Barrister Babu
Barrister Babu is an Indian Hindi-language social drama television series that premiered 11 February 2020 on Colors TV and ended on 12 November 2021.[1] Produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions. It starred Pravisht Mishra, Anchal Sahu, and Aurra Bhatnagar badoni. The series revolves around the tale of Anirudh Roy Choudhary, a young London-Return educated Barrister, and his child bride, Bondita Das. Anirudh fights the oppressive and patriarchal society to educate Bondita to become a barrister.
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| Genre | Social drama |
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| Directed by | Mangesh Kanthale |
| Creative director | Neha Kothari |
| Starring | Pravisht Mishra Aurra Bhatnagar Badoni Anchal Sahu |
| Theme music composer | Ashish Rego |
| Opening theme | Rishta Tera Mera |
| Composers | Anish John Singers Mukund Suryavanshi Shreya Phukan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 408 |
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| Camera setup | Multi-Camera |
| Running time | 20 minutes approx. |
| Production company | Shashi Sumeet Productions |
| Distributor | Viacom 18 |
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| Original network | Colors TV |
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| Audio format | Digital TV |
| Original release | 11 February 2020 – 12 November 2021 |
Plot
Set in the pre-independence era in rural Bengal, Anirudh Roy Choudhary, a 19-year-old barrister, returns from London to Tulsipur, to wipe out customs and societal beliefs which prevent the progress of women. He is set to marry his childhood Love, Saudamini "Mini" Bhaumik. Meanwhile, Bondita Das is an 11-year-old Bengali Hindu girl, who lives with her widowed mother Sumati, maternal uncle Sundaram, aunt Devoleena, and cousin Sampoorna. Sundaram and Devoleena decide to have Bondita marry an elderly man, while Sampoorna is set to marry Saurabh, Anirudh's best friend. However, the elderly man dies unexpectedly dies midway the wedding rituals and Anirudh has to marry Bondita to stop her become a part of Sati. Mini plots to separate Anirudh and Bondita with Anirudh's father, Binoy's help. Anirudh refuses to recognize Bondita as his wife and rather sees her as his responsibility.
Anirudh helps Bondita overcome the trauma of her father's death caused by a venomous snakebite. Shortly thereafter, Anirudh plans to educate Bondita himself, after a local home tutor increases her fear towards studies by using brutal punishment methods. However, Bondita bunks her classes as she unintentionally helps a fraud man named Brijwasi Babu, who pretends to be a huge devotee of Lord Krishna to save Sampoona's marriage after her in-laws demand more dowry. She helps him, but unfortunately gets caught by Anirudh who sends her back to the village, thinking her to be the reason for Saudamini's blindness and his influential family's drowned respect.
A while later, it is revealed that Saudamini was fooling Anirudh of her fake blindness, and tricks him to spend a night with her. Anirudh who was unaware of her intentions helps her and goes to her house at night, only to get drugged by her. A few villagers tell Anirudh that he has to marry Saudamini, as he spent a night with her which is unethical according to their traditions, he unwillingly agrees to get engaged to her, but only to save her dignity. Back in Devipur, Bondita is ill-treated to be left by her husband and is termed as a Chodi Huyi Aurat. To overcome the difficulties Bondita is causing them, and even save Sampoorna's marriage; Devoleena sells her to a brothel, telling her that she's sending her to meet Gandhi Ji. An innocent Bondita agrees and leaves. Meanwhile, in Tulsipur, a brothel dancer named Rasiya Bai tells Anirudh and is family of her ill-treatment back in her village. Tagging him as a hypocrite, and a fraud person who makes promises, but is unable to fulfill them, her words make Anirudh realise his mistake, and Bondita's true intention to help Brijwasi after Sampoorna tells him the truth.
Anirudh goes to Bondita's village to get her back and apologise for his actions to her and her mother. As he reaches there, he is informed by Devoleena, that Bondita ran away, unable to take anymore insult. Anirudh, thus, takes upon his shoulders and promises Bondita's mother, that he will bring her back, safe and sound.
