Maa...Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena, also called Maa (; ), 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 running Bengali television soap opera and Star Jalsha's longest-ran serial.
Premise When Pari Mukherjee is three years old, she is kidnapped, leading to Pratima Mukherjee, her mother, being separated from her daughter. For years, Pari is raised as a thief under the name Jhilik by her kidnapper. Eventually, Jhilik and Pratima meet again after many years, but is separated again due to misunderstandings. Jhilik later gets adopted by Pratima Roy Chowdary, a blind billionaire. Thanks to her, they recognise each other later. Retroactive continuity reveals that Pratima Roy Chowdary kidnapped Pari for revenge to Pratima Mukherjee and had replaced Jhilik with Diya Roy Chaterjee, a patient in her hospital.
Cast
Main Tithi Bose as Jhilik/Pari Mukherjee (2013-2014) Tithi Bose as Child Jhilik/Pari (2009-2011) Sohena Roy as Baby Pari Sritama Bhattacharjee as Adult Jhilik/Pari Mukherjee (retconned) (2011-2013) and Diya Roy (2013-2014) Mahua Halder as Pratima Mukherjee: Pari's mother; Manish's wife Anindya Chatterjee as Rajdeep Roy (Raj), Diya's husband Aparajita Adhya as Pratima Roy Chowdary
Recurring Bhaswar Chatterjee as Manish Mukherjee, Pari's father Chhanda Karanjee as Mamata Mukherjee, Pari's Grandmother Chandicharan as Harishankar Mukherjee - Mamata's husband, Pari's Grandfather Saswata Chatterjee as Bhaswati's husband Anindita Saha Kapileshwari as Bhaswati Chatterjee, Arati's younger sister in law. Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Arati Mukherjee, Harishankar's young sister Aritra Dutta as Dipu, Pari's uncle and Arati's son Rajiv Bose as Arunangshu Mukherjee (Angshu), Jhilik's/Diya's ex-lover and Subhroto's son Dolon Roy as Mohini Chatterjee, Diya's step mother Sourav Das as Rik Chatterjee Ena Saha as Anu, Atish's wife Chandraneev Mukherjee as Atish, youngest son of Mukherjee family Sujata Daw as Aheli, youngest daughter of Mukherjee family Soma Chakraborty as Hira Amma Sonali Chowdhury as Rajeswari, Diya's aunt Ashmita Chakraborty as Phulki Bhavana Banerjee as Child Phulki Aritram Mukherjee as Aditya Roychowdhury, Phulki's husband and Pratima Roy Chowdhury's son Rohit Mukherjee as Debesh, Pari's elder uncle Ritoja Majumder as Bidisha, Debesh's wife Amitava Bhattacharyya as Doctor Biswajit Chakraborty as Samaresh Chatterjee, Diya's father Shankar Chakraborty as Subhroto, Jhilik's/Pari's Sports teacher and Angshu's father Priyanka Bhattacharjee as Babli, Pratima Roy Chowdhury's daughter
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 Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes Bengali Maa...Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena মা...তোমায় ছাড়া ঘুম আসেনা 19 October 2009 Star Jalsha 3 August 2014 Original Hindi Meri Maa मेरी माँ 18 December 2011 Life OK 22 April 2012 Remake Malayalam Amma അമ്മ 2 January 2012 Asianet 4 July 2015 Tamil Bommukutty Ammavukku பொம்முக்குட்டி அம்மாவுக்கு 3 February 2020 Star Vijay 5 December 2020 Telugu Paape Maa Jeevanajyothi పాపే మా జీవనజ్యోతి 26 April 2021 Star Maa Ongoing Hindi Chikoo - Yeh Ishq Nachaye चिकू - ये इश्क नचाए 6 September 2021 StarPlus 19 March 2022
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)
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