Khorkuto

Khorkuto is an 2020 Indian Bengali language romantic comedy drama television series that premiered on 17 August 2020[1] and airs on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar.[2] The show is produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay and stars Trina Saha and Koushik Roy.[3]

Khorkuto
GenreDrama
Family
Comedy
Romance
Written byLeena Gangopadhyay
Directed bySaibal Banerjee
Snehasish Jana
Creative directorLeena Gangopadhyay
StarringTrina Saha
Koushik Roy
Opening themeKhorkuto by Anweshaa
ComposerDebojyoti Mishra
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of episodes481
Production
Executive producersDebolina Mukhopadhyay
Sumit Roy
(Magic Moments Motion Pictures)
Taniya
Supriyo
(Star Jalsha)
ProducerSaibal Banerjee
Production locationKolkata
CinematographyMadhab Naskar
EditorsSamir
Soumen
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyMagic Moments Motion Pictures
DistributorStar India
Disney+Hotstar
Release
Original networkStar Jalsha
Picture formatSDTV 576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release17 August 2020 (2020-08-17) –
present
External links
Disney+Hotstar

Plot

Gungun, a sophisticated girl, crosses paths with Soujanyo, a scholar who belongs to a middle-class joint family, and everything changes. Apart from a beautiful love story, ‘Khorkuto’ narrates the tale of a joint family, its roots and beliefs. After a few meetings with Soujanyo, Gungun's father decides to marry Gungun off with Soujanyo to each her morals and ethics. Although Gungun is a little ill-mannered but she is very good at heart and gets the deserved love from Soujanyo' s family. She becomes a part of the family and stands by them in all the difficulties.[4][5]

Cast

Main
  • Trina Saha[6] as Shrotoshini Mukherjee(née Bose) aka Gungun - Babin's wife
  • Koushik Roy[7] as Soujanyo Mukherjee aka Babin - Gungun's husband

Recurring
  • Dulal Lahiri as Siddheshwar Mukherjee, a.k.a Jethai - Soujanyo's elder paternal uncle, Riju and Munia's father
  • Ratna Ghoshal as Nonibala Mukherjee - Soujanyo's elder aunt, Riju and Munia's mother
  • Chandan Sen[8] as Trilokeshwar Mukherjee aka Bhajan - Soujanyo and Chini's father
  • Anushree Das as Basumati Mukherjee aka Chandana - Soujanyo and Chini's mother
  • Sohini Sengupta[9][10] as Meghomala Chatterjee née Mukherjee aka Putu - Soujanyo's paternal aunt, a teacher and Sukalyan's wife
  • Badshah Moitra as Dr. Sukalyan Chatterjee - Putu's husband, Soujanyo's uncle-in-law
  • Ambarish Bhattacharya as Kamaleshwar Mukherjee aka Potka - Soujanyo's younger paternal uncle, Shaaji's father
  • Jayashree Mukherjee Kaul as Suchitra Mukherjee aka Jaya - Soujanyo's younger aunt, Potka's wife, Shaaji's mother
  • Debottam Majumdar[11] as Abhijnan Mukherjee aka Riju - Soujanyo's elder cousin brother
  • Rajanya Mitra as Nabamita Mukherjee aka Mishti - Soujanyo's sister-in-law, Riju's wife
  • Priyanka Mitra as Imon Chatterjee née Mukherjee aka Chini - Soujanyo's younger sister, Rupanjan's wife
  • Raja Goswami[12] as Rupanjan Chatterjee - Chini's husband
  • Sonal Mishra as Samadarshini Mukherjee aka Shaaji - Soujanyo's younger cousin sister, Potka's daughter, Gungun's friend
  • Rishav Basu[13] as Adil Seikh aka Adi - Munia's son and Jethai's grandson.
  • Abhishek Chatterjee as Dr. Kaushik Bose - Gungun's father, a surgeon
  • Malabika Sen as Dr. Shilpi Bose - Gungun's mother, a doctor
  • Suchishmita Chowdhury as Jui Sengupta - Kaushik's younger sister, Gungun's paternal aunt, Tinni's mother.
  • Rukma Roy[14] as Ananya Sengupta aka Tinni - Jui's daughter, Gungun's elder cousin sister and rival, Soujanyo's research assistant
  • Atmadeep Ghosh as Krish - Gungun's namesake boyfriend
  • Ashmee Ghosh as Jhum - Sukalyan's adopted daughter
  • Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Deboleena - Jhum's mother

Reception

Ratings
Week Year BARC Viewership Ref.
TRP Rank
Week 37 2020 5.4 4 [15]
Week 38 2020 5.2 4 [16]
Week 39 2020 5.0 4 [17]
Week 40 2020 5.1 3 [18]
Week 42 2020 4.8 4 [19]
Week 43 2020 4.6 4 [20]
Week 44 2020 5.3 3 [21]
Week 45 2020 5.5 3 [22]
Week 46 2020 5.3 3 [23]
Week 47 2020 5.9 2 [24]
Week 48 2020 5.8 3 [25]
Week 49 2020 6.3 2 [26]
Week 52 2020 5.7 4 [27]
Week 9 2021 4.8 2 [28]
Week 10 2021 4.1 5 [29]

