Mahapeeth Tarapeeth

Mahapeeth Tarapeeth
Genre Mythology
Drama
Written by Tapan Ganguly, Ritun Chatterjee
Screenplay by Writam Ghosal
Story by Writam Ghoshal
Directed by Subhendu Chakraborty
Creative director Nairwita Dutta
Starring Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Nabanita Das
Roosha Chatterjee
Sagnik
Music by Devjit Roy
Country of origin India
Original language Bengali
No. of episodes 781
Production
Executive producers Taniya, Sweta, Anwesha (Star Jalsha) Sayantanee, Darsana, Tanima, Pinky (Surinder films)
Producers Surinder Singh
Nispal Singh
Production locations Dassani Film Studio, Tollygunge
Cinematography Biswajit Mitra
Editors Ankan Maity, Bikram
Running time 22–24 minutes
Original release
Network Star Jalsha
Release 4 February 2019 –
25 February 2022

Mahapeeth Tarapeeth was a Bengali mythological show that was aired on Star Jalsha and is also available on Disney+ Hotstar. The show narrates the origin of Tarapith shrine- the journey from fear to faith and chart the various phases of Maa Tara and Bamakhepa’s journey to fight against societal evils. This show was produced by Max Entertainment, Surinder Films.

Plot

The show revolves around the manifestation of the unparalleled Tarapith, which according to legends is home to one of the 51 parts (Tara-eyeball) of Maa Sati. It depicts how the Tantric Hindu temple became the revered Shakti Peeth by regaling tales known and unknown that surround it.

Set in 19th century Bengal, the show narrates the journey of the omnipotent goddess’ origin and her miracles, her connection with her ardent devotee Bamakhepa and the obstacles they overcome to abolish malpractices and superstitions in tumultuous times.

Cast

  • Nabanita Das as Maa Tara
  • Sabyasachi Chowdhury as Bama Charan Chotopadhay / Sadhak Bamakhyapa / Bama / Bamdev
  • Sarbik Pal as Child Bama
  • Rooshaw Chatterjee as Rani Annada Sundari
  • Jeetu Kamal as Anandanath / Choto Kumar (deceased)
  • Kushal Chakraborty as Sarbanandho Chotopadhay (Bama's father) (deceased)
  • Aditi Chatterjee as Rajkumari (Bama's Mother) (Deceased)
  • Sagnik Chatterjee as Borendronath / Boro Kumar
  • Mousumi Bhattacharya / Indrakshi Nag as Madhobi: Bama's Boro rani maa
  • Goutam Halder as Aghoreswar
  • Riju Biswas as Birendranath
  • Dhrubojyoti Sarkar as Mahadev
  • Jasmine Roy as Maa durga
  • Sayak Chakraborty as Lord Krishna
  • Pradip Dhar as morol moshai of Atla village
  • Indranil Mallick as Bama's childhood friend
  • Arindam Halder as Neel Madhob
  • Anindya Banerjee as Durga Das
  • Suchandra Banerjee as Labanya
  • Sourav Chatterjee as Labanya's husband
  • Gourob Chatterjee as Rabindranath Tagore
  • Palash Debnath as the Nayeb of young Rabindranath Tagore
  • Niladri Lahiri as Debendranath Tagore
  • Samir Biswas as Tantraguru of Aghoreswar
  • Debraj Mukherjee as Rudranath
  • Mishmee Das
  • Avijit Sarkar
  • Mimi Dutta
  • Rupankar Bagchi
  • Biswabasu Biswas
  • Aritra Dutta
  • Sambhabhi
  • Dev Chhat as greedy Zamindar
  • Ayesha Bhattacharya as Dakini
  • Soumi Chakraborty as Yogini
  • Sayantani Sengupta as Lalita
  • Surojit Banerjee
  • Kaushambi Chakroborty / Alokananda Guha as Maa Bipatarini
  • Sohini Banerjee as Jhunjhuni
  • Judhajit Banerjee
  • Arijit Chowdhury
  • Bimal Chakraborty as Kapalik
  • Hirojeet Chatterjee
  • Deerghoi Paul
  • Tramila Bhattacharya
  • Sanchita Bhattacharya as payesh mata
  • Priyanka Chakraborty
  • Biplab Chatterjee as Bishnu Das
  • Avrajit Chakraborty as Shymananda
  • Sumanta Mukherjee as Nidhu Sardar
  • Sancharee Mukherjee as Sulakkhana's mother
  • Anamika Saha
  • Nishantika Das
  • Anamika Chakraborty
  • Partha Sarathi Deb
  • Moumita Chakrabarty
  • Arindam Ganguly
  • Pallavi Sharma
  • Sudip Mukherjee
  • Raja Goswami as Tarananda
  • Biswarup banerjee as mahadevananda(mahadev thakur)
  • Madhupriya Chowdhury
  • Mainak Dhol

Reception

In week 22 of 2021, the series has risen to fifth place with 3.546 million impressions for the most watched television series in Bengal.