Sagarika was an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 3 February 2019 and airs on Sun Bangla every day. The show was produced by Acropoliis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. It stars Ritika Seth[1] and Kritish Chaakaraborty[2] in lead roles and Uponita Bnaerjee, Shreyasree Samanta, and Arindam Banerjee in prominent supporting roles. The show went off air on 25 August 2019 due to constantantly low trp ratings.

Sagarika
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Bengali: সাগরিকা
GenreDrama
Romance
Sports
Screenplay byVivek Ranjan Chatterjee
Story byAshita Bhattacharya
Dialogues
Ayan Chakroborty
Directed byBabu Banik
Creative directorsSatyaki and Birsha Dasgupta
Presented byAcropoliis Entertainment
StarringKritish Chaakaraborty
Ritika Seth
Voices ofUjjaini Mukherjee
Suvam Moitra
Theme music composerUjjaini Mukherjee
ComposerIndra (Baban)
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes203
Production
ProducersSoumen Halder
Sumalya Bhattacharya
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes (approx.)
Production companyAcropoliis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Original release
NetworkSun Bangla
Release3 February (2019-02-03) –
25 August 2019 (2019-08-25)

Plot

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Sagarika is a sport based, new age progressive story of a woman, inspired by swimming legends of Bengal who dared to dream and achieve. The story begins with Rai, a village girl from a very modest background, who has a big dream of conquering the world of swimming and crossing the seven seas. In her pursuits, she faces various hurdles from the society, family, rivals and from her in-laws.

Cast

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Main cast

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as Rai Mondal- A village girl who can multi-task and loves her family the most. Sagarika or Rai as she is fondly called, is a carefree and focused swimmer who wants to win laurels in swimming, and make her parents proud. Despite her poor financial condition and a challenging health issue, she makes her journey from her village to the city. She eventually marries Sanjay and continues her journey towards fulfilling her dreams against all odds. Ritika is a fit actress and is the perfect choice for the character.

  • Kritish Chaakaraborty as Sanjay Laha

References

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  1. ^ Kargupta, Moumita (3 February 2019). "সমাজের চোখ রাঙানি সাঁতরে পেরোনোর গল্প শোনাবে 'সাগরিকা'" [Bengali Serial Sagarika will talk about women empowermemt]. NDTV. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Sagarika Upcoming Serial Only On Sun Bangla".
  3. ^ "The Story of the girl swimmers from swimming needs to learn".