Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena
| Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena | |
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| Genre | Indian Soap Opera |
| Created by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Kajari Preetikana Paul Roy (dialogues) |
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| Voices of | Madhuraa Bhattacharya |
| Opening theme | "Tomay Chara Ghum Asena" |
| Composer | Jeet Gannguli |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of episodes | 1508 |
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| Production location | Kolkata |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Production company | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Jalsha |
| Release | October 19, 2009 – August 3, 2014 |
Maa...Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena, also called Maa (Bengali: মা...তোমায় ছাড়া ঘুম আসেনা; transl. Mother), is a Bengali television serial broadcast on Star Jalsha.[1][2][3] It was produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. The show narrates the bond between mother and daughter. It is one of the longest-run Bengali television series and Star Jalsha's longest-run serial.
Premise
When Pari Mukherjee is three years old, she is kidnapped, leading to Pratima Mukherjee, her mother, being separated from her daughter. For years, Pari is raised as a thief under the name Jhilik by her kidnapper. Eventually, Jhilik and Pratima meet again after many years, but is separated again due to misunderstandings. Jhilik later gets adopted by Pratima Roy Chowdary, a blind billionaire. Thanks to her, they recognise each other later. Retroactive continuity reveals that Pratima Roy Chowdary kidnapped Pari for revenge to Pratima Mukherjee and had replaced Jhilik with Diya Roy Chaterjee, a patient in her hosptial.
Cast
Main
- Tithi Bose as Pari Mukherjee aka Jhilik – Pratima and Manish's daughter (From 2009-2011 Child Jhilik/Pari then from 2013-2014 Adult Jhilik/Pari)
- Sohena Roy as Baby Pari
- Sritama Bhattacharjee as Adult Pari/Jhilik(2011-2013)/Diya Roy Chatterjee; Raj's childhood love-turned-wife and angshu's former lover(2013-2014)
- Anindya Chatterjee as Rajdeep Roy (Raj), Diya's childhood love-turned-husband and Pari's love interest
- Mahua Halder as Pratima Mukherjee, Pari's mother
- Aparajita Adhya as Pratima Roy Chowdhury
Recurring
- Bhaswar Chatterjee as Manish Mukherjee, Pari's father
- Chhanda Karanjee as Mamata
- Chandicharan as Harishankar Mukherjee - Mamata's husband
- Saswata Chatterjee as Bhaswati's husband
- Anindita Saha Kapileshwari as Bhaswati Chatterjee, Arati's young sister in law
- Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Arati Mukherjee, Harishankar's sister
- Aritra Dutta as Dipu, Pari's uncle and Arati's son
- Rajiv Bose as Arunangshu Mukherjee (Angshu), Jhilik's/Diya's ex-lover and Subhroto's son
- Dolon Roy as Mohini Chatterjee, Diya's step mother
- Sourav Das as Rik Chatterjee
- Ena Saha as Anu, Atish's wife
- Chandraneev Mukherjee as Atish, youngest son of Mukherjee family
- Sujata Daw as Aheli, youngest daughter of Mukherjee family
- Soma Chakraborty as Hira Amma
- Sonali Chowdhury as Rajeswari, Diya's aunt
- Ashmita Chakraborty as Phulki
- Bhavana Banerjee as Child Phulki
- Aritram Mukherjee as Aditya Roychowdhury, Phulki's husband and Pratima Roy Chowdhury's son
- Rohit Mukherjee as Debesh, Pari's elder uncle
- Ritoja Majumder as Bidisha, Debesh's wife
- Amitava Bhattacharyya as Doctor
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Samaresh Chatterjee, Diya's father
- Shankar Chakraborty as Subhroto, Jhilik's/Pari's Sports teacher and Angshu's father
- Priyanka Bhattacharjee as Babli, Pratima Roy Chowdhury's daughter
Production
The show was produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. For three years it was the highest rated show on Star Jalsha.[4] The serial ended on August 3, 2014.[4] A special episode featured stars of other serials as well as film personalities like Koel Mallick and Raj Chakraborty.[5]
Adaptations
| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
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| Bengali | Maa...Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena মা...তোমায় ছাড়া ঘুম আসেনা |
19 October 2009 | Star Jalsha | 3 August 2014 | Original |
| Hindi | Meri Maa मेरी माँ |
18 December 2011 | Life OK | 22 April 2012 | Remake |
| Malayalam | Amma[6] അമ്മ |
2 January 2012 | Asianet | 4 July 2015 | |
| Tamil | Bommukutty Ammavukku பொம்முக்குட்டி அம்மாவுக்கு |
3 February 2020 | Star Vijay | 5 December 2020 | |
| Telugu | Paape Maa Jeevanajyothi పాపే మా జీవనజ్యోతి |
26 April 2021 | Star Maa | Ongoing | |
| Hindi | Chikoo - Yeh Ishq Nachaye चिकू - ये इश्क नचाए |
6 September 2021 | StarPlus | 19 March 2022 |
Awards
The soap won many awards at the Tele Cine Awards, Star Jalsha awards and the Tele Samman Awards. Some of them are:
- Best Actress – Sritama Bhattacharjee (at the 13th Tele Cine Awards)[7][8]
- Best Performance – Soma Chakraborty (at the 13th Tele Cine Awards)[8]
References
- ^ a b "Maa... Tomay Chara Ghum Ashe Na". in.com/. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Schedule for Star Jalsha, Star Jalsha Schedule playing on Fri, Apr 03 – Friday, 03 April – burrp!TV Guide". burrp.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ STAR JALSHA (19 January 2013). "Maa Serial". serialzone.in.
- ^ a b "Star Jalsha's Maa to wrap up with a dhamaka". The Times of India.
- ^ "Maa ends with a bang as Raj & Koel attend wrap-up party". The Times of India.
- ^ "Amma serial- Actors and Actresses". Vinodarshan.
- ^ S Kumar. "13th Tele Cine Awards 2013 Nominations & Voting Process – Names of Tele Cine Awards Nominees 2013 - Kolkata Bengal Information". kolkatabengalinfo.com.
- ^ a b "Glitz and Glamour at 13th Tele Cine Awards, 2013 Kolkata - ওয়াশিংটন বাংলা রেডিও Washington Bangla Radio USA Washington Bangla Radio USA". WBRi Washington Bangla Radio USA. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013.