Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena

*Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena*
Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena
Genre	Indian Soap Opera
Created by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Screenplay by	Sudip; Soumyava;
Story by	Kajari ; Preetikana Paul Roy (dialogues)
Directed by	Sushanta Das; Debidas Bhattacharyya;
Starring	Tithi Bose; Sritama Bhattacharjee; Mahua Halder;
Voices of	Madhuraa Bhattacharya
Opening theme	"Tomay Chara Ghum Asena"
Composer	Jeet Gannguli
Country of origin	Bharat
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	1508
Production
Producers	Shrikant Mohta; Mahendra Soni;
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

It is the story of a mother, Pratima Mukherjee and her daughter, Jhilik. When young, Jhilik gets kidnapped which leads to Pratima getting separated from her. For years, Jhilik is raised by a female kidnapper. Circumstances soon lead to Jhilik and Pratima once again meeting after several years. From then, the story is based on how Jhilik again accepts Pratima in her life.

Cast

Main

Tithi Bose as Pari Mukherjee aka Jhilik - Pratima and Manish's daughter
- Sohena Roy as child Pari
Sritama Bhattacharjee as Diya Roy/Chatterjee - fake Jhilik; Angshu's former love interest and Raj's childhood love-turned-wife
Mahua Halder as Pratima Mukherjee, Pari's mother

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
Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Arati Mukherjee
Aritra Dutta as Dipu, Pari's uncle and Arati's son
Aparajita Adhya as Pratima Roy Chowdhury
Anindya Chatterjee as Rajdeep Roy (Raj), Diya's childhood love-turned-husband and Pari's love interest
Dolon Roy as Mohini Chatterjee
Sourav Das as Rik Chatterjee
Ena Saha as Atish's wife
Chandraneev Mukherjee as Atish, youngest son of Mukherjee family
Sujata Dawn as Aheli, youngest daughter of Mukherjee family
Soma Chakraborty as Hira Amma
Sonali Chowdhury as Rajeswari, Diya's aunt
Ashmita Chakraborty as Fulki
Bhavana Banerjee as child Fulki
Aritram Mukherjee as Aditya Roychowdhury, Fulki's husband and Pratima's son
Rohit Mukherjee as Pari's uncle
Ritoja Majumder as Bidisha
Amitava Bhattacharyya as Doctor
Rajiv Bose as Arunangshu Mukherjee (Angshu), Jhilik's/Diya's ex-lover
Biswajit Chakraborty as Samaresh Chatterjee, Diya's father
Shankar Chakraborty as Sports teacher
Priyanka Bhattacharjee as Babli

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
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
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	12 February 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)^[6]^[7]^{[citation needed]}
Best Performance - Soma Chakraborty (at the 13th Tele Cine Awards)^[7]^{[citation needed]}

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.
^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena at IMDb

[in.com-1] "Maa... Tomay Chara Ghum Ashe Na". in.com/. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012.

[2] "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.

[starjalsha-3] STAR JALSHA (19 January 2013). "Maa Serial". serialzone.in.

[indiatimes.com-4] "Star Jalsha's Maa to wrap up with a dhamaka". The Times of India.

[5] "Maa ends with a bang as Raj & Koel attend wrap-up party". The Times of India.

[6] S Kumar. "13th Tele Cine Awards 2013 Nominations & Voting Process – Names of Tele Cine Awards Nominees 2013 - Kolkata Bengal Information". kolkatabengalinfo.com.

[wash-7] "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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