Khelaghor is a 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.

Khelaghor
GenreDrama
Romance
Thriller
Crime
Created byBlues Productions
Developed byBlues Productions
Screenplay bySnehasish Chakraborty
Story bySnehasish Chakraborty
Directed byRanjoy Roy
Creative directorSnehasish Chakraborty
Starring
  • Swikriti Majumder
  • Syed Arefin
Voices ofJoy Bhattacharya
ComposerSnehasish Chakraborty
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes628
Production
Executive producersRuna & Sudip
(Blues Productions)
Samajita, Arpita & Dipanita
(Star Jalsha)
ProducerSnehasish Chakraborty
Production locationKolkata
CinematographySukanta Baag
EditorBapon & Sumit
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyBlues Productions
Original release
NetworkStar Jalsha
Release30 November 2020 (2020-11-30) –
4 September 2022 (2022-09-04)

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.