In Kolkata, Devoleena seals Bondita to a brothel, Hira Mandi. Tarabai, the owner of the brothel, sugercoats Bondita, and makes believe that this is the right place for her, while Bondita still remains adamant of meeting Gandhi Ji. Anirudh disguised himself as Salim, and goes to rescue Bondita with the help of Saurav, after her rescues him from the dagger Tarabai struck Anirudh with. They manage to find Bondita and takes upon his shoulders to take every girl out from there. At last, when Anirudh's treachery is exposed, Tarabai threatens to kill him and Bondita, but Rasiya saves them and dies while doing so.
Anirudh and Bondita return to Tulsipur, and expose Saudamin's evil intentions. Bondita expresses her desire to get educated with other boys in the local school of Tulsipur. To get Bondita admitted to the school, Anirudh has to get her admission form signatured by the new governor genral of Tulsipur, Sir John Greenwood. In the party, Anirudh and the Roy Chaudhary's are shocked to find Saudamini as Greenwood's wife, Betty. She challenges them to win an educational competition, between Anirudh's team that includes Bondita, and the rescued girls from Hira Mandi, and Saudamini's team that consists of the best boys from the arena. Anirudh and his team manage to win the competition.
With Anirudh's help, Bondita starts to go to school as the first girl from Tulsipur. However, Mini kidnaps Bondita and locks her in a chemical factory. Saurabh saves Bondita, but dies himself while doing so. Mini is arrested along with Saurabh's father, Premlal, who tries to kill Anirudh to avenge Saurabh's death. Anirudh tells Bondita that he wants her to become a barrister. Binoy marries the widowed Sampoorna after being blackmailed by Sampoorna's parents.
Shortly afterwards, Anirudh and Bondita nullify their marriage to support the 1929 Child Marriage Restraint Act. Bondita's grandaunte, Kalindi (also known as Thaku Maa), enters and takes Bondita to Krishna Nagar, creating havoc in lives of Anirudh and Bondita. She plans Bondita's marriage to Chandrachur Banerjee, but a disguised Anirudh rescues her. Bondita decides to become a barrister, and Anirudh sends her to London to fulfil her dream. Kalindi places Bondita's cousin, Tupur in her place to marry, to save her name. Chandrachur is attracted to Bondita and thus unwillingly marries Tupur.
8 years later
Bondita is now grown up and returns to Tulsipur after becoming barrister. Much to her dismay, she learns about the factionalism between Tulsipur and Krishna Nagar, as Kalindi and the Roy Choudhurys have now become sworn enemies. Anirudh refuses to see Bondita, as she is related to Krishna Nagar, but misses her. Bondita is told that after she left, when Kalindi had finally agreed to start a new friendly relation with Roy Choudhurys, Anirudh betrayed them by setting up a bomb behind gifts. Bondita refuses to believe it and goes to Tulsipur as Vaijayanti to find the truth. She is shocked to find a mentally disabled Binoy. Sampoorna reveals to her that Krishna Nagar gave them poisoned food and attacked them, which resulted in Binoy going mad. Bondita manages to eventually change Anirudh's rude behavior. In a turn of events, she is exposed while saving Binoy. As Anirudh keeps quiet and doesn't support her, she breaks all relations with him. Anirudh, who feels guilty, realises that he has fallen in love with Bondita and confesses his feelings to her. Bondita forgives him and they manage to convince their families to end their feud. Their marriage is fixed and they get married.
On the wedding night, Chandrachur, plans to molest Bondita. However, he catches Bondita's cousin, Tapur, trying to reveal his intention and molests her instead. Anirudh catches him red-handed and chases after him. In a twist of events, he accidentally pushes Chandrachur off a cliff. Anirudh accepts the crime to save Tapur's dignity. Bondita fights for Anirudh's case. After much investigation, she finds out the truth and encourages Tapur to testify in court but gets humiliated by public prosecutor Subodh Chatterjee. Bondita later finds Tupur's activities suspicious and finds that Chandrachur is still alive. She manages to tie him up and makes him confess to all his crimes, including that he was the one who hid bombs behind Anirudh's gifts and poisoned their food. Bondita wins the case, proving Anirudh is innocent, and becomes an inspiration to all the women.Anirudh and Bondita finally consummate their marriage.
