Netaji (TV series)

Netaji
Promotional Poster
GenreDrama
biographical
Created bySurinder Films
Written bySaswati Ghosh
Malova Majumdar
Priyanka Seth
Directed bySuman Das

Sibangshu Dasgupta Pavel Ghosh Amit Das

Gopal Chakraborty
Creative directorRai Sengupta
StarringAbhishek Bose
Basabdatta Chatterjee
Sriparna Roy
Voices ofRupam Islam and chorus
Theme music composerDebojyoti Mishra
ComposerDebojyoti Mishra

Upali Chattopadhyay

Debjit Roy (Background Music)
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes416
Production
Executive producerKrrishanu Ganguly Aniruddha Ghosh
ProducersSurinder Singh
Nispal Singh
Production locationKolkata
CinematographyParitosh Singh
Running time22 minutes
Production companySurinder Films
Original release
NetworkZee Bangla
Release14 January 2019 (2019-01-14) –
1 August 2020 (2020-08-01)
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Netaji (transl. Respected Leader) is a Bengali biographical soap opera on the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that premiered on 14 January 2019 and aired on Bengali GEC Zee Bangla.[1][2] Based majorly on Udyata Kharga Subhash by Achintya Kumar Sengupta and produced by Surinder Films, the series stars [3] Abhishek Bose in the eponymous role, with[4] Basabdatta Chatterjee, marking her comeback on television, Dhruvajyoti Sarkar, Kaushik Chakraborty, Sriparna Roy, Debopriyo Sarkar, Sohan Bandopadhyay, Fahim Mirza appearing in other recurring roles.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the shooting of the series was stalled. It was rumoured that along with Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni, this series will be axed the channel.[6] Putting rest to such rumours, the shooting started from June 11 and new episodes started to air from June 15, 2020.[7] The show went off air on 1st August 2020.

  1. ^ "Television serial based on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's life to premiere soon". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Netaji Upcoming Serial from 14 January only on Zee Bangla". mahanagar24x7.com. 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ "TV Show Netaji to Premiere this month". timesofindia.com. 2 January 2019.
  4. ^ "5 things that television industry will observe in 2019".
  5. ^ "TV show 'Netaji' crosses 350 episodes".
  6. ^ "TV channel assures to continue 'Rani Rashmoni', 'Netaji' and other shows along with launching new ones".
  7. ^ "Bengali TV shoots to resume from June 11".