''Mahanayak'' was a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

mini-television drama series of 112 episode that premiered on June 27, 2016, on

Star Jalsha Star Jalsha is an Indian Bengali language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It broadcasts Bengali-language programming, such as Soap opera ...

. The series starred

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors in modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema . He is the son of veteran Bollywood actor Bisw ...

Paoli Dam Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for ...

Tanushree Chakraborty Tanusree Chakraborty (born 6 August 1984) is an Indian model and actress in Bengali film and television. Along with films, she has also worked on various television shows. Recently she has been hosting a beauty and lifestyle show called ''Samp ...

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and Biswajit Chakraborty in lead roles. The series is loosely based on the life of megastar

Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar ( bn, উত্তম কুমার; born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), popularly known as the Mahanayak, was an Indian actor, producer, director, Screenwriter, script writer, composer, and sing ...

Plot summary

The series promises to chart the life of a superstar of 60's era — a life fraught with career highs and personal turbulences.

Cast

as Arun Kumar Chatterjee (character based on ''

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as Sucharita Sen (character based on ''

Suchitra Sen Suchitra Sen ( ; born as Roma Dasgupta (; 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema ...

'') * Mishka Halim as Uma Chatterjee (character based on ''Gauri Chatterjee'') *

as Priya Devi (character based on ''

Supriya Devi Supriya Devi (Supriya Choudhury; 8 January 1933 – 26 January 2018) was an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema for more than 50 years. She is best known for her portrayal of Neeta in Ritwik Ghatak's Bengali film '' Megh ...

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as Gayatri Chatterjee (character based on ''

Sabitri Chatterjee Sabitri Chatterjee (born 22 February 1937) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali theatre and cinema. Her career spans more than 60 years. She is the recipient of BFJA Awards for two times. In 1999, she was conferred with San ...

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Gaurav Chakrabarty Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical TV series ''Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Chak ...

as Biswanath Chatterjee (character based on ''

Biswajit Chatterjee Biswajit Chatterjee (born 14 December 1936), known mononymously as Biswajit, is an Indian actor, producer, director, singer and politician known for his work in Hindi and Bengali cinema. Early career After films in Calcutta including ''May ...

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Ridhima Ghosh Ridhima Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress. She made her acting debut in the Bengali film ''Ratporir Rupkotha'' in 2007. In 2009, she made her television debut in Bengali TV serial '' Bou Kotha Kao '' aired in Star Jalsha. ...

as Urmila (character based on ''

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as Satrajit Ray (character based on ''

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Shantilal Mukherjee Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films. Biography Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He lost his father in an early age. He was admitted in Sarsuna High School from where he passed Madhyamik e ...

as Hemen Mukhopadhyay (character based on ''

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemant Kumar and Hemanta Mukherjee, was a legendary Indian music composer and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian ...

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Bidipta Chakraborty Bidipta Chakraborty is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bengali films. She had appeared in Debesh Chattopadhyay's play ''Brain''. Personal life Bidipta was born to eminent theatre actor Biplab Ketan Chakraborty and dancer Dipali C ...

as Saon Debi (character based on ''

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'') * Debdut Ghosh as Chandranath Sen (character based on ''Dibanath Sen'') * Biswajit Chakraborty as Mr. Sarker (character based on '' Ashok Kumar Sarkar'') *

as Kanu (character based on ''

Bhanu Bandyopadhyay Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, also known as Bhanu Banerjee (born as Samyamoy Bandyopadhyay; 26 August 1920 – 4 March 1983), was an Indian actor, known for his work in Bengali cinema. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed freque ...

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as Nibedita Ray *

Ambarish Bhattacharya Ambarish Bhattacharya (born 13 March 1979) is a Bengali actor and comedian. He started his career through performing at Bengali theatre and stage. He made his television debut in the 2007 playing the character ''Gaja'' in Raja & Gaja. He has ac ...

as Buro (brother of Arunkumar) (character based on ''

Tarun Kumar Chatterjee Tarun Kumar Chatterjee (24 February 1931 – 27 October 2003) was an Indian actor who is known for his exclusive work in Bengali cinema. In most of his films, his role as a supporting actor gave him huge appreciation from critics and audience. ...

'') * Sneha Chatterjee as Buro's Wife (character based on ''Subrata Chatterjee'') *

Rupanjana Mitra Rupanjana Mitra is a Bengali film and television actress. Biography Mitra has been working in Bengali film and television since 2000. Mitra made her debut in the television serial '' Chokher Bali'' and later worked on the television serial '' ...

as Mitra (character based on '' Sumitra Mukherjee'') *Adhiraj Ganguly as Arun Kumar's son *

Arindam Sil Arindam Sil is an Indian actor, film director and line producer. Early life Sil was born on 12 March 1964 in North Calcutta to a traditional joint family. He was a student of St. Joseph's College, Calcutta, and St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, ...

as Tapabrata Sinha (character based on ''

Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both ...

'') * Arindol Bagchi as Adhir Sarker * Oindrilla Sen as Madhumita (character based on ''

Moushumi Chatterjee Moushumi Chatterjee (born Indira Chattopadhyay) is an Indian actress who is recognised for her work in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema. She was one of the highest paid actresses in Hindi films during the 1970s. She joined the Bharatiya Janata ...

'') * Surajit Banerjee as Bishwanath Chowdhury

References

External links

Official Website
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