Durga (2008 series)

Durga is an Indian Bengali language television soap opera, which aired from 8 September 2008–26 June 2010 on Bengali GEC Star Jalsha.[2] The show starred Sandipta Sen,[3] Gourab Chatterjee[4] and Swagata Mukherjee[5] in lead roles.

Durga
GenreIndian soap opera
Drama
Mythology
Created bySVF
Directed byAnupam Hari
Creative directorSahana
Presented bySVF Entertainment
StarringSandipta Sen
Gourab Chatterjee
Swagata Mukherjee
Theme music composerJeet Ganguly
ComposerJeet Ganguly
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
Production
ProducersShrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
Production locationKolkata
Running time22 minutes
Production companySVF[1]
DistributorStar India
Release
Original networkStar Jalsha
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release8 September 2008 (2008-09-08) –
26 June 2010 (2010-06-26)
Chronology
Followed byDurga Durgeshwari

A spiritual sequel or a reboot of this series, Durga Durgeshwari, premiered in 2019 and ended in 2020. It starred Sampurna Mondal and Bishwarup Banerjee in the lead roles.[6]

Plot

It is the tale of the journey of a village belle and an ardent devotee of Goddess Durga, Durga (Sandipta Sen) who gets married to a mentally unwell heir, Rupam (Gourab Chatterjee), of an urban rich family. Rupam is kept captive for several years by an evil woman Damini (Swagata Mukherjee). However, Durga's faith in the Goddess, which is her strength helps her to cure Rupam. The Goddess comes to her rescue during all of Durga's challenges. Thus, Durga helps Rupam lead a normal life by defeating the foul plans of his relatives with the help of Goddess Durga.

Cast
  • Sandipta Sen as Durga Roy Chowdhury
  • Gourab Chatterjee as Rupam Roy Chowdhury
  • Swagata Mukherjee as Damini Roy Chowdhury
  • Payel De as Sati
  • Ditipriya Roy as Gauri
  • Debesh Roychowdhury as Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
  • Moyna Mukherjee as Gayatri Roy Chowdhury
  • Dr. Basudev Mukhopadhyay as Arijit Roy Chowdhury
  • Rajat Ganguly as Arindam Roy Chowdhury
  • June Maliah as Ketaki Roy Chowdhury
  • Rupanjana Mitra as Neela Roy Chowdhury
  • Debleena Dutta as Titli Roy Chowdhury
  • Subhrajit Dutta as Titli's love interest
  • Tina Dutta as Kumkum Roy Chowdhury
  • Bodhisattva Majumder as Durga's Father
  • Swagata Bose as Durga's Mother
  • Sumanta Mukherjee as Narayan Choudhary
  • Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Maya Maa
  • Nitya Ganguly as Kanai Kaka

Remakes

A Kannada version of this serial with the same name was made in 2015 and aired in Star Suvarna. Later in 2017, a Telugu version again with the same name was made and aired in Star Maa.

Recently a Hindi version, with the name Durga – Mata Ki Chhaya[7] debuted on 14th December 2020 with Chahat Pandey, Avinash Mishra and Rakshanda Khan reprising the roles of Sandipta Sen, Gourab Chatterjee and Swagata Mukherjee.

References
  1. "Sandipta Sen played titular role". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. StarJalsha (5 September 2008). "Durga". Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via YouTube.
  3. "Sandipta likes challenging roles". The Times of India. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. "Actor Gourab Chatterjee is nostalgic these days and we know why, see pic". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. "All-time favourite vamps of Bengali television who ruled the hearts; take a look". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. "Durga Durgeshwari: Damini Roy Chowdhury is back". The Times of India. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  7. "In Video: First promo of 'Durga' on Star Bharat". bizasialive.com. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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