Jiyon Kathi is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 23 September 2019, and aired on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Sun Bangla.[1] It is the first show produced by Organinc Studios (of Arka Ganguly), a subsidiary of Magic Moments Motion Pictures (of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay), and stars Aindrila Sharma[2] and Joy Mukherjee, later replaced by Somraj Maity.[3]

Jiyon Kathi
GenreDrama
Romance
Written byLeena Gangopadhyay
Directed byArunava Adhikari
Koushik Pathak
Deeptomoy Sengupta
Creative directorChandrashekhar Chakraborty
Presented byBright Advertising Pvt. Ltd.
StarringAindrila Sharma
Somraj Maity
Theme music composerDebjyoti Mishra
Opening themeJiyon Kathi
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes486
Production
Executive producersDebolina Mukhopadhyay
Binoy
Taniya
Sajal Biswas
ProducerLeena Gangopadhyay
Production locationKolkata
CinematographyMadhab Nashkar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes (approx.)
Production companiesMagic Moments Motion Pictures and Organinc Studios
Original release
NetworkSun Bangla
Release23 September 2019 (2019-09-23) –
18 April 2021 (2021-04-18)

Premise

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A simple girl's fate brings her closer to an angry yet influential man. Her grounded dreams are met with his sky-high ambitions eventually brewing love between them.

Cast

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Main

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  • Aindrila Sharma as Jahnabi Chatterjee aka Tuli - An IAS Officer, Roshni's younger half-sister, Rishi's second and third wife (once divorced, twice married), Dipto's wife (marriage annulled), Oli's adoptive elder paternal sister, Abhimanyu's step/adoptive mother.
  • Joy Mukherjee / Somraj Maity as Rishi Sen - An IAS Officer, Jahnabi's second and fourth husband (once divorced, twice married), Roshni's husband (divorced), Oli's husband (marriage ended with her death), Abhimanyu's father.

Recurring

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Rishi's family
  • Manishankar Banerjee as Abhik Sen - Rishi's elder paternal uncle, Hemangini's estranged husband, Harsho's father.
  • Rajashree Bhowmik as Hemangini Sen - Rishi's elder aunt, Abhik's estranged wife, Harsho's mother.
  • Rahul Chakraborty as Pratik Sen - Rishi and Tilottoma's father.
  • Tramila Bhattacharya / Anindita Saha Kapileshwari as Kalpana Sen - Rishi and Tilottoma's mother.
  • Debottam Majumdar as Harsho Bardhan Sen aka Harsho - Rishi's elder cousin brother, Lekha's husband.
  • Debolina Mukherjee as Srilekha Sen aka Lekha - Harsho's wife, Rishi's elder sister-in-law.
  • Soumi Banerjee as Tilottoma Sen - Rishi's younger sister.
  • Abhirup Sen as Abhimanyu Sen aka Babi - Rishi and Oli's son, Jahnabi's step/adoptive son.
Others
  • Mishmee Das as Roshni Chatterjee - Jahnabi's elder half-sister, Rishi's first wife (divorced), Sanjeet's wife (till she murdered him), a girl and child trafficker.
  • Bharat Kaul as Kushal Chatterjee - Anjana's husband and Roshni's father, Rai's estranged husband and Jahnabi's estranged father.
  • Jayashree Mukherjee Kaul as Anjana Chatterjee - Kushal's first (legal) wife, Roshni's mother.
  • Rhimjhim Gupta as Rai Chatterjee (née Bose) - Kushal's second (unofficial) wife, Jahnabi's mother.
  • Shaktipada Dey as Raghav Bose - Rai's elder brother, Jahnabi's maternal uncle.
  • Sukriti Lahori as Jahnabi's college principal.
  • Sujoy Saha as Diptojit - Kushal's former employee, Jahnabi's first husband (marriage annulled).
  • Anashuya Majumdar as the head of a group of courtesans, Jahnabi's dance teacher.
  • Sonal Mishra as a courtesan
  • Diganta Bagchi as a lawyer
  • Nishantika Das as Oli Bose - Rishi's third wife, Jahnabi's adoptive younger maternal sister, Abhimanyu's mother. (Deceased)
  • Sandip Chakroborty as Amitabho Bose - Oli's father, Jahnabi's saviour and adoptive maternal uncle.
  • Sanjukta Roy Chowdhury as Rupasree Bose - Oli's mother, Jahnabi's adoptive aunt.

References

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  1. ^ "Daily soap 'Jiyon Kathi' to launch on September 23". The Times of India. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ "SUN Bangla launches Jiyonkathi; Joy Mukherjee and Oindrila Sharma to play lead roles".
  3. ^ "Joy Mukherjee is back on TV".