''Netaji '' () is a

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on the life of

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperi ...

that premiered on 14 January 2019 and aired on Bengali GEC Zee Bangla. Based majorly on ''Udyata Kharga Subhash'' by

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and produced by

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, the series stars Abhishek Bose in the eponymous role, with Basabdatta Chatterjee, marking her comeback on television, Dhruvajyoti Sarkar, Kaushik Chakraborty, Sriparna Roy, Debopriyo Sarkar, Sohan Bandopadhyay, Fahim Mirza appearing in other recurring roles. Due to the

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, the shooting of the series was stalled. It was rumoured that along with ''

Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni ''Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni'' was an Indian Bengali historical drama television series which aired on Bengali Entertainment Channel Zee Bangla and is also available on the digital platform ZEE5. It was premiered on 24 July 2017. The serial wa ...

'', this series will be axed the channel. Putting rest to such rumours, the shooting started from June 11, maintaining all safety protocols and fresh episodes started to air from June 15, 2020. The series started to air on 11 PM from July 7, 2020, giving space for another series ''Kadambini'' to be aired in the 08:30 PM slot. The show went off air on 1 August 2020. The show is dubbed in Hindi and currently forecasted on And TV.

Plot

This show is a biographical drama, depicting the life of

. The show begins by presenting the youth of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and presenting the many brave decisions Bose took as a young boy with his friends in

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. From episode 231 the series transitions to his later life, and his attendance at the Presidency College in

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. In episode 390 there is another jump to 1933. The show also presents other groups of independence involved at Bose's time, including the likes of Bagha Jatin,

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, Khudiram Bose and many others associated with the Swadeshi movement . Often regarded as the greatest leader of the Indian Freedom Struggle, he fearlessly led his

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to war against the British, inspiring mass revolts and mutinies throughout the country, ultimately resulting in

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Cast

* Abhishek Bose as

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperi ...

** Ankit Mazumder as young Subhas Chandra Bose * Basabdatta Chatterjee as Prabhabati Bose * Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Sarat Chandra Bose * Sriparna Roy as Bibhabati Bose *

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as Ashoke Nath Bose * Diya Mukherjee as Sarbani Roy Choudhury (Bani) * Rob Dey as

Sisir Kumar Bose Sisir Kumar Bose (2 February 1920 – 30 September 2000) was an Indian freedom fighter, pediatrician and legislator. He was the son of Indian nationalist leader Sarat Chandra Bose, nephew of Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose and husband ...

* Ashmee Ghosh as Ila Bose * Debopriyo Mukherjee as

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* Debdut Ghosh as

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

* Sohan Bandopadhyay as

Charles Tegart Sir Charles Augustus Tegart (5 October 1881 – 6 April 1946) was an Irish-born police officer who served in British India and Palestine. Tegart was the mastermind behind the creation of the Arab Investigation Centres in Palestine during the ...

* Nilanjan Datta as Inspector Shiben Chowdhury * Shyamashis Pahari as Inspector Suresh Sarkhel * Neil Chatterjee as Pratap Babu * Fahim Mirza as Rash Behari Bose * Debomoy Mukherjee as

Hemanta Kumar Sarkar Hemanta Kumar Sarkar ( bn, হেমন্তকুমার সরকার) (1897 — 3 November 1952) was an Indian philologist, author, biographer, editor, publisher, union leader, leader of the Indian freedom movement and an associate of Su ...

* Siddhartha Shankar Chakraborty as Suresh Chandra Bose * Jagriti Goswami as Arunprabha Bose * Aditya Chowdhury as Sunil Chandra Bose * Indranil Mullick as Rono Dutta * Pritam Das as Charuchandra Gangopadhyay * Supratim Sinha as Dilipkumar Roy * Prriyam Chakraborty as

Kalyani Das Kalyani Das (1907–1983) was an Indian revolutionary and nationalist from Bengal. Education She was a student of Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttack. Das finished her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928. Participation in India's freedom str ...

* Sahana Sen as Basanti Devi * Kunal Banerjee as Nanda.