In a turn of events, Bondita is dragged and thrown in the river by some villagers who support patriarchy and consider Bondita a danger to society. Anirudh manages to save Bondita, but he himself goes missing. Anirudh's lookalike brother, Batuk, arrives and tries to save Anirudh, but in vain. Everyone assumes him to be dead and this only fuels Batuk's anger towards Bondita. Bondita is revealed to be pregnant. Batuk disguises himself as Anirudh to snatch Bondita's child and throw her out of the house after her delivery. Trilochan, who is unaware of Batuk's intentions, allows him as he doesn't want Bondita's health to deteriorate from shock.
Bondita continues getting suspicious of the fake Anirudh, while the real one is shown to be alive, but paralyzed and unable to remember his address.
6 months later
Bondita is in shock after realising that Anirudh is presumed to be dead by everyone. She is heartbroken learning, she is living with Batuk and believes that Anirudh is alive.
Bondita gives birth to twins: a girl and a boy. Meanwhile, Anirudh finally remembers his address and decides to return to Tulsipur. Batuk abducts the twins and decides to take them to Italy. Bondita, devastated upon finding her children missing, reaches the house but is unable to enter as the door is locked by Batuk. She begs Batuk to give her children back to her. However, Batuk reveals his intentions and tries to burn Bondita alive but Anirudh reaches there in the nick of time and saves her. She reveals everything that had happened in the past six months when he was not with her. A furious Anirudh breaks the door and enters the house. After an emotional reunion with his family members, Anirudh slaps Batuk and expels him. The show ends on a happy note as Anirudh and Bondita take their twins in front of Durga's idol and declare that their children will also overcome the evil practices of society and become barristers like them.
Cast
Main
- Pravisht Mishra as
- Barrister Anirudh Roy Choudhary: Shubhra and Binoy's eldest son; Somnath and Batuk's brother; Shashwati's half-brother; Bondita's husband;Father of Twins
- Advocate Grown up Batuk Roy Choudhary: Shubhra and Binoy's youngest son; Anirudh and Somnath's brother; Shashwati's half-brother
- Meet Rohra / Vaidik Puriya / Daksh Rana as Young Batuk Roy Choudhary
- Anchal Sahu as Barrister Bondita Anirudh Roy Choudhary (née Das): Sumati and Arvind's daughter; Sampoorna, Tupur and Tapur's cousin sister; Anirudh's wife; Mother of Twins
- Aurra Bhatnagar Badoni as Young Bondita Roy Choudhary (née Das)
Recurring
- Rishi Khurana as Trilochan Roy Choudhary: Patriarch of Roy Choudhary family; Binoy's elder brother; Anirudh, Somnath, Batuk and Shashwati's uncle
- Chandan K Anand as Binoy Roy Choudhary: Trilochan's brother; Shubhra's widower; Sampoorna's husband; Anirudh, Somnath, Batuk and Shashwati's father
- Ansh Gupta as Grown up Dr. Somnath Roy Choudhary: Shubhra and Binoy's second son; Anirudh and Batuk's brother; Shashwati's half-brother
- Viraj Kapoor / Param Mehta as Young Somnath Roy Choudhary
- Pranali Rathod as Saudamini "Mini" Bhaumik Greenwood: Shivanand's daughter; Anirudh's obsessive lover ; John's wife
- Pallavi Mukherjee as Sampoorna Roy Choudhary (née Jadhav): Devoleena and Sundaram's daughter; Bondita's maternal cousin sister; Saurabh's widow; Binoy's wife; Shashwati's mother
- Arina Dey as Sumati Das (née Jadhav): Sundaram's sister; Arvind's widow; Bondita's mother; Sampoornaa's maami, Tapur and Tupur's Chachi
- Jason Shah as Sir John Greenwood: Saudamini's husband
- Rohan Roy as Sundaram Jadhav: Sumati's brother; Devoleena's husband; Sampoorna's father; Bondita's maternal Uncle
- Barsha Chatterjee as Devoleena Jadhav: Sundaram's wife; Sampoornaa's mother; Bondita's maami
- Dev Aaditya as Saurabh Munshi: Biraj and Premlal's son; Surmani's adoptive son; Sampoorna's late husband; Anirudh's best friend (Dead)
- Sadiya Siddiqui as Kalindi "Thaku Maa" Das: Trilochan's ex-fiancé; Arvind and Shaumik's aunt; Bondita, Tupur and Tapur's grandaunt
