Jiyon Kathi
{{short description|Indian Bengali television soap opera}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Jiyon Kathi.JPG
| writer = Leena Gangopadhyay
| director = Arunava Adhikari
Koushik Pathak
Deeptomoy Sengupta
| creative_director = Chandrashekhar Chakraborty
| presenter = Bright Advertising Pvt. Ltd.
| starring = Aindrila Sharma
Somraj Maity
| theme_music_composer = Debjyoti Mishra
| opentheme = Jiyon Kathi
| endtheme =
| composer =
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 486
| executive_producer = Debolina Mukhopadhyay
Binoy
Taniya
Sajal Biswas
| producer = Leena Gangopadhyay
| editor =
| location = Kolkata
| cinematography = Madhab Nashkar
| camera = Multi-camera
| runtime = 22 minutes (approx.)
| company = Magic Moments Motion Pictures and Organinc Studios
| channel = Sun Bangla
| first_aired = {{Start date|2019|09|23|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2021|04|18|df=yes}}
}}
Jiyon Kathi is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 23 September 2019, and aired on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Sun Bangla.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/daily-soap-jiyon-kathi-to-launch-on-september-23/articleshow/71090986.cms|title=Daily soap 'Jiyon Kathi' to launch on September 23|newspaper=The Times of India|date=12 September 2019|accessdate=20 May 2023}} It is the first show produced by Organinc Studios (of Arka Ganguly), a subsidiary of Magic Moments Motion Pictures (of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay), and stars Aindrila Sharma{{cite web|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/sun-bangla-launches-jiyonkathi-joy-mukherjee-and-oindrila-sharma-play-lead-roles-190917|title=SUN Bangla launches Jiyonkathi; Joy Mukherjee and Oindrila Sharma to play lead roles}} and Joy Mukherjee, later replaced by Somraj Maity.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/joy-mukherjee-is-back-on-tv/articleshow/71308025.cms|title=Joy Mukherjee is back on TV}}
Premise
A simple girl's fate brings her closer to an angry yet influential man. Her grounded dreams are met with his sky-high ambitions eventually brewing love between them.
Cast
=Main=
- Aindrila Sharma as Jahnabi Chatterjee aka Tuli - An IAS Officer, Roshni's younger half-sister, Rishi's second and third wife (once divorced, twice married), Dipto's wife (marriage annulled), Oli's adoptive elder paternal sister, Abhimanyu's step/adoptive mother.
- Joy Mukherjee / Somraj Maity as Rishi Sen - An IAS Officer, Jahnabi's second and fourth husband (once divorced, twice married), Roshni's husband (divorced), Oli's husband (marriage ended with her death), Abhimanyu's father.
=Recurring=
; Rishi's family
- Manishankar Banerjee as Abhik Sen - Rishi's elder paternal uncle, Hemangini's estranged husband, Harsho's father.
- Rajashree Bhowmik as Hemangini Sen - Rishi's elder aunt, Abhik's estranged wife, Harsho's mother.
- Rahul Chakraborty as Pratik Sen - Rishi and Tilottoma's father.
- Tramila Bhattacharya / Anindita Saha Kapileshwari as Kalpana Sen - Rishi and Tilottoma's mother.
- Debottam Majumdar as Harsho Bardhan Sen aka Harsho - Rishi's elder cousin brother, Lekha's husband.
- Debolina Mukherjee as Srilekha Sen aka Lekha - Harsho's wife, Rishi's elder sister-in-law.
- Soumi Banerjee as Tilottoma Sen - Rishi's younger sister.
- Abhirup Sen as Abhimanyu Sen aka Babi - Rishi and Oli's son, Jahnabi's step/adoptive son.
; Others
- Mishmee Das as Roshni Chatterjee - Jahnabi's elder half-sister, Rishi's first wife (divorced), Sanjeet's wife (till she murdered him), a girl and child trafficker.
- Bharat Kaul as Kushal Chatterjee - Anjana's husband and Roshni's father, Rai's estranged husband and Jahnabi's estranged father.
- Jayashree Mukherjee Kaul as Anjana Chatterjee - Kushal's first (legal) wife, Roshni's mother.
- Rhimjhim Gupta as Rai Chatterjee (née Bose) - Kushal's second (unofficial) wife, Jahnabi's mother.
- Shaktipada Dey as Raghav Bose - Rai's elder brother, Jahnabi's maternal uncle.
- Sukriti Lahori as Jahnabi's college principal.
- Sujoy Saha as Diptojit - Kushal's former employee, Jahnabi's first husband (marriage annulled).
- Anashuya Majumdar as the head of a group of courtesans, Jahnabi's dance teacher.
- Sonal Mishra as a courtesan
- Diganta Bagchi as a lawyer
- Nishantika Das as Oli Bose - Rishi's third wife, Jahnabi's adoptive younger maternal sister, Abhimanyu's mother. (Deceased)
- Sandip Chakraborty as Amitabh Bose - Oli's father, Jahnabi's saviour and adoptive maternal uncle.
- Sanjuktaa Roy Chowdhury as Rupasree Bose - Oli's mother, Jahnabi's adoptive aunt.