Adaptations
Language Title Network(s) Original Release Notes
Bengali Khorkuto Star Jalsha 17 August 2020-present Original
Tamil Namma Veetu Ponnu[30][31] Star Vijay 16 August 2021-present Remake
Marathi Thipkyanchi Rangoli[32][33] Star Pravah 4 October 2021-present
Malayalam Palunku[34][35] Asianet 22 November 2021-present
Hindi Kabhi Kabhi Ittefaq Sey[36][37] StarPlus TBA

References
  1. "'Khorkuto' to launch on August 17; 'Ke Apon Ke Por' gets a different slot". The Times of India.
  2. "Actors Koushik Roy and Trina Saha to play the leads in 'Khorkuto'". The Times of India.
  3. "Khorkuto: Tinni lies in front of Soujanya's family". The Times of India.
  4. "Khorkuto to narrate the tale of love, family bonding and values". The Times of India.
  5. "'Khorkuto' completes 300 episodes - Times of India". The Times of India. 18 June 2021.
  6. "It's like a dream come true for me to work with Leena Gangopadhyay: Trina Saha". The Times of India.
  7. "I'm grateful to have such finest actors as my co-stars: Koushik Roy". The Times of India.
  8. "Of food, fun and frolic". The Telegraph. 20 January 2021.
  9. "Actress Sohini Sengupta gets candid about her upcoming show 'Khorkuto' and her real life 'big happy family'". The Times of India.
  10. "When I was offered Khor Kuto during lockdown, I felt blessed: Sohini". The Times of India. 28 October 2020.
  11. "#Rewind2020: Khorkuto to Khirer Putul; hits and misses of Bengali TV". The Times of India. 24 December 2020.
  12. "Actor Raja Goswami joins the cast of 'Khorkuto'". The Times of India.
  13. "বহুদিন পরে টেলিভিশনে ফিরছেন ঋষভ বসু, কোন ধারাবাহিকে?". TV9 Bangla (in Bengali). 12 May 2021.
  14. "Khorkuto: ৩০০ পর্বে 'খড়কুটো', তিন্নি দিদি ফিরতেই বড় হয়ে যাবে গুনগুন?" (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. 18 June 2021.
  15. "WEEK 37 - DATA: Saturday, 12th September 2020 To Friday, 18th September 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
  16. "WEEK 38 - DATA: Saturday, 19th September 2020 To Friday, 25th September 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020.
  17. "WEEK 39 - DATA: Saturday, 26th September 2020 To Friday, 2nd October 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020.
  18. "WEEK 40 - DATA: Saturday, 3rd October 2020 To Friday, 9th October 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020.
  19. "WEEK 42 - DATA: Saturday, 17th October 2020 To Friday, 23rd October 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020.
  20. "WEEK 43 - DATA: Saturday, 24th October 2020 To Friday, 30th October 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020.
  21. "WEEK 44 - DATA: Saturday, 31st October 2020 To Friday, 6th November 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020.
  22. "WEEK 45 - DATA: Saturday, 7th November 2020 To Friday, 13th November 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020.
  23. "WEEK 46 - DATA: Saturday, 14th November 2020 To Friday, 20th November 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020.
  24. "'Khorkuto' gives a stiff competition to other TV shows; bags second spot on TRP charts". The Times of India.
  25. "WEEK 48 - DATA: Saturday, 28th November 2020 To Friday, 4th December 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020.
  26. "WEEK 49 - DATA: Saturday, 5th December 2020 To Friday, 11th December 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
  27. "WEEK 52 - DATA: Saturday, 26th December 2020 To Friday, 1st January 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021.
  28. "WEEK 9 - DATA: Saturday, 27th February 2021 To Friday, 5th March 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021.
  29. "WEEK 10 - DATA: Saturday, 6th March 2021 To Friday, 12th March 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021.
  30. "'খড়কুটো' উড়ে গেল তামিলনাড়ুতে!". Ei Samay (in Bengali). 27 July 2021.
  31. "'நம்ம வீட்டு பொண்ணு' சீரியலில் இணைந்த பிரபலம்! யார் தெரியுமா". CNN News18 (in Tamil). 5 July 2021.
  32. "New Marathi TV show 'Thipkyanchi Rangoli' to launch soon - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  33. "स्टार प्रवाहवर नवी मालिका 'ठिपक्यांची रांगोळी', अभिनेते शरद पोंक्षे येणार भेटीला". TV9 Marathi (in Marathi). 20 September 2021.
  34. "New daily soap 'Palunku' to launch soon; Thej Gowda and Khushi to make their TV debut - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 November 2021.
  35. "വൈകാരിക മുഹൂർത്തങ്ങളുമായി പുതിയ പരമ്പര; 'പളുങ്ക്' ഇന്ന് മുതൽ ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റിൽ". Asianet News (in Malayalam). 22 November 2021.
  36. "Kabhie Kabhie Ittefaque Se: Trina Saha-Koushik Roy starrer 'Khorkuto' to be remade in Hindi - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 November 2021.
  37. "Khorkuto: নতুন ভাবে আসছে 'খড়কুটো'! দেখা যাবে না এই গুনগুন- সৌজন্যকে". Aaj Tak বাংলা (in Bengali). 3 November 2021.
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