Kora Pakhi

Kora Pakhi was an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 13 January 2020, and airs on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha, and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar.^[1] The show was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay,^[2] and starred Parno Mittra^[3] and Rishi Kaushik.

Kora Pakhi
Genre	Drama Romance
Written by	Leena Gangopadhyay Paromita Sengupta
Directed by	Diganta Sinha
Creative directors	Leena Gangopadhyay Suparna Laha
Presented by	Bright Advertising Pvt. Ltd.
Starring	Parno Mittra Rishi Kaushik Titas Bhowmik
Theme music composer	Debjyoti Mishra
Opening theme	Kora Pakhi by Anweshaa
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	205
Production
Executive producers	Sajal Biswas Deep Partha Dey
Producer	Leena Gangopadhyay
Production locations	Kolkata Purulia
Cinematography	Madhab Naskar
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes (approx.)
Production company	Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Original release
Network	STAR Jalsha
Release	13 January 2020 (2020-01-13) – 1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
Related
Kunjochaya Desher Maati

The show marks the comeback of Parno Mittra^[4] on Bengali television after a decade^[5] and Rishi Kaushik's comeback after more than a year, since the end of his last show Kusum Dola, also helmed by Leena Gangopadhyay. Titas Bhowmik features as the parallel lead in this show.

Plot

Abandoned at birth, Amon has been raised as a tribal village girl and aspires to create an identity of her own as a journalist in one of Kolkata's leading newspapers. A chance encounter with the city-bred and jovial Ankur will change Amon's fate forever as love blossoms between the two while Amon's quest to find her roots and become independent continues. The story also revealed about Amon's birth identity as the daughter of Gulu and Bonny.

Cast

Main

• Parno Mittra as Amon Banerjee - Bonny and Gulu's estranged daughter raised by tribals, a journalist, Ankur's ex-wife
• Rishi Kaushik as Ankur Banerjee - owner of a tours and travels company, Amon's ex-husband, Medha's love interest
• Titas Bhowmik as Medha Sinha - Bonny and Mimi's adopted daughter; Ankur's friend, lover and business partner

Recurring

• Sumanta Mukherjee as Jadabendra Banerjee aka Jodu - Radharani's husband, Ankur's father
• Anashua Majumdar / Moumita Gupta as Radharani Banerjee - Jodu's wife, Ankur's mother
• Surojit Banerjee as Chitrabhanu Banerjee aka Bhanu - Jodu's younger brother, Nandini's husband, Ankur's younger paternal uncle, Ajaan and Ahaan's father
• Rajashree Bhowmik as Rangana Banerjee - Bhanu's wife, Ankur's younger aunt, Ajaan and Ahaan's mother
• Kushal Chakraborty as Agnibesh Banerjee aka Benu - Jodu's youngest brother, Suhasini's husband, Ankur's youngest paternal uncle
• Manjusree Ganguly as Suhasini Banerjee - Benu's wife, Ankur's youngest aunt
• Dwaipayan Das as Ahaan Banerjee - Ankur's younger cousin brother, Bhanu and Nandini's younger son, Ajaan's younger twin brother, Bonolata's friend and love interest
• Aishwarya Sen as Bonolata Banerjee - Ajaan's widow, Ahaan's friend and love interest
• Jyotsna Majumdar as Chandboni Soren aka "Chand Maasi" - Ankur's family's domestic help, Amon's fellow villager and wellwisher
• Debesh Ray Chowdhury as Parimal Hansda aka Pori - Rangta village's elder tribal man. He raised Amon and hence, he is her adoptive grandfather
• Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Mrinalini Sen aka Gulu - a popular author and college professor, Mimi's adoptive elder cousin sister, formerly Bonny's lover, Amon's estranged mother
• Bharat Kaul as Debdut Sinha aka Bonny - the managing director and creative head of one of Kolkata's leading newspapers, Mimi's husband, formerly Gulu's lover, Amon's estranged father, Medha's adoptive father
• Malabika Sen as Monidipa Sinha aka Mimi - Gulu's adoptive younger cousin sister, Bonny's wife, Medha's adoptive mother.
• Rahul Chakraborty as Surjo Sen - a senior journalist and Amon's well-wisher
• Susovan Roy as Office Colleague, a journalist
• Sreya Bhattacharyya as Tuli - Bonny's sororal niece
• Diganta Bagchi as Ratna Sen - a lawyer, Bonny's friend
• Tathagata Mukherjee as Dweepjoy, a lawyer

References

1. "আদিবাসী মেয়ের গল্প নিয়ে আসছে নতুন ধারাবাহিক" (in Bengali).
2. Leena Gangopadhyay (10 January 2020). "'Kora Pakhi' has no similarity with 'Ishti Kutum'". The Times of India.
3. "Parno Mittra to play an aspiring journo in Kora Pakhi". The Times of India. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
4. "Parno wants more strong women characters in Tollywood".
5. "Parno returned to the small screen after ten years".