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Indian Bengali musical TV serial From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaaner Oparey (transl. On the Other Side of Song)[1][2][3][4] is an Indian Bengali television serial which aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011.[5][6] This TV musical marked the beginning of a yearlong celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. The concept was a brainchild of the Indian director Rituparno Ghosh.[7] The songs were all popular Rabindra sangeets. Prosenjit Chatterjee launched an audio CD of its tracks on Mahalaya on 12 October 2015.[8] On account of Rabindranath Tagore's 157th birthday, Star Jalsha added Gaaner Oparey on Disney+ Hotstar on 9 May 2018. It was re-aired on Star Jalsha during the 2020 lockdown period, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Gaaner Oparey | |
|---|---|
Title screen | |
| Genre | Romance |
| Created by | Rituparno Ghosh |
| Screenplay by | Rituparno Ghosh Anuja Chattopadhyay |
| Story by | Anuja Chatterjee Dialogues Koushik Bhattacharya |
| Directed by | Joydeep Mukherjee |
| Starring | Arjun Chakrabarty Mimi Chakraborty Gaurav Chakrabarty |
| Composer | Debojyoti Mishra |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 251 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Madhuja Badopadhyay |
| Producers | Prosenjit Chatterjee Arpita Pal |
| Production location | Kolkata |
| Running time | 22 mins |
| Production company | Ideas Creations |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Jalsha |
| Release | 28 June 2010 – 16 April 2011 |
| Related | |
| Durga (TV series) | |
The story revolves around a girl named Sohini (more commonly known as Pupe) from an orthodox Tagore worshipping family and Gora, an extremely talented but carefree lad, who repeatedly experiments with Rabindra sangeet. The story traces their relationship and human emotions through an imaginative portrayal of Tagore, his true ideals and their significance today. It also portrays the patriarchal society still prevalent in modern India. The serial used more than fifty Tagore songs and brought out their relevance in the lives of the protagonists. The cast was composed of stalwarts such as Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Dipankar De plus newcomers Gaurav and Arjun Chakrabarty (sons of Sabyasachi Chakrabarty). The female lead was played by Mimi Chakrabarty in only her second project as an actress.
The show has portrayed three different forms of Rabindrasangeet: the more traditional kind through the voice of Pupe, a fused version with Hindustani classical music, through the voice of Pradipto, and an 'unplugged' rendition, sometimes incorporating rap words and band music, through Gora. Several singers such as Anindya Narayan Biswas, Samantak Sinha, Sharmistha Paul,[9] Soumyojit Das, Amrita Datta, Debashish Banerjee and Runu Dutta were roped for playback singers.
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