Former cast

* Kaushik Chakraborty as Janakinath Bose *

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as Anupama Dutta * Sananda Basak as Pramilabala Mitra * Ishani Sengupta as Saralabala Dey * Subhrajit Dutta as Chittaranjan Das * Prantik Banerjee as Ananto Rai * Priyam as Sudhir Chandra Bose ** Ayush Das as young Sudhir Chandra Bose * Anirban Guha as Beni Madhab Das * Swarnadipto Ghosh as Bagha Jatin * Swarnav Banerjee as Chittapriya Ray Chaudhuri * Rahul Sen as Manoranjan Sengupta * Biplab Dasgupta as Debendranath Bose * Trilok Nath Thander as Nirendranath Dasgupta * Arka Dasgupta as Charles Richardson *

Bharat Kaul Bharat Kaul is an Indian actor mainly known for villainous and antagonist An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist. Etymology The English word antagonist comes from the Greek ἀνταγω ...

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* Aritra Dutta as Hemchandra Kanungo * Diganta Saha as

Sushil Sen Sushil Kumar Sen (Bengali: সুশীল কুমার সেন; 1892 – 3 May 1915) participated in the Indian Independence Movement. Life Sushilkumar Senorn in a family of revolutionaries. A meritorious student, he had his early educa ...

* Diganta Das as

Shyam Sundar Chakraborty Shyam is a name of Krishna and an Indian masculine given name and surname. Notable people with this name include: ;Shyam *Shyam (actor), Indian Hindi film actor * Shyam (composer), an Indian music composer from Kerala *Shyam Benegal, Indian film d ...

* Samiul Alam as Khudiram Bose * Soumendra Bhattacharya as

Prafulla Chaki Prafulla Chandra Chaki ( bn, প্রফুল্ল চাকী, ''Prafulla Chaki'' alias Dinesh Chandra Roy) (10 December 1888 – 1 May 1908) was an Indian revolutionary associated with the Jugantar group of revolutionaries who carried o ...

* Tania Kar as Aparupa Roy * Lakshya Punjabi as Kirpal Singh * Madhubani Goswami as Sarala Devi * Indrajit Mazumder as Professor E.F. Oaten *

Bhola Tamang Bhola Tamang is a Bengali film actor. He mainly plays side role characters in films. Filmography * ''Hoichoi Unlimited'' (2018) * ''Loafer'' (Upcoming) * ''Final Mission (2013) * '' Panga Nibi Na Sala'' (2013) * ''Misti Cheler Dustu Buddhi'' ...

as Kalochin * Siddhartha Ghosh as Biren Dutta Gupta * Shaktipada Dey as DSP Shamsul Alam * Sayanjit Ghosh Dastidar as Ullaskar Dutta *

Chandan Sen Chandan Sen (born 26 February 1963) is an Indian Bengali-language stage, television and film actor, playwright and director. Career He started acting in Bengali theatre in 1977. He joined ''Natya Anan'' theatre group as a creative director and ...

Dwijendralal Ray Dwijendralal Ray (19 July 1863 – 17 May 1913), also known as D. L. Ray, was an Indian poet, playwright, and musician. He was known for his Hindu mythological and nationalist historical plays and songs known as ''Dwijendrageeti'' or the ''So ...

* Manoj Ojha as

* Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Mrinalini Devi * Ishani Das as Sarojini Devi *

Dwaipayan Das ''Joyee'' is a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 9 October 2017. It aired on Zee Bangla. It was produced by Tent Cinema and it starred Debadrita Basu and Dibyojyoti Dutta. It also presents Sanchari Mondal, Mimi Dutta, Tanuka Cha ...

Barin Ghosh Barindra Kumar Ghosh or Barindra Ghosh, or, popularly, Barin Ghosh (5 January 1880 – 18 April 1959) was an Indian revolutionary and journalist. He was one of the founding members of Jugantar Bengali weekly, a revolutionary outfit in Bengal. ...

* Animesh Bhaduri as Bhupendranath Dutta

References

External links

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