Checkmate (Indian TV series)

Checkmate
GenreThriller
Created byRavi Ojha
Story byMitali Bhattacharya
Dialogues
Sharmila Mukherjee
Directed byBiswajit Ganguly
Rabindra Geeta Nambiar
StarringAparajita Ghosh Das
Amitabh Bhattacharjee
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of episodes46
Production
ProducerRavi Ojha
Production locationsKolkata, West Bengal, India
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time45 minutes
Production companyRavi Ojha Productions
Original release
NetworkStar Jalsha
Release21 January (2012-01-21) –
15 July 2012 (2012-07-15)

Checkmate is an Indian Bengali television thriller series which aired on Star Jalsha from 21 January 2012 to 15 June 2012.[1]

Plot

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The show is a thriller with the protagonist of detective Mrinalini Dastidar (played by Aparajita Ghosh Das). She, along with her associates, solve mysteries.[2]

Cast

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  • Saurabh Chatterjee as Amolendu Dostidar
  • Aparajita Ghosh Das as Detective Mrinalini Dostidar[3]
  • Amitabh Bhattacharjee as Aditya Sen
  • Suchismita Chowdhury as Aporna
  • Rupa Bhattacharjee as ACP Sreeja Sen
  • Rimjhim Mitra as ACP Sreeja Sen
  • Rajanya Mitra as Esha
  • Indrani Basu as Mira
  • Kaushik Bhattacharya as Hirok
  • Somjita Bhattacharya as Madhuja's Friend
  • Jayanta Dutta Burman as Derek
  • Anindya Chakraborty as Kaushik Mukherjee
  • Soma Banerjee as Anjalimashi
  • Saheb Chatterjee as Rohit (Goenda Keutey)
  • Swaralipi Chatterjee as Ritu
  • Biplab Dasgupta as OC Dutta
  • Gautam Dey as Adheer Sinha
  • Kaushik Ghosh as Amit Lahiri
  • Rajesh Kr Chattopadhyay as Sanjoy
  • Ratna Ghoshal as Sanjoy's Mother
  • Jagannath as Amitabha Choudhury
  • Ekavali Khanna as Avantika (2 episodes, 2012)
  • Anusuya Majumdar as Julia Aunty
  • Samrat Mukherjee as Barun Sen
  • Sudip Mukherjee as Neel Roy Burman
  • Pushpita Mukhopadhyay as Protima
  • Saptarshi Ray as Akash
  • Sayantani Sengupta as Anita
  • Soumyo as Joy
  • Zoyeb as Imon
  • Aparna as Ela
  • Arindoi Bagchi as Jahor
  • Diganta Bagchi as Partho
  • Anindya Banerjee as Aniruddho Ghosh (Public Prosecutor)
  • Joyjit Banerjee as Shyam
  • Kamalika Banerjee as Dr. Bonolota Dutta
  • Runa Banerjee as Lalita Sen
  • Suman Bannerjee as bhoy
  • Arghya Basu as Anirban
  • Damini Basu as Shiuli
  • Tulika Basu as Kasturi Samonto
  • Dipanjan Bhattacharya as Sumit Sanyal
  • Joy Bhattacharyya as Bibek
  • Titas Bhowmik as Rojoni
  • Riju Biswas as Suresh Bagh
  • Abhrajit Chakraborty as Shekhar Dasgupta
  • Arun Chakraborty as Mike
  • Bobby Chakraborty as Ranodeb Burman
  • Kaushik Chakraborty as Gautam
  • Kushal Chakraborty as Aniruddho Bose
  • Subhadra Chakraborty as Madhobi
  • Aditi Chatterjee as Shompa Dasgupta
  • Bhaswar Chatterjee as Promit Guha
  • Debjani Chattopadhyay as Dolon
  • Mita Chatterjee as Shushiladebi
  • Shubhomoy Chatterjee as Manohor
  • Sonali Chowdhury as Ilina Chakraborty
  • Dwaipayan Das as Arpan Dutta
  • Manali Dey as Gouri
  • Debjani Deb as Jonaki
  • Pradip Dhar as Prottoy Biswas a.k.a. Potka
  • Debolina Dutta as Advocate Ahona Ghosh
  • Joymala Ganguly as Nondini Sen
  • Pijush Ganguly as Akhil
  • Nandini Ghosal as Mrs. Sanyal
  • Chandrayee Ghosh as Ananya
  • Kaushik Ghosh as Amit Lahiri
  • Pallavi Gogoi as Marathon Organizer
  • Rupsha Guha as Urmi
  • Moumita Gupta as Supti Roy Burman
  • Dipanwita Hazari as Dr. Debika Sanyal
  • Anindita Saha Kapileswari as Sharmila
  • Tania Kar as Meghna
  • Kalyani Mondal as Mrs. Bonik
  • Baisakhi Marjit as Pishimoni
  • Rana Mitra as Raju Das
  • Rupanjana Mitra as Mohini
  • Arpita Mukherjee as Kaushik Mukherjee's wife
  • Mrinal Mukherjee as Dip Ganguly
  • Neel Mukherjee as Sukanto Choudhury
  • Sarbari Mukherjee as Pamela
  • Swagata Mukherjee as Mrs. Bagchi
  • Piyali Munshi as Indira
  • Neel as Anchor Chonchol
  • Komal Nishad Mitra as Ayesha
  • Manoj Ojha as Shumanto
  • Priyam as Indra
  • Milon Roychoudhury as Broto
  • Shagnik as Rupesh
  • Shayanton as Pollob
  • Arindam Sil as Mallar
  • Lopamudra Sinha as Rupa
  • Manasi Sinha as Nondona [4]

Crew

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Direction

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  • Biswajit Ganguly
  • Ravindra Geetha Nambiar
  • Ratnodeep Ghosh
  • Mandira Mitra
  • Anindya Sarkar
  • Romit Ojha

Creative Direction

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  • Mandira Mitra
  • Mitali Bhattacharya

Script

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  • Moushumi Choudhury
  • Sharmila Mukherjee
  • Koli Mitra
  • Shayon Choudhury
  • Romit Ojha
  • Saurabh Sengupta
  • Angikar Choudhury
  • Kunal Sengupta

Cinematography

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  • Rupanjan Pal
  • Kiranmoy Bhuniya

Editing

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  • Debashish Bhattacharya
  • Niladri Dutta

Art Direction

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  • Narendra Ojha

Sound Management

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  • Ranjan Pandey

Music Department

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  • Gaurab Chatterjee ... background score / title music composed
  • Jina ... title music: sung
  • Jojo ... title music: sung
  • Chandan Raychowdhury ... musical director / title music composed
  • Indra Roy ... background score
  • Srijato ... title music composed

References

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  1. ^ "New suspense thriller - 'Checkmate'". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Latest Entertainment News: Celebrity News, Latest News on TV Reality Shows, Breaking News & Trending Stories". News18. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Post giving birth, Aparajita is back on screen - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. ^ "Checkmate (TV Series 2012) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com. [unreliable source?]
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