Bou Kotha Kao
Bou Kotha Kao (Bengali: বউ কথা কও); was a television serial which was aired on Bengali GEC Star Jalsha.[1] It was produced by Ravi Ojha Productions and was directed by Biswajit Ganguly. It starts Riju Biswas and Manali Dey in the lead roles. It was one of the most popular TV serials of Bengali television as well as Star Jalsha. It ended in January 2012. Later it was remade in Hindi as Gustakh Dil. It was re-aired on Star Jalsha during lockdown period, due to COVID-19.
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Genre | Drama Comedy Romance |
Created by | Ravi Ojha Productions |
Written by | Story Mitali Bhattacharya Dialogues Sharmila Mukherjee |
Directed by | Biswajit Ganguly |
Starring | Manali Dey Riju Biswas Moumita Gupta |
Voices of | Title Track by Upaali Chatterjee |
Composer | Chandan Roy Chowdhury |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Bengali |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 913 |
Production | |
Producer | Ravi Ojha |
Production locations | Kolkata Sikkim |
Production company | Ravi Ojha Productions |
Release | |
Original network | Star Jalsha |
Picture format | 576i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
Original release | January 5, 2009 – January 14, 2012 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Star Studio |
Followed by | Bodhu Kon Alo Laaglo Chokhe |
Related shows | Gustakh Dil |
Plot
Bou Kotha Kao was the story of a simple village girl Mouri and a guy from the city Nikhil.[2][3] Nikhil is forcefully married to Mouri, but he is already in love with Neera and makes it very clear to Mouri that they will never share a husband–wife relationship. Nikhil's mother does not like Mouri anyway, and her sole agenda is to make life difficult for her. However, as days pass Nikhil starts falling in love with Mouri. But Nikhil's mother hates her and forces her to leave the house. Mouri puts up in a hostel and tutors Mili in order to earn a living. Mili's father Sagar Sen, a famous choreographer, helps Mouri to become a dancing sensation. Learning about her stardom, Nikhil's family welcomes Mouri back into their house and lives.
Cast
- Manali Dey as Mayurakshi / Mouri
- Riju Biswas as Nikhil
- Samrat Mukherjee as Sagar Sen
- June Malia as Sagar's late wife
- Ashok Bhattacharya as Kamaresh, Samaresh & Swarna's father, Nikhil's peternal grandfather,head of Palashdanga village
- Debjani Chatterjee as Swarna- Nikhil's peternal aunt
- Pijush Ganguly as Swarna's husband
- Pradip Chakraborty as doctor cum priest of Palashdanga village
- Anusuya Majumdar as Niharika- Neelima's mother, Nikhil's maternal grandmother
- Kunal Padhi as Rononoy- Nikhil's maternal uncle
- Rita Dutta Chakraborty- Nikhil's maternal aunt
- Kunal Mitra / Bimal Chakraborty as Kamaresh- Nolini & Nikhil's father
- Moumita Gupta as Neelima- Nolini,Akash & Nikhil's mother
- Ridhima Ghosh / Parno Mittra as Neera
- Biplab Das Gupta as Neera's father
- Unknown as Neera's mother
- Disha Ganguly as Ranjana
- Badshah Moitra[4] as Samaresh- Gunja and Rangan's father
- Suchismita Chowdhury / Rupa Bhattacharjee / Baisakhi Marjit as Samaresh's wife,Gunja and Rangan's mother
- Bidipta Chakraborty as Aparna - Samaresh's second wife, Gunja and Rangan's stepmother
- Anish Mukherjee as Rangan
- Unknown as Gunja
- Anindita Bose as Nalini
- Tathagata Mukherjee as Rudra
- Sourav Chatterjee as Sobuj- Nikhil's friend
- Ena Saha as Mahua- Mouri's younger sister
- Unknown as Sheuli- Mouri's youngest sister
- Subhadra Chakraborty as Bokul- Mouri's mother
- Unknown as Girish- Mouri's father
- Rittwika Sen / Darshana Banik as Mili
- Sayak Chakraborty as Junior Artist
- Sohail Dutta as young Nikhil
- Unknown as young Akash (deceased)
- Ronnie Chakraborty as Nikhil's friend
- Vivaan Ghosh as Raktim
Productions
The show was produced by Ravi Ojha Productions. The show became very popular and it generated high TRPs like 4.2.[6] (which was very high in those times).In 2013, the soap was telecast once again on Jalsha Movies.[7]
Adaptations
Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
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Bengali | Bou Kotha Kao | 5 January 2009 | Star Jalsha | 14 January 2012 | Original |
Marathi | Man Udhan Varyache | 27 July 2009 | Star Pravah | 15 October 2011 | Remake |
Hindi | Gustakh Dil | 5 August 2013 | Life OK | 4 November 2014 |
Awards
- Best Serial (Manthan Tele Cine Awards)
References
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- Mukherjee, Amrita (12 September 2010). "Actor Badshah Moitra Owes His Success To His Experience In Theatre". www.telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
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- "Small screen to relaunch Bou Kotha Kou and Behula - Times of India". The Times of India.