Gaaner Oparey
| Gaaner Oparey | |
|---|---|
 Title screen | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Rituparno Ghosh |
| Written by |
Story Anuja Chatterjee Dialogues Koushik Bhattacharya Script Rituparno Ghosh Anuja Chattopadhyay |
| Directed by | Joydeep Mukherjee |
| Starring |
Mimi Chakraborty Arjun Chakrabarty Gaurav Chakrabarty |
| Composer(s) |
Music by Debojyoti Mishra Singers Anindya Narayan Biswas Samantak Sinha Sharmistha Paul Soumyajit Das Amrita Datta Debashish Banerjee Runu Dutta. |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 01 |
| No. of episodes | 251 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Madhuja Badopadhyay |
| Producer(s) |
Prosenjit Chatterjee Arpita Pal |
| Location(s) | Kolkata |
| Running time | 22 mins |
| Production company(s) | Ideas Creations |
| Release | |
| Original network | STAR Jalsha |
| Picture format |
576i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Original release | June 28, 2010 – April 16, 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Gaaner Oparey (English:On the other side of the song) [1][2][3][4] was a critically acclaimed Indian Bengali television serial which aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011.[5] This TV musical marked the beginning of a yearlong celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. This new concept was a brainchild of the famous Indian director Rituparno Ghosh[6] The songs were all popular Rabindra sangeets. Prosenjit Chatterjee brought back the magic of this show by launching an audio CD of its tracks on Mahalaya on October 12.[7]
Storyline
The story revolves around a girl called Sohini (more commonly known as Pupe) from an orthodox Tagore worshipping family and Gora, an extremely talented but carefree lad, who keeps on experimenting with Rabindra sangeet. The story traces their relationship and human emotions through an imaginative portrayal of Tagore, his true ideals and their significance today. It also portrays the patriarchal society still prevalent in modern India.The serial used more than fifty Tagore songs and brought out their relevance in the lives of the protagonists. The cast was composed of stalwarts such as Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Dipankar De plus newcomers Gaurav and Arjun Chakrabarty (sons of Sabyasachi Chakrabarty ). The female lead was played by Mimi Chakrabarty in only her second project as an actress. The show has portrayed three different forms of Rabindrasangeet: the more traditional kind through the voice of Pupe, a fused version with Hindustani classical music, through the voice of Pradipto, and an 'unplugged' rendition, sometimes incorporating rap words and band music, through Gora. Several singers such as Anindya Narayan Biswas, Samantak Sinha, Sharmistha Paul,[8] Soumyajit Das, Amrita Datta, Debashish Banerjee, Runu Dutta were roped for playback singers
Cast
- Arjun Chakrabarty as Gora
- Mimi Chakraborty as Pupe/Sohini Deb
- Gaurav Chakrabarty as Pradipto Lahiri /Deep
- Dipankar De as Chandrasekhar Deb
- Alokanonda Roy as Sucharita Sanyal (Thammi)
- Anindita Bose as Jhinuk Sanyal
- Indrasish Roy as Tintin (Trinanjon)
- Bodhisatyo Majumder as Nikhilesh Dev (Nikhil)
- Krishnakishore Mukherjee as Subinoy Dev (Binu)
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Sribilash Dev (Bisri)
- Kaushik Sen as Chandrahash Dev (Choton)
- Anuradha Roy as Kamalika Deb
- Anindita Biswas Kapileshwari as Ajanta Deb
- Aparajita Adhya as Sudarshana Deb (Rani)
- Anjana Basu as Shatarupa Deb (Rupa)
- Sourav Chatterjee as Uttiyo Deb (Bubai)
- Tania Kar as Nandini Deb (Mishtu)
- Shalmi Barman as Kumudini Deb (Kumu)
- Daminee Basu as Sumana
- Animesh Bhaduri as Sakya
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Pradyumna Lahiri
- Basabdatta Chattopadhyay as Damini (Mini)
- Mithu Chakrabarty as Keya Lahiri
- Dilip as Kanai-da
- Joydip Kundu as Bablu-da
- Srijit Mukherji as Samiran (Sam):
- Rohit Samanta as Ayan
- Debjani Chattopadhyay as Labanya Dev (Bonya) (Chhoto Pishima)
- Papiya Sen as Boro Pishima (Niroja)
- Prodip Banerjee as Boro Pishemoshai (Pranab)
- Ananya Chatterjee as Maitreyee
- Ardhendu Banerjee
- Judhajit Banerjee
- Ashrujit Nandi (cameo)
References
- ↑ "Ganer Oparey has only brain and no heart". Washington BanglaRadio.
- ↑ "The small, unknown and wonderful world!". Its Raining Love.blogspot. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ↑ "The sound of music The lead pair of STAR Jalsha's mega Gaaner Oparey.". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ↑ "A soapy Tagore tribute". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ↑ "Curtain call". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ↑ "Rituparno and Prosenjit kiss and makeup". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Prosenjit Chatterjee's Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh's Gaaner Oparey". NDTV. Retrieved 13 Oct 2013.
- ↑ "The young minstrels". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 8 May 2011.