Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni

Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni is an Indian Bengali television historical drama airs on Bengali Entertainment Channel Zee Bangla and is also available on the digital platform ZEE5, even before TV telecast.[1] It premiered on 24 July 2017 . The serial was earlier produced by Subrata Roy and now it is produced by Zee Bangla. It completed 1,000 episodes on its third birthday (24th July 2020).

Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni
Also known as	Rani Rashmoni
Genre	Drama Biopic
Created by	Subrata Roy Samrat Ghosh
Developed by	Shibasish Bandopadhyay
Written by	Dialogues Anjan Chakraborty
Screenplay by	Saswati Ghosh
Story by	Saswati Ghosh
Directed by	Rajendra Prasad Das Rupak Dey
Creative director	Joy Chandra Chandra
Starring	Ditipriya Roy
Opening theme	"Tomar Tulona Tumi .... Korunamoyee Rani Rashmoni"
Composer	Upali Chattopadhyay
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	1200
Production
Executive producers	Krishanu Ganguly (Zee Bangla) Urvi Mukherjee (Zee Bangla)
Producers	Subrata Roy (Past) Zee Bangla (Present)
Production location	Kolkata
Cinematography	Santu Goldar
Editors	Jishu Nath Biplab Mondal
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Subrata Roy Production (past) Zee Bangla (present)
Distributor	ZEE5 Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Release
Original network	Zee Bangla
Picture format	576i SDTV 1080i HDTV
Original release	24 July 2017 – present
External links
Website

The show stars Ditipriya Roy[2] in the titular role as Rani Rashmoni, the deeply spiritual and liberal-minded "Rani" of 19th century. Gazi Abdun Noor and Gourab Chatterjee[3] and among others. The show has been received well by the audience.[4] It has always remained in top-5 and became the Bengal topper for several weeks. It is one of the most successful shows of Bengali television, breaking several records. Still today, its popularity has never decreased. It has recorded 13.8 ratings as its highest TRP.

Overview

Rani Rashmoni (best known for being the founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple and for her untamed zeal and fight against the aggression of the British East India Company in 19th century at Bengal) and narrates the events of her life, starting from her being a young girl of 11, named "Rani", residing with her Vaishnav father and aunt in her ancestral village Halisahar to marrying ‘Babu Rajchandra Das’ of Janbazar, Kolkata; and how she becomes an extraordinary woman fighting against all odds during the then British ruled patriarchal society. The show upholds the quest of her life with the backdrop of the famous "Marh" family of Janbazar.

Cast

Main

• Ditipriya Roy as Rashmoni Dasi aka "Rani" aka "Rani maa" (Main lead)
• Sourav Saha as Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa Dev

