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Leena Gangopadhyay

Leena Gangopadhyay

Indian writer, producer, and director.

Leena Gangopadhyay is an Indian writer, producer, and director, primarily associated with the Tollywood film industry. As of January 2024, she serves as the Chairperson of West Bengal Commission for Women.[1][2]

Quick Facts Chairperson of West Bengal Commission for Women, Personal details ...

She is one of the founders of Kolkata based production company Magic Moments Motion Pictures alongwith Saibal Banerjee. She is also a Director in Organinc Studios, owned by her son Arka Ganguly.

Works

Films

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Television

Leena Gangopadhyay is the script writer for popular Bengali serials including 'Ishti Kutum', 'Kusum Dola', 'Sreemoyee', 'Mohor' and 'Khorkuto'. She has also co-directed two Bengali films 'Maati' (Earth) and 'Sanjhbati' (Evening light).

Her serials have been remade in multiple regional Indian languages. 'Sreemoyee' written by Gangopadhyay was made in Hindi (as Anupama), Kannada (as Inthi Nimma Asha), Marathi (as Aai Kuthe Kay Karte), Malayalam (as Kudumbavilakku), Telugu (as Intinti Gruhalakshmi), Tamil (as Baakiyalakshmi). Yet another serial written by Leena Gangopadhyay 'Mohor' was remade in Kannada as 'Sarasu', Hindi as 'Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani', Malayalam as ‘Koodevide', Marathi as ‘Swabhiman – Shodh Astitvacha’, Tamil as 'Kaatrukkenna Veli’ and Telugu as 'Guppedantha Manasu'.

While Leena Gangopadhyay's serials have been popular, controversy has not been far behind. She has been criticised and trolled on social media for writing stories that are regressive, called to end a few of the serials with reasons cited including lack of originality in storyline, repetitiveness in plot, the negative influence on society like the serial Guddi[7] and lack of sensitivity in portrayal of a community or people like Ishti Kutum.[8] However, Gangopadhyay, believes that we cannot call the serials progressive or regressive. In an interview with The Telegraph, she said “Writing for television is very different from writing novels. An author can be selfish but a scriptwriter will always have to keep her audience in mind. Television is after all a reflection of society. You cannot deny what exists in society. Regressive points of view exist. That is why we have them in television serials”.[9]

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References

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    "West Bengal Commission of Women to host a workshop for the mental well-being of artists - Times of India". The Times of India. 27 June 2022.
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    "সিরিয়ালীনা". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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    Chakraborty, Shamayita. "Vidya in Leena-Saibal's next?". Times of India.
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    Sarkar, Roushni. "Director Leena Gangopadhyay impressed with Dev's zeal for learning". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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    Bengal Talkies launches the trailer of Sanjhbati.
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    "এবার জুটিতে দেব- শ্রাবন্তী - পাওলি! আসছে নতুন ছবি 'খেলাঘর'". Aaj Tak বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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    "Serial Update: 'প্রথম দেখলাম আইপিএস পাশ করে সোজা এসপি!', গুড্ডি নিয়ে ট্রোল সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায়". Hindustan Times Bangla.
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    "অপমানিত সাঁওতাল জনগোষ্ঠি, বিতর্কে জনপ্রিয় বাংলা সিরিয়াল ইষ্টিকুটিম". Zee24Ghanta.com. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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    Sen, Paromita (21 November 2021). "'Our society is regressive, TV reflects that reality'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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    Team, Tellychakkar. "Mohi makers deviated from the essence of Ishti Kutum: Leena Gangopadhyay". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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    "TV show 'Kusum Dola' to have its Hindi remake? - Times of India". The Times of India. 24 August 2020.
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    Roy, Sandip (16 September 2017). "The bold, the beautiful and the Bengali". The Hindu.
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    Team, Tellychakkar. "It's a privilege to work on Leena Aunty's script: Mishmee on entering Phagun Bou". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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    Ganguly, Ruman (8 November 2018). "Mayurpankhi is a love story ruled by fate". Times of India.
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    "Indrani happy with Sreemoyee's soaring popularity - Times of India". The Times of India. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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    Gangopadhyay, Leena (19 May 2021). "A woman's world". Tribune India.
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    Ganguly, Ruman (27 October 2019). "New serial focusses on women's rights". Times of India.
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    "It's like a dream come true for me to work with Leena Gangopadhyay: Trina Saha - Times of India". The Times of India.
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    "Upcoming show 'Desher Maati' to narrate the story of family roots, emotion and values". Times of India. 29 December 2020.
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    সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব (12 May 2021). "ছোট পর্দার ফিরছেন ইন্দ্রাশিস, সঙ্গী মানালি, এক ফ্রেমে শঙ্কর-বাদশা-ভাস্কর". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika.
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    "Actress Payel De on her character in 'Sona Roder Gaan': Anandi is full of life - Times of India". The Times of India. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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    "দুই হবু ডাক্তারের টক্কর আর প্রেম নিয়ে 'এক্কা দোক্কা', ফিরছেন সপ্তর্ষি-সোনমণি". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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