Saat Bhai Champa

About Saat Bhai Champa TV Show

Saat Bhai Champa is a Bengali drama TV show based on the folktale of Saat Bhai Champa, which is part of the famous Bengali anthology for children, “Thakurmar Jhuli," by Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder. The show is about a girl who is born with magical powers.

Saat Bhai Champa TV Show Release Date 

The drama TV show Saat Bhai Champa first aired on 27th November, 2017. 

Episodes of Saat Bhai Champa TV Show 

The Bengali fantasy TV show Saat Bhai Champa has 454 episodes over a single season. 

Plot of the Saat Bhai Champa TV Show 

The TV show explores how the selfish queens, led by the senior-most queen Manimallika of King Mahendra of Surjanagar, try to kill the seven sons and one daughter of the seventh queen, Padmavati. The seven brothers are magically transfigured into Champa flowers. The daughter, Parul, is rescued by the faithful maid. Through a series of adventures, Princess Parul is tasked with bringing her seven long-lost brothers back to life and reuniting her family. Her path crosses with the brave Raghav, whom she eventually finds as her partner; the evil witch Rani Manimallika is her main enemy, obstructing all her plans with her crafty devices. 

Saat Bhai Champa Cast and Crew

Cast - Character

Promita Chakraborty/ Roosha Chatterjee - Parul

Rudrajit Mukherjee - Raghav and Maharaj Chandraditya

Samrat Mukherjee - Mahendra / Surendra

Sudipta Banerjee - Rani Monimallika

Solanki Roy/Sonali Chowdhury - Rani Padmavati: Parul's mother and Mahendra's wife

Manosi Sengupta - Rani Swetanghshi

Liza Goswami - Rani Lolontika

Sayantani Guhathakurta - Rani Dakahini

Priyanka Rati Pal - Rani Bonhisikha

Nayana Bandyopadhyay - Rani Maya and the mermaid Sankhomala

Sabyasachi Chowdhury - King Nakshatrajyoti

Crew

Directors - Rajat Paul, Suman Das

Writers - Sayantani Bhattacharya, Rupa Banerjee, Priyanka Seth

Cinematography - Paritosh Singh

Music composer - Debjit Roy

Did You Know?

The stories in Thakurmar Jhuli are based on Bengali folktales, and the introduction to this anthology was famously authored by the Nobel-Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. 

Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel Laureate, wrote the preface to Thakurmar Jhuli. Bishnu Dey wrote "Sat Bhai Champa," a more thorough rendition of the tale, in 1944.

FAQs

What were the English and French versions of the original folk tale called?

Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt translated the story into English and published it in Bengal Fairy Tales in 1920 under the title The Seven Brothers Who Were Turned into Champa Trees. The story was also published in French in 1923 under the title Les Sept Fleurs de Champaka et la Fleur de Paroul ("The Seven Champaka Flowers and the Parul Flower").

Where is the painting inspired by this folk tale located?

Gaganendranath Tagore's painting of Sat-Bhai Champa is regarded as a masterpiece of modern Indian art. The Academy of Fine Arts in Calcutta is presently home to the picture.

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