Recurring

• Ditipriya Roy as Rashmoni Dasi aka "Rani" aka "Rani maa"- The defendant woman and Rani maa of Janbazar, Rajchandra wife
• Gazi Abdun Noor as Babu Raj Chandra Das (Marh) of Janbazar - The wealthy and magnanimous Zamindar of Janbazar, Rashmoni's husband. (Deceased)
• Sohan Bandopadhyay as Pritoram Das (Marh) [5] - Jogmaya's husband, Raj Chandra's father and Rashmoni's father-in-law. (Deceased)
• Samata Das as Jogmaya Dasi aka "Maya" / "Jugi" - Jugal Manna's daughter, Pritoram Marh's wife, Raj Chandra's mother and Rashmoni's mother-in-law. (Deceased)
• Suchandra Banerjee as Sukumari Dasi - Pritoram's youngest brother Kaliprasad's wife, sister-in-law of Jogmaya Dasi, Rajchandra's aunt, Abhay's mother. She is wicked and is greedy for wealth and wants her grandson Madhab to inherit Raj Chandra's property. (Deceased)
• Tania Kar [6] as Aanandamayee Dasi - Elder sister-in-law of Rashmoni, widowed at young age. (Exited)
• Dhrubajyoti Sarkar / Sudeep Raha as Abhay Chandra Das - Kaliprasad and Sukumari's son, Raj Chandra's younger cousin, Rashmoni's younger brother-in-law, Madhab's father.
• Shyamoupti Mudly / Ipshita Mukherjee as Sarajoo - Abhay's first wife, Rashmoni's younger sister-in-law, Madhab's mother who later left her husband because of his wickedness.
• Diya Chakrabarty as Padmamoni Ata (née Dasi) aka "Padma" - Raj Chandra-Rashmoni's eldest daughter, Ram Chandra's wife.
• Chandraniv Mukherjee as Ram Chandra Ata aka "Atamoshai" - Padma's husband, Raj Chandra-Rashmoni's eldest son-in-law.
• Saheli Ghosh Roy / Ashmee Ghosh as Kumari Choudhury (née Dasi) - Raj Chandra-Rashmoni's second daughter, Pyarimohan's wife. (Deceased)
• Parthiv Banerjee as Pyarimohan Choudhury - Kumari's husband, Raj Chandra-Rashmoni's second (middle) son-in-law. (Deceased)
• Oindrila Saha as Karunamoyee Biswas (née Dasi) aka "Karuna" - Raj Chandra-Rashmoni's third daughter, Mathuramohan's first wife who died after giving birth to her child, Bhupal. (Deceased)
• Gourab Chatterjee as Mathuramohan Biswas aka "Mathur" - Karunamoyee's husband and Raj Chandra-Rashmoni's youngest son-in-law. He became like a son to Rashmoni-Rajchandra (that they never had biologically). After Karunamoyee's death, he married Jagadamba, (her younger sister).
• Sampurna Mondal / Roshni Bhattacharya as Jagadamba Biswas (née Dasi) aka "Chhoto Khuki" - Raj Chandra-Rashmoni's youngest daughter. She is liberal-minded, dedicated and fearless by nature. Mathuramohan's second wife.
• Pritam Das as Madhab Chandra Das - Abhay and Saraju's son, Raj Chandra-Rashmoni's nephew, Sukumari's grandson, Padma's younger cousin brother, Kumari-Karuna-Jagadamba's elder cousin brother. He was a man of virtue in spite of his father and grandmother's continuous evil opinions.
• Sayak Chakraborty as Mahendra Das, eldest son of Padmamani Dasi and Ramchandra Ata, grandson of Rani Rashmoni. (Deceased)
• Nilotpal Banerjee as Dwarikanath Biswas, eldest son of Jagadamba Dasi and Mathuramohan Biswas, grandson of Rani Rashmoni. He was a devotee of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa Dev and helped his mother Jagadamba Dasi in constructing the Annapurna Temple.
• Subhrojit Saha as Jadunath Choudhury, son of Kumari Dasi, grandson of Rani Rashmoni.
• Biswabasu Biswas as Bhupal Chandra Biswas, son of Mathuramohan Biswas and his first wife Karunamoyee Dasi, grandson of Rani Rashnoni.
• Somashri Bhattacharya as Prasannamoyee, wife of Bhupal Chandra, eldest daughter-in-law to Jagadamba Dasi and Mathuramohan Biswas.
• Beas Dhar as Mathur Babu and Jagadamba Dasi's daughter Nistarini Biswas.
• Alokananda Guha as Ashalata, first wife of Jadunath. Daughter-in-law of Kumari Dasi and Pyarimohan Choudhury. (Deceased)
• Aniket Chakraborty as Trailokyanath Biswas, second son of Mathur Babu and Jagadamba Dasi.
• Soumi Chakraborty as Kamala, wife of Mahendranath, eldest daughter-in-law to Padmamani Dasi and Ramchandra Ata.
