Goyenda Ginni (transl. Detective housewife) was an Indian Bengali crime drama anthology television series that premiered on 7 September 2015 to 25 December 2016 and aired on Zee Bangla. It was produced by Shree Venkatesh Films, it starred Indrani Haldar, Saheb Chatterjee, Aditi Chatterjee and Indrajeet Bose. It marks the comeback of Haldar into Bengali television. It replaced the show Raage Anuraage.[1][2][3] It got back in March 2020 due to COVID-19 situation.[4] This Show is 4th time repeat telecast on Zee Bangla on 13 May 2024 (Mon–Sun 12.00PM to 1.00PM); It fetched a highest trp of 8.0.

Goyenda Ginni
GenreCrime
Created byShree Venkatesh Films
Written byDialogues:
Suparna Ghoshal
Screenplay bySarbari Ghoshal
Story bySahana
Directed by
  • Anupam Hari
  • Rajat Paul
  • Akash Sen
Starring
Voices ofMadhuraa Bhattacharya
Opening theme"Se Je Goyenda Ginni"
ComposerUpali Chattopadhyay
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes431
Production
Producers
Running time22 minutes
Production companyShree Venkatesh Films
Original release
NetworkZee Bangla
Release7 September 2015 (2015-09-07) –
25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)

Plot summary

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The main protagonist, Paroma Mitra leads a dual life of a housewife and a detective.[5] The show features short stories of detective cases which Paroma[6] solves.

Parama Mitra first discovers her talent after her families treasured "mukut" (tiara) was lost. After safely returning the tiara to her grandmother and confronting the thief, Arup Roy a successful police officer who is the brother of her sister-in-law realises Paramas talent and asks her to solve a real life case. Parama accepts while also feeling guilty as her mother-in-law was not a fan of this as what she calls "men's jobs".

Cast

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Main

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  • Indrani Haldar as Parama Mitra / Rumi / Pori / Goyenda Ginni,[7][8][9] Bhaskar Sen & Urmila's daughter, Parimal's wife.
  • Saheb Chatterjee as Dr. Parimal Mitra/Bablu/Dactar Babu, Parama's husband.
  • Indrajeet Bose as Inspector Arup Roy (Special Branch)/Rupu, Nandini's younger brother, a brother-like figure to Parama, Mimi's husband.

Recurring

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  • Basanti Chatterjee as Kamala Mitra (Thamma)
  • Aditi Chatterjee as Nandini Mitra (Nanda), Arup's elder sister, Ashish's wife.
  • Ambarish Bhattacharya as Ashish Mitra (Hablu), Nandini's husband.
  • Ratna Ghoshal as Ditipriya Mitra aka Priya (Parimal, Ashish, Deval, Neepa, Disha and Mimi's mother)
  • Dr. Basudeb Mukherjee / Tapan Ganguly as Samiran Mitra aka Samir (Parimal, Ashish, Deval, Neepa, Disha and Mimi's father)
  • Saheli Ghosh Roy as Sreejita Mitra aka Dulki (Daughter of Parama & Parimal)
  • Samridha Pal as Botam (Son of Ashish & Nandini)
  • Sampurna Mandal as Velki (Daughter of Ashish & Nandini)
  • Adrija Mukherjee as Tinni (Daughter of Neepa & Arnab)
  • Sudipto Basu as Nandini and Arup's father, Ratna's husband
  • Chaitali Dasgupta as Ratna Roy (Nandini and Arup's Mother)
  • Manasi Sinha as Urmila Sen, Parama's Mother, Bhaskar Sen's wife
  • Sourav Chatterjee as
    • Deval Mitra aka Tablu, Mahua's husband
    • Sandip Sarkar (after surgery)/ Fake Deval
  • Mimi Dutta as Mahua Mitra(Gullu), Deval's wife.
  • Sananda Basak as Neepa, Arnab's wife
  • Rajiv Bose as Arnab, Neepa's husband
  • Sanchari Mondal as Disha, Neelabho's wife.
  • Anindya Chatterjee as Neelabho, Disha's husband.
  • Priya Malakar as Mimi Roy, Arup's wife.
  • Priya Mondal as Rupsi/Roops, Mahua's cousin sister, Arup's temporary love interest.
  • Joyjit Banerjee as Diganta Sanyal aka Dicks, Rupsi's namesake boyfriend.
  • Subrato Guha Roy as Police Superintendent N.C. Chowdhury, Arup's boss.
  • Ashim Roy Chowdhury as Manas Dutta, Second officer

Episodic cast

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Since the show ran in a format where Paroma solves detective cases, each case formed a story that was presented over a number of episodes. The important characters in each short story finds mention in the below list.

Adaptations

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Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Marathi Asmita
अस्मिता
5 February 2014 Zee Marathi 14 January 2017 Original
Bengali Goyenda Ginni
গোয়েন্দা গিন্নি
7 September 2015 Zee Bangla 25 December 2016 Remake

References

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  1. ^ "Esselnewsletter".
  2. ^ "Team Goyenda Ginni on picnic spree".
  3. ^ "Enjoy a new murder mystery in Goyenda Ginni". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Zee Bangla brings back 8 old shows to entertain viewers". Indian Television Dot Com. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. ^ Team, Tellychakkar. "Parama gets entrapped in the life of a housewife and a detective".
  6. ^ Team, Tellychakkar. "Investigation to nab murderer continues in Zee Bangla's Goyenda Ginni".
  7. ^ Team, Tellychakkar. "Five reasons for watching Zee Bangla's Goyenda Ginni".
  8. ^ Team, Tellychakkar. "A mysterious murder case in Zee Bangla's Goyenda Ginni".
  9. ^ "Happy with my come-back response : Indrani Haldar". Sify. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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