Prothoma Kadambini was an Indian Bengali television biographical period drama based on the biography of the first practising female physician of British-ruled India and South Asia, Doctor Kadambini Ganguly. The show was aired on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is also available on digital platform Hotstar, that was premiered on 16 March 2020. The show is produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and starred by Solanki Roy and Honey Bafna in lead roles. The show went to off-air on 28 February 2021.
Plot
Kadambini Ganguly (née Basu), following her upbringing and her struggles to obtain her medical education and eventually becoming successful doctor with the help of her school teacher who later turned to her husband, the social reformer Dwarakanath Ganguly. Even after the demise of her husband, she continues her job and earnest attempt to reform the society alongside taking care of her family and finally becomes an immortal figure of our history.
Cast
Main
Solanki Roy as Dr. Kadambini Ganguly (née Bose) aka Bini
Meghan Chakraborty as young Bini
Honey Bafna as Dwarakanath Ganguly aka Dwarka
Recurring
Animesh Bhaduri as Brojokishore Basu, Bini's father
Bidipta Chakraborty as Kanak Devi, Bini's mother
Pritha Roy as Soudamini Basu, Bini's younger sister
Rohit Samanta / Fahim Mirza as Monomohun Ghose
Rupsa Chatterjee as Swarnalata Ghose
Prantik Banerjee as Nanda, Bini's paternal uncle
Sananda Basak as Nanda's wife
Kaushiki Guha as Bini's elder paternal aunt
Suchismita Chowdhury as Bini's younger paternal aunt
Brishti Banerjee as Labanya, Bini's Rangadidi
Payel De as Bhabosundari Ganguly (Devi), Dwarkanath's first wife
Rupsha Mondal as Bidhumukhi Ray Chowdhury (née Ganguly), Dwarakanath's eldest daughter Sanmitra Bhaumik as Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury Samantak Dyuti Maitra / Nilotpal Banerjee as Satish Ganguly Kheyali Dastidar as Udaytara Ganguly, Dwarakanath's mother Sritama Bhattacharjee as Agomoni, Dwarakanath's younger sister Shampa Banerjee as Promila, Dwarakanath's another younger sister, Agomoni's elder sister Dwaipayan Das as Surendranath Ganguly aka Suren, Dwaraka's cousin Jagriti Goswami Ghatak as Shashibala, Bhabosundari's sister & Suren's wife Gulshanara Khatun as Surobala, Kadambini's personal assistant Rahul Dev Bose as Dr. Mahim Sen, a doctor Bhaswar Chatterjee / Anindya Banerjee as Dr. Rajendra Chandra Chandra, Bini's medical college teacher Bhaskar Banerjee as Raybahadur Sardakanta Deb Avijit Sarkar as Dr.Bose Sarbadaman Som as Dr. Sanyal Krishnendu Adhikari as Shibnath Shastri Debomoy Mukherjee as Ananda Mohan Bose Avijit Dev Roy as Dr. Annada Khastagir Rumpa Chatterjee as Manoroma Das, a neighbor of Ganguly family at Cornwallis street house Tarun Chakraborty as Rasbihari Das, Manoroma's husband Senjuti Sen as Bindubasini, another neighbor at Cornwallis street house Debjoy Mallick as Surendranath Banerjee Deb Chatt as Durga Mohan Das Sujata Daw as Brahmamoyee Debi, Durgamohan's first wife Ivana Dutta as Miss Annette Akroyd Sutirtha Saha as Keshab Chandra Sen Prantik Choudhury as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Sayani Sengupta Dutta as Soroju, Sardakanta's granddaughter Priya Malakar as Sarala Roy(Das), Durgamohan's elder daughter Nisha Poddar as Abala Bose(Das) Durgamohan's younger daughter Prapti Chatterjee as Swarnaprabha Bose, Ananda Mohan's wife Kaushambi Chakraborty as Horosundori Devi Tanushree Saha as Nistarini Ananya Sen as Chandramukhi Basu Riya Roy as Manomoyee Ashmita Chakraborty as Jagattarini Sen, Dr. Mahim Sen's wife Rubel Ghosh as Jyotibhushan Sarkar Swarnodipto Ghose as Nilratan Sarkar Shovan Chakraborty as Shivaprashad Arush Dutta as Lalkamal Dutta Suprabhat Mukherjee as Jagannath Bhattacharya Writwik Mukherjee as Bagalacharan Anirban Paitandi as Kanailal Majumder Ankita Chakraborty as Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi Basabdatta Chatterjee as Jnanadanandini Devi Priyam as Rabindranath Tagore Diya Mukherjee as Binodini Dasi Akash Ghosh as Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ray Phalguni Chatterjee as Ramakrishna Mufin Chakraborty as Lady Dufferin Arundhati Chakraborty as Jyotirmayee Ganguly Arunava Dey as Probhatchandra Ganguly Tania Kar as Dr. Mahim Sen's sister-in-law Pinky Mallick as Bhabosundari's mother Indranil Mallick as Biren Chaitali Mukhopadhyay as Renubala Ananda S Choudhuri as Nabakumar Bose, Binodini Dasi's admirer Sarbari Mukherjee as Lokkhimoni Naptani, a local matchmaker in Bhagalpur Ratan Sarkhel as Gopal Boidyo Samir Kundu as Parashor Boidyo Pratyusha Saha as Charu