• Amitava Das as Raghabendra. He married the widow of Mahendranath, Kamala.
• Sujoy Saha as Doyal, Nistarini's husband
• Aritra Dutta as Diren, Doyal's elder cousin brother
• Arghya Mukherjee as Diren's father
• Shahana Sen as Diren's mother
• Shamik Chakraborty as Meghnath Upadhaya.
• Anindita Bhattacharya / Tanushree Bhattacharya as the Divine Goddess Bhabatarini.
• Manoj Ojha as Ramkumar Chattopadhyay, elder brother of Gadadhar, and the former chief priest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple. (Deceased)
• Sourav Saha as Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa Dev - an Indian mystic and saint of 19th century Bengal. He is believed to be an incarnation of God Himself.
• Ayanna Chatterjee as Saradamoni a.k.a Maa Sarada
• Twarita Chatterjee as mother of Saradamoni
• Prantik Banerjee as Prankrishna Biswas - Mathur's elder brother, previously engaged to Karuna, Manmohini's husband. (Exited)
• Soumi Ghosh as Manmohini Biswas - Prankrishna's wife. (Exited)
• Diganta Bagchi as Joy Narayan Biswas - Prankrishna and Mathuramohan's father, he is egoistic and estranged Mathur as a son owing to his ego as Mathur married Karuna without his permit. He is the Zamindar of Bitarit village. (Deceased)
• Shankar Debnath as Harekrishna - Rashmoni's father. (Deceased)
• Sanjuktaa Roy Chowdhury as Harekrishna's younger sister Khemankari Devi, Rashmoni's paternal aunt who raised her. (Deceased)
• Aishwarya Roy as Maa Kali disguised as a child.
• Goutam Dey as Bachaspati Mahashoy - Head of contemporary (orthodox) Brahmin society of early 19th century Bengal. (Deceased)
• Barun Chanda as Aghor Shastri Mahashoy - Former Head of contemporary Brahmin society of early 19th century Bengal, orthodox in mindset. (Deceased)
• Jagriti Goswami as mother of Kalimoti. (Exited)
• Sanjib Sarkar as Tarkalankar Mahashoy - Head of contemporary Brahmin society after Bachaspati Mahashoy's demise. He is an orthodox Hindu and has strained relations with Marh family over frequent disputes. (Deceased)
• Raghubir as Haladhari Thakur
• Siddhartha Ghosh as Hriday Thakur
• Lopamudra Sinha as Chandramani Devi - Shri Ramakrishna's mother
• Krishna Mitra as Katyaani Devi - Shri Ramakrishna's elder sister
• Aditya Roy as Rameshwar - Shri Ramakrishna's second elder brother
• Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Rameshwar's wife - Shri Ramakrishna's second elder sister-in-law
• Joyjit Banerjee as Donald saheb
• Anindita Raychaudhury as Champabhai
• Fahim Mirza as Ram Mohan Roy (Deceased)
• Raj Bhattacharya as Dwarkanath Tagore
• Sourav Chatterjee as Radhakanta Deb
• Sourav Das as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
• Kaushik Banerjee as Sabarna Roy Choudhury
• Bhaswar Chatterjee as Khudiram Chattopadhyay - Shri Ramakrishna's father, a priest. (Deceased)
• Sumit Samaddar as Thogi
• Hiya Dey as Maa Kali (Special Appearance)
• Juiee Sarkar as "Napit Bou"
• Rita Dutta Chakraborty as "Kapalika" (A Nun) (Cameo Role, December 2018)
• Sirsha Guha Thakurata as Kusum - the young widow. Her father was a doctor('boddimoshai') who saved the life of Jagadamba when she became ill during a widespread famine. Madhab has a soft corner for Kusum and wants to marry her (Exited)
• Arindam Ganguly as Nidhu Babu, the famous Tappa singer. (Cameo Appearance)

References

1. "Official page of Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni". www.zee5.com.
2. Ganguly, Ruman (2 November 2018). "King-size lives of small-screen stars". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
3. "Actor Gourab Chatterjee to enter the serial 'Rani Rashmoni'". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
4. "Rani Rashmoni beats popular shows on TV; rules the TRP chart". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
5. "Sohan to direct Sadhabar Ekadashi". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
6. "'Rani Rashmoni' actress Tania Kar gets married". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.