Mahapeeth Tarapeeth was a Bengali mythological show that was aired on Star Jalsha and is also available on Disney+ Hotstar.[2] The show narrates the origin of Tarapith shrine- the journey from fear to faith and chart the various phases of Maa Tara and Bamakhepa’s journey to fight against societal evils.[3] This show was produced by Max Entertainment, Surinder Films.[4][5][6]
| Mahapeeth Tarapeeth | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Mythology Drama |
| Written by | Tapan Ganguly, Ritun Chatterjee |
| Screenplay by | Writam Ghosal |
| Story by | Writam Ghoshal |
| Directed by | Subhendu Chakraborty |
| Creative director | Nairwita Dutta |
| Starring | Sabyasachi Chowdhury Nabanita Das Roosha Chatterjee Sagnik |
| Music by | Devjit Roy |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Bengali |
| No. of episodes | 781 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Taniya, Sweta, Anwesha (Star Jalsha) Sayantanee, Darsana, Tanima, Pinky (Surinder Films) |
| Producers | Surinder Singh Nispal Singh |
| Production locations | Dassani Film Studio, Tollygunge |
| Cinematography | Biswajit Mitra |
| Editors | Ankan Maity, Bikram |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Jalsha |
| Release | 4 February 2019 – 25 February 2022[1] |
Plot
editThe show revolves around the manifestation of the unparalleled Tarapith, which according to legends is home to one of the 51 parts (Tara-eyeball) of Maa Sati. It depicts how the Tantric Hindu temple became the revered Shakti Peeth by regaling tales known and unknown that surround it.
Set in 19th century Bengal, the show narrates the journey of the omnipotent goddess’ origin and her miracles, her connection with her ardent devotee Bamakhepa and the obstacles they overcome to abolish malpractices and superstitions in tumultuous times.
Cast
edit- Nabanita Das as Maa Tara[7]
- Sabyasachi Chowdhury as Bama Charan Chotopadhay / Sadhak Bamakhyapa / Bama / Bamdev
- Sarbik Pal as Child Bama
- Roosha Chatterjee as Rani Annada Sundari
- Jeetu Kamal as Anandanath / Choto Kumar[8] (deceased)
- Kushal Chakraborty as Sarbanandho Chotopadhay (Bama's father) (deceased)
- Aditi Chatterjee as Rajkumari (Bama's Mother) (Deceased)
- Sagnik Chatterjee as Borendronath / Boro Kumar
- Mousumi Bhattacharya / Indrakshi Nag as Madhobi: Bama's Boro Rani Maa
- Goutam Halder as Aghoreswar
- Riju Biswas as Birendranath
- Dhrubojyoti Sarkar as Mahadev
- Jasmine Roy as Maa Durga
- Sayak Chakraborty as Lord Krishna
- Pradip Dhar as Morol moshai of Atla village
- Indranil Mallick as Bama's childhood friend
- Arindam Halder as Neel Madhob
- Anindya Banerjee as Durga Das
- Suchandra Banerjee as Labanya
- Sourav Chatterjee as Labanya's husband
- Gourob Chatterjee as Rabindranath Tagore
- Palash Debnath as the Nayeb of young Rabindranath Tagore
- Niladri Lahiri as Debendranath Tagore
- Samir Biswas as Tantraguru of Aghoreswar
- Debraj Mukherjee as Rudranath
- Mishmee Das as Chandana
- Avijit Sarkar
- Mimi Dutta
- Rupankar Bagchi
- Biswabasu Biswas
- Aritra Dutta
- Sambhabhi
- Dev Chhat as greedy Zamindar
- Ayesha Bhattacharya as Dakini
- Soumi Chakraborty as Yogini
- Sayantani Sengupta as Lalita
- Surojit Banerjee
- Kaushambi Chakroborty / Alokananda Guha as Maa Bipodtarini
- Sohini Banerjee as Jhunjhuni
- Judhajit Banerjee
- Arijit Chowdhury
- Bimal Chakraborty as Kapalik
- Hirojeet Chatterjee
- Deerghoi Paul
- Tramila Bhattacharya
- Sanchita Bhattacharya as payesh mata
- Priyanka Chakraborty
- Biplab Chatterjee as Bishnu Das
- Avrajit Chakraborty as Shymananda
- Sumanta Mukherjee as Nidhu Sardar
- Sancharee Mukherjee as Sulakkhana's mother
- Anamika Saha
- Nishantika Das
- Anamika Chakraborty
- Partha Sarathi Deb
- Moumita Chakrabarty
- Arindam Ganguly
- Pallavi Sharma
- Sudip Mukherjee
- Raja Goswami as Tarananda
- Biswarup banerjee as mahadevananda(mahadev thakur)
- Madhupriya Chowdhury
- Mainak Dhol
Reception
editIn week 22 of 2021, the series has risen to fifth place with 3.546 million impressions for the most watched television series in Bengal.[9]
References
edit- ^ Samadder, Tulika (17 February 2022). "শেষ মহাপীঠ তারাপীঠের শ্যুট, সেট থেকে স্মৃতি হিসেবে কী নিয়ে এল 'বামা' সব্যসাচী?". Hindustan Times Bangla (in Bengali).
- ^ "Mahapeeth Tarapeeth". Disney+ Hotstar.
- ^ "Star Jalsha to launch new show 'Mahapeeth Tarapeeth' on 4 Feb". televisionpost.com. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Bengali TV show 'Mahapeeth Tarapeeth' completes one year". The Times of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "আসছে নতুন ধারাবাহিক 'মহাপীঠ তারাপীঠ'". anandabazar.com.
- ^ "Star Jalsha presents 'Mahapeeth Tarapeeth – Ojana Kotha', a brand-new episode of Mahapeeth Tarapeeth".
- ^ "Nabanita Das and Sabyasachi Chowdhury to feature in 'Mahapeeth Tarapeeth'". The Times of India. 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Actor Jeetu Kamal to play the King of Natore in 'Mahapeeth Tarapeeth'". The Times of India. 2 March 2019.
- ^ "WEEK 22 - DATA: Saturday, 29th May 2021 To Friday, 4th June 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.