- Bhavya Sachdeva as Chandrachur Banerjee: Bondita's obsessive lover; Tupur's husband; Anirudh's rival
- Diksha Tiwari as Grown up Tupur Banerjee (née Das): Rimjhim and Shaumik's elder daughter; Tapur's sister; Bondita's cousin sister; Chandrachur's wife
- Geet Jain as Young Tupur Banerjee (née Das)
- Ketaki Kulkarni / Saumya Shetye as Grown up Tapur Das: Rimjhim and Shaumik's younger daughter; Tupur's sister; Bondita's cousin
- Nabiya Ansari as Young Tapur Das
- Krisha Pandirkar as Shashwati Roy Choudhary: Sampoorna and Binoy's daughter; Anirudh, Somnath and Batuk's half-sister
- Khushboo Kamal as Rimjhim Das: Shaumik's wife; Tupur and Tapur's mother; Bondita's aunt (Dead)
- Luv K Kwatra as Shaumik Das: Arvind's brother; Rimjhim's husband; Tupur and Tapur's father; Bondita's uncle (Dead)
- Aashish Kaul as Shivanand Bhaumik: Basuri's son; Binoy's friend; Saudamini's father
- Akshita Arora as Basuri Devi Bhaumik: Shivanand's mother; Saudamini's grandmother
- Premchand Singh as Premlal Munshi: Surmani and Biraj's husband; Saurabh's father
- Madhushee Sharma as Surmani Munshi: Premlal's first wife; Saurabh's adoptive mother
- Hetal Yadav as Biraj Munshi: Premal's second wife; Saurabh's mother
- Adish Vaidya as Brijwasi Babu: A fraud who pretends to be a huge devotee of Lord Krishna
- Kundan Kumar as Bihari: Househelp at Roy Choudhary household
- Naman Arora as Praveen: Chandrachur's friend
- Sayantani Ghosh as Rasiya Bai: Dancer at a brothel
- Alka Kaushal as Tara Bai: Brothel owner
- Ram Awana as Muchadd Babu: The man who sells Bondita to Tara Bai
- Prakriti Nautiyal as Ramaiya: Suraiya's twin-sister; dancer at brothel
- Pragya Nautiyal as Suraiya: Ramaiya's twin-sister; dancer at brothel
- Disha Tewani as Shubhra Roy Choudhary: Binoy's first wife; Anirudh, Somnath and Batuk's mother, Shashwati's stepmother
- Chahat Tewani as Fake Shubhra Roy Choudhry: An orphan; Premlal's aide; Shubhra's imposter
- Rachana Mistry as Manorama :A revolutionary;Anirudh's fake wife
- Kalyani Jha as Bihari's wife; Househelp at Roy Choudhary's house
- Simmi Ghoshal as Laboni: Chandrachur's cousin
- Chetan Pandit as Public Prosecutor Subodh Chatterjee
- Sejal Banodha as Mallika: Batuk's girlfriend
Production
Development
The production and airing of the show were halted indefinitely since 19 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[2] The filming was expected to resume on 1 April 2020 but could not and the series was last broadcast on 31 March 2020 when the remaining episodes were aired.[3][4] The episodes resumed on 6 July 2020.
The show went off-air on 12 November 2021 completing 408 episodes. It was replaced by Balika Vadhu 2 which took its time slot of 8:30pm from 15 November 2021.
Soundtrack
The original soundtrack was composed by Shreya Phukan and Mukund Suryavansh, namely, Rishta Tera Mera ( Transl-The relation between you and me). The themes of respective characters were composed by Ashish Rego.
Release
The first promotional teaser was released on 13 January 2020 with Pravisht Mishra and Aurra Bhatnaagar Badoni as the leads of the show.[5] On 22 June 2021, Colors TV unveiled a teaser to introduce the new actress, Anchal Sahu as Badi Bondita, and the eight-year-leap after Anirudh and Bondita's separation.[6] On 8 October 2021, it was announced and confirmed that Pravisht Mishra will portray dual roles of Anirudh Roy Choudhury and Batuk Roy Choudhury respectively.
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- "Coronavirus outbreak: Film and television shootings to stop till March 31". India Today. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09.
- "COVID-19 impact: TV industry braces for loss as production stalled". Live Mint. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020.
- "Barrister Babu - Coming Soon". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- "Anchal Sahu to play the role of grown-up Bondita in Colors' show Barrister Babu". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 2021-11-05.