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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. 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, Pari Mukherjee. When Pari is only 3 years old, she is kidnapped, leading to Pratima being separated from her daughter. For years, Pari is raised as a thief under the name Jhilik by her kidnapper. Circumstances eventually lead to Jhilik and Pratima meeting again after many years. The story then follows how Jhilik gradually accepts Pratima back into 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. The serial ended on August 3, 2014. A special episode featured stars of other serials as well as film personalities like Koel Mallick and Raj Chakraborty.

Adaptations

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)
• Best Performance - Soma Chakraborty (at the 13th Tele Cine Awards)

References

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.
3. STAR JALSHA (19 January 2013). "Maa Serial". serialzone.in.
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.
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.

External links

• Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena at IMDb

• Bengali-language television programming in India
• 2009 Indian television series debuts
• 2014 Indian television series endings
• Star Jalsha original programming