sourav Das as Sarbajit Majumdar – Chhuti's husband

Others

• Santu Mukherjee as Bishwanath “Bishu” Pal – Radha's elder brother-figure; a sculptor
• Goutam De as Goutam Majumdar – Sarbajit's uncle
• Sreela Majumdar as Saswati Majumdar – Sarbajit's aunt
• Rahul Chakraborty as Dr. Dasgupta – Radha's sworn younger brother
• Debaparna Chakraborty as Sayani Ghosh – Somudro’s friend who wants to marry him
• Shankar Chakraborty as Aratrika's father

References

1. "Punyi Pukur". Hotstar .
2. "Women's panel receives plaint on 'regressive' Bangla TV soaps". The Times of India . 19 March 2017.
3. "TV celebs speak against body shaming". The Times of India . 10 March 2018.