Rakhi Bandhan
Bengali: রাখি বন্ধন
Genre	Drama
Created by	Blues Productions
Written by	Snehasish Chakroborty
Directed by	Bidyut Saha
Starring	Shrabani Bhunia[1] Subhrojit Saha
Theme music composer	Arup Ghosh
Opening theme	"Rakhi Bandhan" by Joy and Trisha
Composer	Snehasish Chakraborty
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	787
Production
Producer	Snehasish Chakroborty
Production location	Kolkata
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Blues Productions
Original release
Network	Star Jalsha
Release	28 November 2016 (2016-11-28) – 3 February 2019 (2019-02-03)

Rakhi Bandhan (Bengali: রাখি বন্ধন) was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 28 November 2016 and aired on Star Jalsha. Sayanta Modak, Sraboni Bhunia, and Subhrojit Saha played the lead roles. The show as dubbed in Tamil as Minmini Pookal, airing on Vijay Super.^[2] The show's revolved round the unique bonding between the young actors Krittika and Soham, who played Rakhi and Bandhan respectively. Krittika was applauded for her comic timing, dialogue delivery and expressions. The show took a leap of 12 years in September 2018 and the young actors were replaced by Subhrajit and Srabani as Bandhan and Rakhi respectively. The show has been produced by Blues Productions. The show went off air on 3 February after airing 787 episodes and was replaced by Mahapeeth Tarapeeth.

Series overview

Bandhan and Rakhi are orphans. Neglected by their relatives, they are each other's support system. But when fate threatens to tear them apart, they must overcome all the hurdles.

Plot summary

Rakhi Bandhan is the story of a brother and a sister who lost their parents at tender age. They are neglected by their aunt who makes them do all the household chores. Bandhan takes an oath to bring Rakhi up as a good person and send her to school and fulfil all her dreams. The story revolves around Bandhan and Rakhi's relationship.

12 years leap

Of late, the show has taken a successful leap as we find Rakhi and Bandhan all grown up, an estrangement threatens to rip them apart. Bandhan still continues to try and bring his sister back under his wings from where she'd taken off, driven by circumstances. Bandhan is determined to mend a straining relationship with his sister and the interpersonal relationship between two siblings still forms the core of the show.

Cast

• Shrabani Bhunia as Rakhi Chatterjee (Bandhan's younger sister, Kumaresh and Uttara's daughter, Mantasa's adoptive daughter, Ved's wife)
  • Krittika Chakraborty as Child Rakhi/Ghetu

• Subhrojit Saha as Bandhan Chatterjee (Rakhi's elder brother, Kumaresh and Uttara's son, Raunak and Chara's adoptive son, Tonni's Husband)^[3]
  • Soham Basu Roy Chowdhury as Child Bandhan
• Sayanta Modak as Ved (Rakhi's husband, Isha, Disha, Loton's cousin)
• Titas Sanyal as Tonni (Bandhan's Wife, Rakhi's Childhood Friend)
• Subrata Mitra as Police Kaku
• Amitabha Bhattacharrya as Doctor Babu
• Rita Koiral / Chaitali Chakraborty as Malina Chatterjee (Bandhan and Rakhi's elder paternal aunt, Amaresh's wife, Bacchu and Mimi's mother)
• Subhasish Mukherjee as Late Amaresh Chatterjee (Bandhan's and Rakhi's elder paternal uncle, Kumaresh's elder brother, Bacchu and Mimi's father, Disha's father in law, Malina's husband)
• Koushik Das as Bacchu (Amaresh and Malina's son, Disha's husband, Mimi's elder brother, Rakhi and Bandhan's cousin)
• Anirban Ghosh as Late Kumaresh Chatterjee (Bandhan and Rakhi's late father, Amaresh's younger brother,Tonni and Ved's late father in law)
• Piyali Basu as Uttara/Sathi (Rakhi and Bandhan's mother, Kumaresh's wife, Tonni and Ved's mother in law)
• Aditi Chatterjee as Rikhiya, a principal
• Rana Mitra as Sukalyan, Rikhiya's husband
• Kushal Chakraborty as Sabyasachi Sengupta, a lawyer, Tonni's father, Bandhan's father in law
• Mitali Chakraborty as Deepa Sengupta, Sabyasachi's wife, Tonni's mother, Bandhan's mother in law
• Pradip Dhar as Madan(Malina's younger brother, Bacchu and Mimi's maternal uncle)
• Siddharth Banerjee as Sanjay Sinha(Uttara and Sathi's elder brother, Rakhi and Bandhan's maternal uncle, Damayanti's Husband)
• Arpita Dutta Chowdhury as Damayanti Sinha (Sanjay's Wife, Rakhi and Bandhan's Maternal aunt)
• Debjani Chattopadhyay as Anamika Banerjee
• Jayanta Dutt Barman as Suddho Dev Banerjee, Anamika's Husband
• Swarnakamal Dutta as Mantasa Banerjee, Rakhi's Adoptive Mother, Reet's Wife, Sanjay, Uttara and Sathi's Cousin
• Chandraniv Mukherjee as Reet Banerjee, Satyadev's elder son, Dil's elder brother, Mantasa's husband
• Gaurav Ghosal as Dil Banerjee, Satyadev's younger son, Reet's younger brother, Tikli's husband
• Rumpa Das as Tikli Banerjee, Dil's Wife
• Moumita Chakraborty as Jagatjanani
• Saikat Das as Tiyash (Uttara's former lover)
• Boni Mukherjee as Deepika Mukherjee
• Kanchana Maitra as Sohag
• Goutam Dey as Satyadev Banerjee, Reet and Dil's father, Mantasa and Tikli's father in law
• Soma Banerjee as Satyadev's Wife, Reet and Dil's mother, Mantasa and Tikli's mother in law
• Indrakshi Nag as Isha (Disha and Loton's elder sister, Ved's cousin)
• Manoj Ojha as Raunak Mukherjee,a boxer, Bandhan's adoptive father, Anamika's younger brother
• Rupsha Chakraborty as Chara Mukherjee, Bandhan's adoptive mother
• Moumita Gupta as Chanda Ganguly, a marriage register,Chara's Mother
• Raja Chatterjee as Nikhil Nondi, a local mafia, Isha, Loton and Disha's paternal uncle, Ved's maternal uncle
• Sourav Sengupta as Loton Gupta, a boxer, Bandhan's rival (Isha and Disha's brother, Ved's cousin)