Krishnakoli is a 2018 Bengali language television Soap Opera that premiered on 5 April 2018 and airs on Bengali entertainment channel Zee Bangla. It is produced by Susanta Das of Tent Cinema and stars Tiyasha Lepcha and Neel Bhattacharya in the lead roles.[2][3][4] After a journey of 3 and a half years, the show went off-air on 9 November 2022 on a happy note to make way for Pilu.

Krishnakoli
Also known asKrishnokoli
GenreSoap Opera
Created byTent Cinema
Written byDialogues
Ayan Chakraborty
Screenplay byNandalal Majumdar
Story bySusanta Das
Sayantani Bhattacharya
Directed byBijoy Maji
Creative directorsSusanta Das
Sayantani Bhattacharya
Starring
Theme music composerDebjit Roy
Aditi Munshi
Opening theme"Krishnakoli Ami Tarei Boli"
ComposerUpaali Chatterjee
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of episodes1202
Production
Executive producersSanjukta Chakraborty (Tent Cinema)
Paromita, Urbish Bose (Zee Bangla)
ProducerSusanta Das
Production locationKolkata
CinematographySankalpa Dasgupta
EditorsAmitava Bagchi
Shekhar Ghosh
Running time22 minutes
Production companyTent Cinema
Original release
NetworkZee Bangla
Release5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) –
9 November 2022 (2022-11-09)[1]

Plot edit

The story revolves around Shyama, a dark-skinned girl, who sets out to remove stigma attached to colour. She marries Nikhil and faces discrimination due to her complexion. A talented singer, she sets out on a journey to create an identity for herself. Shyama believes that her complexion is akin to that of Lord Krishna's. Her life changes after marriage when she goes on to make a career in music. Shyama's mother-in-law dislikes her but later in few years of time she becomes more of a daughter and allows her to sing.[5] Then, Shyama takes part in music competition where Ashok, her brother-in-law, plans to kill her but she managed to escape. Then, she fell in a river and got missing while escaping.

After 6 months edit

Nikhil discovers a girl looking similar like Shyama named Amropali. After that she married Nikhil. But after some months of their marriage, Shyama returned with help of her cousin-in-law Aditya and exposed Disha-Ashok and sent them to jail. Then, Amropali become jealous and planned to kill pregnant Shyama by kidnapping. But luckily while travelling Shyama accidentally fell on a truck and went to Benaras and there Shyama gave birth a baby girl namely Krishna while Ashok mistook Amropali to be Shyama and killed her.[6]

After 18 years edit

Shyama and her daughter Krishna stay in Benaras but Shyama has lost her memory so she doesn't remember her past.[7] Then Nikhil and his family went to Banaras and met Krishna.Later Nikhil and his family find out that Krishna's mother is Shyama.[8] Ashok return from jail as pretending to be good and later he planned and killed his father with help of Shiva who was later revealed to be Shyama and Nikhil's son. Later Ashok was jailed. Dodo returns from foreign with his lover Shina who came to take revenge from Shyama.

Cast edit

Main edit

  • Tiyasha Lepcha in as
    • Shyama Choudhury: Nikhil's first wife; Krishna and Shiva's mother; Aniruddh's mother-in-law
    • Amrapali "Maam": Nikhil's second wife (2020) (Dead)
  • Neel Bhattacharya as Nikhil Choudhury: Shyama's husband; Amrapali's widower; Krishna and Shiva's father; Aniruddh's father-in-law
  • Soume Chatterjee as Krishna Dutta (née Choudhury): Shyama and Nikhil's daughter; Shiva's sister; Aniruddh's wife
  • Raunak Dey Bhowmick as Aniruddh "Ani" Dutta: Kanika's son; Krishna's husband
  • Adhiraj Ganguly as Shiva Choudhury: Shyama and Nikhil's son; Krishna's brother

