Rakhi Bandhan
{{Short description|Indian television series}}
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{{Infobox television
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| native_name = {{langx|bn|রাখি বন্ধন}}
| genre = Drama
| creator = Blues Productions
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| writer = Snehasish Chakroborty
| director = Bidyut Saha
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| starring = Shrabani Bhunia{{cite news|url=https://befacts.blogspot.com/2018/11/srabani-bhunia-bengali-actress.html|title=Srabani Bhunia Bengali Actress|date=November 12, 2018|publisher=Be Facts|access-date=December 12, 2018}}
Subhrojit Saha
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| theme_music_composer = Arup Ghosh
| open_theme = "Rakhi Bandhan" by Joy and Trisha
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| composer = Snehasish Chakraborty
| country = India
| language = Bengali
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| num_episodes = 787
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| producer = Snehasish Chakroborty
| location = Kolkata
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| runtime = 22 minutes
| company = Blues Productions
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2016|11|28}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2019|02|03|df=y}}
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| channel = Star Jalsha
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Rakhi Bandhan ({{langx|bn|রাখি বন্ধন}}) is a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 28 November 2016 and aired on Star Jalsha. Sayanta Modak, Sraboni Bhunia, and Subhrojit Saha play the lead roles. The show was dubbed in Tamil as Minmini Pookal, airing on Vijay Super.{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/actress-rita-koiral-dies-at-the-age-of-58-1777464|title=Actress Rita Koiral Dies At The Age Of 58|date=19 November 2017|publisher=NDTV|accessdate=20 January 2019}} The show revolved round the unique bonding between the young actors Krittika and Soham, who played Rakhi and Bandhan respectively. Krittika was applauded for her comic timing, dialogue delivery and expressions. The show took a leap of 12 years in September 2018 and the young actors were replaced by Subhrajit and Srabani as Bandhan and Rakhi respectively. The show was produced by Blues Productions. The show went off air on 3 February after airing 787 episodes and was replaced by Mahapeeth Tarapeeth.
Series overview
Bandhan and Rakhi are orphans. Neglected by their relatives, they are each other's support system. But when fate threatens to tear them apart, they must overcome all the hurdles.
Plot summary
Rakhi Bandhan is the story of a brother and a sister who lost their parents at tender age. They are neglected by their aunt who makes them do all the household chores. Bandhan takes an oath to bring Rakhi up as a good person and send her to school and fulfil all her dreams. The story revolves around Bandhan and Rakhi's relationship.
=12 years' leap=
Of late, the show has taken a successful leap as we find Rakhi and Bandhan all grown up, an estrangement threatens to rip them apart. Bandhan still continues to try to bring his sister back under his wings from where she'd taken off, driven by circumstances. Bandhan is determined to mend a straining relationship with his sister and the interpersonal relationship between two siblings still forms the core of the show.
Cast
- Shrabani Bhunia as Rakhi Ray (née Chatterjee) (Bandhan's younger sister, Kumaresh and Uttara's daughter, Mantasha's adoptive daughter, Ved's wife)
- Krittika Chakraborty as Child Rakhi/Ghetu
- Subhrojit Saha as Bandhan Chatterjee (Rakhi's elder brother, Kumaresh and Uttara's son, Raunak and Chara's adoptive son, Tonni's Husband){{cite web|url=http://radiobanglanet.com/rakhi-bandhan-bangla-tv-serial-time-leap/|title=Rakhi Bandhan Bangla Tv Serial Time Leap}}
- Soham Basu Roy Chowdhury as Child Bandhan
- Sayanta Modak as Ved (Rakhi's husband, Isha, Disha, Loton's cousin)
- Titas Sanyal as Tonni (Bandhan's Wife, Rakhi's Childhood Friend)
- Subrata Mitra as Police Kaku
- Amitabha Bhattacharyya as Doctor Babu
- Rita Koiral / Chaitali Chakraborty as Malina Chatterjee (Bandhan and Rakhi's elder paternal aunt, Amaresh's wife, Bachchu and Mimi's mother)
- Subhasish Mukherjee as Late Amaresh Chatterjee (Bandhan's and Rakhi's elder paternal uncle, Kumaresh's elder brother, Bachchu and Mimi's father, Disha's father in law, Malina's husband)
- Koushik Das as Bachchu (Amaresh and Malina's son, Disha's husband, Mimi's elder brother, Rakhi and Bandhan's cousin)
- Anirban Ghosh as Late Kumaresh Chatterjee (Bandhan and Rakhi's late father, Amaresh's younger brother, Tonni and Ved's late father in law)
- Piyali Basu as Uttara/Sathi (Rakhi and Bandhan's mother, Kumaresh's wife, Tonni and Ved's mother in law)
- Aditi Chatterjee as Rikhiya, a principal
- Rana Mitra as Sukalyan, Rikhiya's husband
- Kushal Chakraborty as Sabyasachi Banerjee, a lawyer, Tonni's father, Bandhan's father in law
- Mitali Chakraborty as Deepa Banerjee, (Sabyasachi's wife, Tonni's mother, Bandhan's mother in law)
- Pradip Dhar as Madan (Malina's younger brother, Bachchu and Mimi's maternal uncle)
- Siddhartha Banerjee as Sanjay Sinha (Uttara and Sathi's elder brother, Rakhi and Bandhan's maternal uncle, Damayanti's Husband)
- Arpita Dutta Chowdhury as Damayanti Sinha (Sanjay's Wife, Rakhi and Bandhan's Maternal aunt)
- Debjani Chattopadhyay as Anamika Banerjee, Shuddho Dev's Wife, Raunak's elder sister
- Jayanta Dutta Barman as Shuddho Dev Banerjee, Anamika's Husband
- Swarnakamal Dutta as Mantasha Banerjee, Rakhi's Adoptive Mother, Reet's Wife, Sanjay, Uttara and Sathi's Cousin
- Chandraniv Mukherjee as Reet Banerjee, Satyadev's elder son, Dil's elder brother, Mantasha's husband
- Gaurav Ghoshal as Dil Banerjee, Satyadev's younger son, Reet's younger brother, Tikli's husband
- Rumpa Das as Tikli Banerjee, Dil's Wife
- Moumita Chakraborty as Jagatjanani
- Saikat Das as Tiyash (Uttara's former lover)
- Vikramjit Chaudhury as Riju Mukherjee, Raunak's younger brother, Deepika's Husband
- Boni Mukherjee as Deepika Mukherjee, Riju's Wife
- Rupsha Guha as Rahi
- Kanchana Maitra as Sohag
- Goutam Dey as Satyadev Banerjee, Reet and Dil's father, Mantasha and Tikli's father in law
- Soma Banerjee as Satyadev's Wife, Reet and Dil's mother, Mantasha and Tikli's mother in law
- Indrakshi Nag as Isha (Disha and Loton's elder sister, Ved's cousin)
- Manoj Ojha as Raunak Mukherjee, a boxer, Bandhan's adoptive father, Anamika's younger brother
- Rupsha Chakraborty as Chara Mukherjee, Bandhan's adoptive mother
- Moumita Gupta as Chanda Ganguly, a marriage registrar, Chara's Mother
- Raja Chatterjee as Nikhil Nondi, a local mafia, Isha, Loton and Disha's paternal uncle, Ved's maternal uncle
- Sourav Sengupta as Loton Gupta, a boxer, Bandhan's rival (Isha and Disha's brother, Ved's cousin)