Bijoyinee
{{short description|Indian Bengali television soap opera}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Bijoyinee.jpg
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| native_name =
| genre = Family
| creator = Susanta Das
| based_on =
| developer = Sushanta Das
| story = Star Jalsha
| screenplay = Lovely Mukherjee
Dialogues
Sourav Sengupta
| director = Pijush Ghosh
| creative_director = Nafisa
Susmita
| presenter = Bright Advertising Pvt. Ltd.
| starring = Swastika Dutta
Rudrajit Mukherjee
Anjana Basu
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = Debjit Roy
| open_theme = "Bijoyinee"
| end_theme =
| composer = Priyo Chattopadhyay
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes = 184
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Reshmi, Shaoni (Star Jalsha)
| producer = Surinder Singh
Gurjit Singh
Sushanta Das (Boyhood Productions)
| editor = Shubhajit
| cinematography = Ashok
Shantanu
| camera =
| runtime = 22 minutes
| company = Boyhood Productions
| location = Kolkata
| network = Star Jalsha
| first_aired = {{Start date|2018|12|24|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2019|08|23|df=y}}
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Bijoyinee {{cite web|url= https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/bijoyinee/1260002873|title=New Television Series is coming based on the story of a dancer| website=Anandabazar.com|date= 3 December 2018}} is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that was premiered on 24 December 2018, and is broadcast on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/new-television-serial-bijoyini-to-premiere-soon/articleshow/66805157.cms|title=New Television Serial Bijoyini to Premiere soon|newspaper=The Times of India|date=26 November 2018|access-date=19 August 2019}} The series was starring Swastika Dutta{{cite web|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/actress-lekha-chatterjee-to-play-the-lead-in-bijoyini/articleshow/66903966.cms|title=Lekha Chatterjee to play the lead in Bijoyini|website=The Times of India|date=2 December 2018}} and Rudrajit Mukherjee in lead roles with Anjana Basu in a negative role.{{cite web|url= https://ebela.in/entertainment/anjana-basu-s-mega-comeback-in-bijoyini-dgtl-1.907724|title=Anjana Basu's Mega Comeback in Bijoyini|website=Ebela|date=2 December 2018}} It marks the come back of Anjana Basu into Bengali television. The show is produced by Boyhood Productions. The show went off air on 23 August 2019 and it got replaced by another show titled Kunjochaya.
Plot
Bijoyinee is the tale of Keka, daughter of a maid servant at a wealthy house, and her struggles to become a great dancer. Her main problem is that a well-known classical dancer, Subarna, whose house her mother works at, detests her and prevents her from working in the dance industry because of her lower status.
Cast
=Main cast=
- Lekha Chatterjee / Swastika Dutta as Keka and Mohini
- Sambhabi Mukherjee as child Keka
- Imtiaz Haque / Rudrajit Mukherjee as Ritwik
- Samriddho as Child Ritwik
- Anjana Basu{{cite web|url=http://bengali.mahanagar24x7.com/bengali-serial-bijoyini-coming-soon-with-anjana-basu/|title=Bengali Serial Bijoyini coming soon with Anjana Basu|website=Mahangar 24x7|date=3 December 2018}} as Subarna, Ritwik's mother, a renowned classical dancer.
- Ratri Ghatak as Monika aka Moni, Keka's mother
=Support cast=
- Madhurima Basak as Nupur
- Akash Ghosh as Chotu
- Anirban Ghosh as Snehasish
- Arpita Mondal as Rinku{{cite web|url=https://ebela.in/entertainment/maa-sarada-actress-arpita-breaks-the-screen-image-with-a-new-role-dgtl-1.922375?ref=entertainment-new-stry|title=Maa Sarada actress arpita break's the screen image with a new role|website=Ebela|date=27 December 2018}}
- Joy Bhattacharya as Jatin
- Sukanya Dutta as Naina
- Purbasha Debnath as Tutul
- Antara Sarkar as Mithu
- Dipa Roy as Gopali Jethi
- Krishnakishore Mukherjee as Indra
- Sanjoy Bapi Basu as Raghab
- Avery Singha Roy as Anamika
- Vivaan Ghosh as Taposh
- Debika Mitra as Thammi