Recurring edit

  • Nibedita Mukherjee as Sujata Choudhury: Arun, Ashok and Nikhil's mother
  • Shankar Chakraborty as Late Basanta Choudhury: Sujata's husband; Arun, Ashok and Nikhil's father
  • Sanjib Sarkar as Krishnacharan: Shyama's father
  • Mou Bhattacharya as Bishnupriya: Shyama's mother
  • Koushik Bhattacharya as Arun Choudhury: Nikhil's brother; Basanta and Sujata's son; Papiya's husband; Dodo and Tatan's father
  • Priyanka Halder as Papiya Choudhury: Arun's wife; Dodo and Tatan's mother
  • Rimjhim Mitra as Disha Choudhury: Ashok's wife; Munni's mother
  • Vivaan Ghosh as Ashok Choudhury: Nikhil's brother; Basanta and Sujata's son; Disha's husband; Munni's father
  • Ananya Guha as Srijani Choudhury aka Munni: Disha and Ashok's daughter; Aniruddha's one sided lover
  • Mishmee Das as Sunaina: Amropali's cousin; Nikhil's lover
  • Biresh Chakraborty as Kanai: Shyama's brother; Gopal's father
  • Susmita Roy Chakroborty as Parvati: Kanai's wife; Shyama's sister-in-law; Gopal's mother
  • Ayush Das as Gopal: Kanai and Parvati's son
  • Sarbari Mukherjee as Rukmini: Sujata's sister; Radharani's mother; Shyama's guruma
  • Sreemoyee Chattoraj as Radharani Dutta; Rukmini and Alok's daughter; Rai's mother; Aniruddha's aunt
  • Sanjoy Basu as Alok: Rukmini's husband; Radharani's father; Shyama's guruji
  • Purbasha Roy as Bijli: Housemaid of Choudhury family
  • Arpita Mondal as Padma
  • Prriyam Chakroborty[9] as Tithi: Shyama's teacher; Disha's friend; Nikhil's love interest
  • Pooja Karmakar as Priyanka Mukherjee: Nikhil's former fiancée
  • Basudeb Mukherjee as Dadamoshai: Priest of Choudhury family
  • Raj Bhattacharya as Romen Das: Shyama's enemy
  • Rajib Bose as Aditya Choudhury: Nikhil's cousin brother; Radharani's former fiancé
  • Reshmi Sen as Satabdi Banerjee Das : Romen's mother
  • Shobhana Bhunia as Tumpa: Bijli's sister
  • Satabdi Nag / Purbasha Debnath as Shraboni : A fake Nurse who wants to kill shyama, Nikhil's love interest
  • Kushal Chakraborty[10] as Amropali's father
  • Riyanka Dasgupta as Amropali's maternal aunt
  • Piyali Basu as Gouri Das: Romen's wife
  • Fahim Mirza as Rony: Amropali's love interest
  • Soumi Paul as Madhumita Sengupta
  • Swagata Mukherjee / Nandini Dutta as Rai Dutta: Radharani's daughter; Aniruddha's cousin sister
  • Avery Singha Roy as Kanika Dutta: Radharani's sister-in-law; Aniruddha's mother
  • Ranit Modak as Montu Palit
  • Ashmita Baidya as Roshni: Nikhil's love interest; Amarendra's daughter
  • Arindam Banerjee as Amarendra Chakraborty: Roshni's father
  • Payel Dutta as Michri: Nikhil's caretaker
  • Swarnadipto Ghosh in double role as
    • Dwaipayan Chowdhury aka Dodo: Arun and Papiya's son, Tatan's brother, Shinjini's fiancé
    • Sampayan Chowdhury aka Tatan: Arun and Papiya's son, Dodo's brother, Shinjini's husband
  • Dia Karmakar as Shinjini Chowdhury (née Das) aka Shina: Dodo's former lover; Tatan's wife; Romen and Gouri's daughter
  • Indrajit Mazumder as Anik: Nikhil's friend; Shiva's Advocate

Reception edit

Ratings edit

Week Year BARC Viewership Ref.
TRP Rank
Week 38 2020 5.5 3 [11]
Week 39 2020 4.8 5 [12]
Week 45 2020 5.0 4 [13]
Week 46 2020 4.7 5 [14]
Week 47 2020 4.9 4 [15]
Week 48 2020 5.1 4 [16]
Week 49 2020 5.6 3 [17]
Week 50 2020 5.8 2 [18]
Week 51 2020 6.2 1 [19]
Week 52 2020 6.1 1 [20]
Week 1 2021 5.9 1 [21]
Week 2 2021 6.3 1 [22]
Week 3 2021 6.4 1 [23]
Week 4 2021 5.4 2 [24]
Week 5 2021 5.0 2 [25]
Week 6 2021 4.7 5 [26]
Week 7 2021 4.7 3 [27]
Week 8 2021 4.5 3 [28]
Week 9 2021 4.7 4 [29]
Week 10 2021 5.1 2 [30]
Week 11 2021 4.8 3 [31]
Week 12 2021 5.4 2 [32]
Week 19 2021 5.6 3 [33]

Adaptations edit

Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Bengali Krishnakoli
কৃষ্ণকলি
18 June 2018 Zee Bangla 9 January 2022 Original
Telugu Krishna Tulasi
కృష్ణ తులసి
22 February 2021 Zee Telugu 26 November 2022 Remake
Bhojpuri Shyam Tulasi
श्याम तुलसी
20 September 2021 Zee Ganga 29 July 2022
Tamil Karthigai Deepam
கார்த்திகை தீபம்
5 December 2022 Zee Tamil Ongoing
Malayalam Shyamambaram
ശ്യാമാംബരം
6 February 2023 Zee Keralam

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