Shree Krishna Bhakto Meera is a 2021 Indian
Bengali
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mythological
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drama
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television series
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which premiered on 26 July 2021 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 family ...
. It is also available on the digital platform
Disney+ Hotstar
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before its telecast. It is produced by
Nispal Singh
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and Surinder Singh under the banner of
Surinder Films
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and stars Joey Debroy,
Debadrita Basu, Arshiya Mukherjee, Ankit Mazumder and Prarabdhi Singha in lead roles.
Airing history
The show launched on 26 July 2021 and was given the timeslot of 9pm, but was shifted to 11pm due to degrading
target rating point
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. The show ended 4 months later, on 5 December.
Plot
The story is a mythology based story about princess
Meera
Meera, better known as Mirabai and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition.
Mirabai was born into a Ratho ...
, her marriage to Raja Bhojraj and devotion for
Lord Krishna
Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...
. Apart from the story of Meera's love and devotion for Lord Krishna, it also shows how her marriage life worked with Raja Bhojraj and how he protected her till her death.
Cast
Main
*
Debadrita Basu as Princess
Meera Bai
Meera, better known as Mirabai and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition.
Mirabai was born into a Ratho ...
: Veer Kumari and Ratan Singh's daughter, an ardent devotee of
Lord Krishna
Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...
and Rajkumar Bhoj's love interest turned wife (later widow).
*Arshiya Mukherjee as Young Meera
*Joey Debroy as
Bhoj Raj
Bhojraj Singh Sisodia (c. 1495–1526) was the eldest son of Rana Sanga, ruler of Mewar in western India. He is best known as the husband of the reputed bhakti poet-saint Meerabai.
Biography
Bhojraj Singh was born the eldest of the seven sons ...
: Maharana Sangram Singh's eldest son, Rani Dhona Bai's biological son, Rajkumari Meera's husband. (Deceased)
*Ankit Mazumder as Young Bhojraj.
*Prarabdhi Singha as
Lord Krishna
Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...
Recurring
;Meera's family
*Atri Bhattacharya as Prince Jaimal : Meera's elder cousin brother.
*Tamagno Manna as Young Jaimal
*Poonam Basak as Mrinal Kumari : Meera's elder cousin sister-in-law, Jaimal's wife.
*Rayati Bhattacharya as Veer Kumari / Chhoto Bourani : Ratan Singh's wife, Meera's mother. (Deceased)
*Sutirtha Saha as Ratan Singh : Meera's father, Veer Kumari's husband.
* Somjita Bhattacharya as Kokila : Mejo Bourani's assistant.
*Kuyasha Biswas as Princess Madhuraa : Meera's elder cousin sister, Mejo Bourani and Viram Singh's daughter.
*Tanishka Tiwari as Young Madhuraa
* Riyanka Dasgupta as Gourja aka Mejo Bourani : Madhuraa and Jaimal's mother, and Viram Singh's wife.
* Subhajit Banerjee as Viram Singh : Mejo Bourani's husband, Meera's elder paternal uncle.
*Hridlekha Banerjee as Boro Bourani : Meera's eldest paternal aunt, Raimal Singh's wife.
*
Subhrajit Dutta
Subhrajit Dutta is an Indian film and theatre actor who appears in Bengali films and television serials. Some of the notable Bengali films he acted in include '' Ebar Shabor'', Manojder Adbhut Bari, ''Eagoler Chokh'', ''Double Feluda''.
Career ...
as Raimal Singh : Meera's eldest paternal uncle, Boro Bourani's husband.
*Sumanta Mukherjee as Maharaja Rao Dudaji : Champak Bai's husband, Meera, Madhuraa and Jaimal's grandfather.
*Kheyali Ghosh Dastidar as Maharani Champak Bai : Rao Dudaji's wife, Meera, Madhuraa and Jaimal's grandmother.
; Bhoj's family
*Sudip Sarkar
as Prince Vikram : Rani Karma Bai's eldest biological son.
*Sarbik Pal as Young Vikram
*Sujata Dawn as
Rani Karma Bai : Maharana Sangram Singh's second wife.
*Chaitali Chakraborty as Mukta: Rani Karma Bai's Assistant
*Avery Singha Roy as Rani Dhona Bai : Bhoj and Darpona's biological mother, Maharana Sangram Singh's first wife, Vikram, Udaa Bai and Uday's step-mother.
*Arijit Chowdhury as
Maharana Sangram Singh : Bhoj, Vikram, Udaa, Uday and Darpona's father.
*Ishani Sengupta as Princess Udaa Bai : Bhoj's younger half-sister and Vikram's younger biological sister.
*Debmalya Gupta as Prince Uday Pratap Singh : Maharana Sangram Singh and Rani Karma Bai's youngest biological son.
*Adwitiya Basu Roy as Princess Darpona : Maharana Sangram Singh's biological daughter.
Others
*Debdut Ghosh as Ravidas.
*
Bhaswar Chatterjee
Bhaswar Chattopadhyay or Bhaswar Chatterjee (born 8 March 1975) is a Bengali film and television actor. He attended high school at South Point School and graduated in bioscience from Asutosh College. Before getting his first job in GlaxoSmithKl ...
as Raj Purohit Bhairabnath
*Pratyush Kumar Bandyopadhyay as Narayan
* Rupam Singha as Suraj Mahal : Vikram, Udaa and Uday's maternal uncle
* Pritha Roy as Malini : Meera's close friend.
* Rajiv Banerjee as Raj Purohit of Meera's family
Production
Release
The show released on 26 July 2021.
Reception
The TV soap has been placed on an average rating on Bengali television in its first week.
TRP Ratings
References
{{Star Jalsha Shows
Bengali-language television programming in India
2021 Indian television series debuts
2021 Indian television series endings
Indian drama television series
Star Jalsha original programming