Khelaghor is an 2020 Indian Bengali language romantic thriller drama television series that premiered on 30 November 2020 on Bengali General Television Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and it also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. The show is produced by Snehasish Chakraborty of Blues Productions and stars Swikriti Majumder and Syed Arefin in lead roles. On 8 August 2022, an Odia dubbed version of this show was premiered on Star Kiran. After a successful run of almost two years, the show went off-air on 4 September 2022.
Plot
The story involves a rich girl, Purna Chatterjee, who gets accidentally married to an uneducated vagabond Shantu Gunda, a goon living in a slum in a twist of fate. Shantu, once a bright student Digbijoy Roy, gets jailed for 3 years for a crime he committed accidentally and later gets hired by Gogon Makhal, the leader of a local political party. Purna is the daughter of Justice Barun Chatterjee, the judge responsible for Shantu's imprisonment. Born and brought up conservatively, she never thought of meeting a man and falling in love with him, thus agreeing for an arranged marriage with Ritam. Shantu, on the other hand applies sindoor on Purna's forehead in a fit of rage just to prove his point about marriage, but he later regrets it. Though shocked and distraught at first, Purna leaves Ritam on the very ritual whereas Ritam supports Purna and says he loves her irrespective of the accidental sindur which is not really a marriage by law. But Purna forcefully enters in the slum as a newly wed bride, much to the chagrin of her father as well as Shantu. Ritam continues to love her but Purna ignores him and keeps chasing Shantu, who is also loved secretly by his childhood friend Radha. However, destiny makes many events occur in the life of Shantu and Purna which eventually make them both gets close to each other.
Cast
Main
Swikriti Majumder as Purna Chatterjee Roy – Barun and Somdatta's elder daughter; Arna's sister; Rana, Baishali, Riya, Nandini and Gargi's cousin; Shantu's wife Syed Arefin as Digbijoy "Shantu" Roy – Sarbojit and Panchali's youngest son; Ranjit and Ajit's brother; Purna's husband
Recurring
Sohan Bandyopadhyay as Justice Barun Chatterjee – Kiranmala and Tarun's brother; Somdatta's husband; Purna and Arna's father Dolon Roy as Somdatta Chatterjee – Barun's wife; Purna and Arna's mother Shuvangshee Dutta as Arna Chatterjee – Barun and Somdatta's younger daughter; Purna's sister; Rana, Baishali, Riya, Nandini and Gargi's cousin Subhasish Mukherjee as Sarbojit Roy – Panchali's husband; Ranjit, Ajit and Shantu's father Mousumi Saha as Panchali Roy – Sarbojit's wife; Ranjit, Ajit and Shantu's mother Jayanta Dutta Barman as Ranjit Roy – Sarbojit and Panchali's eldest son; Ajit and Shantu's brother; Swati's husband Bulbuli Panja as Swati Roy – Ranjit's wife Sounak Ray as IPS Ritam Mukherjee – Partha's son; Purna's ex-fiancé Manishankar Banerjee as Partha Pratim Mukherjee – Ritam's father Biplab Bandyopadhyay as Moundip – Shantu's professor Sneha Das as Radha – Shantu's childhood friend and lover; Ravi's love interest Tapasi Roy Chowdhury as Kiranmala Chatterjee Ganguly – Barun and Tarun's sister Sudipa Basu as Aloka Chatterjee – Kiranmala, Barun and Tarun's sister-in-law Rana Mitra as Tarun Chatterjee – Kiranmala and Barun's brother; Meghna's husband Meghna Halder as Meghna Chatterjee – Tarun's wife Dipanjan Jack Bhattacharya as Rana Chatterjee – Purna, Arna, Baishali, Riya, Nandini and Gargi's cousin; Bonnie's husband Mousumi Bhattacharya as Bonnie Chatterjee – Rana's wife Sukanya Chatterjee as Baishali, Purna's eldest cousin Ankita Brahma as Riya, Purna's cousin Nondini Roy as Nondini, Purna's cousin Gargi Mukherjee as Gargi, Purna's youngest cousin Sankar Sanku Chakraborty as Gogon Makhal- a corrupt politician, Purna and Shantu's rival Surajit Sen as Bobin goon, Shantu's Rival Priyantika Karmakar as Gauri Makhal- Gogon's sister Judhajit Banerjee as Badal Singh