4 January 2021 (2021-01-04) – 9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)[1]
Mithai (
transl. Sweets) is a 2021 Indian
Bengaliromanticcomedydrama television series that aired on
Zee Bangla from 4 January 2021 till 9 June 2023.The show was also available on the digital platform
ZEE5 before its telecast. The show is produced by Zee Bangla. It stars
Soumitrisha Kundu as Mithai Modak and
Adrit Roy as Siddhartha Modak.During its broadcast period,it was the TRP topper of Bengali Television for 56 weeks,making it one of the most loved show of Bengali Television [2][3]
Plot
Mithai is a cheerful, uneducated village sweetseller mean while Siddharth is a grumpy gentleman who hates sweet. Later on both of them get married and the series is based on their sweet love life. Along with that the life of Ratul, Nipa, Sree, Rajib, Nanda, Rudra, Som, Torsha is also portrayed and the story also revolves around their family business "Siddheshwar Modak" named after Siddharth's grandfather.
Mithai Das Modak – A former sweet seller turned businesswoman of Siddheshwar Modak Group; Sudip and Parbati's daughter; Gulti's cousin; Siddhartha's wife; Shakya and Mishti's mother.
Adrit Roy as Siddhartha "Sid" Modak aka Ucchhe Babu / Ricky Roy (a Rockstar in disguise) – Former senior architect in PCG and Former head of Siddheshwar Modak Group turned Intelligence officer; Samu and Arati's son; Anuradha's step-son; Sree's brother; Som's adopted brother; Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Mithai's husband; Mithi's ex-husband; Shakya and Mishti's father.
Dhritishman Chakraborty as Shakya "Shakko" Modak – Mithai and Siddharth's son; Mishti's brother; Mithi's student.
Anumegha Kahali as Mishti Modak – Mithai and Siddharth's daughter; Shakya's sister.[4][5]
Recurring
Biswajit Chakraborty as Siddheshwar "Sidhu" Modak – Head and Owner of Siddheshwar Modak Group; Sushoma's husband; Samaresh, Amaresh and Apa's father; Nanda, Siddhartha, Sandy, Sree and Nipa's grandfather; Som's adoptive grandfather; Shakya, Mishti and Srishti's great-grandfather.
Swagata Basu as Sushoma Ghosh Modak – Matriarch of Modak family; Sushovan's sister; Siddheshwar's wife; Samaresh, Amaresh and Apa's mother; Nanda, Siddhartha, Sandy, Sree and Nipa's grandmother; Som's adoptive grandmother; Shakya, Mishti and Srishti's great-grandmother.
Kaushik Chakraborty as Samaresh "Samu" Modak – Siddheshwar and Sushoma's elder son; Amaresh and Apa's brother; Arati's widower; Anuradha's husband; Siddhartha and Sreetama's father; Som's adoptive father; Shakya and Mishti's grandfather.
Moyna Mukherjee as late Arati Modak – Samaresh's first wife; Siddhartha and Sreetama's mother; Som's adoptive mother; Parbati's close friend; Shakya and Mishti's grandmother.
Bidipta Chakraborty as Anuradha "Anu" Modak – A famous interior designer; Lalita's daughter; Samaresh's second wife; Som, Siddhartha and Sree's step-mother; Shakya and Mishti's step-grandmother.[6]
Diya Mukherjee as Sreetama "Sree" Modak Mitra – Samaresh and Arati's daughter; Anuradha's step-daughter; Siddhartha's sister; Som's adopted sister; Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Ratul's wife.
Uday Pratap Singh Rajput as Ratul Mitra – Animesh and Susmita's younger son; Rajib's brother; Dhara's cousin; Mithai's friend; Sree's husband; Payel's teacher and her former love interest.
Prriyam Chakraborty /
Kaushambi Chakraborty as Sreenanda "Nanda" Bose Mitra – Apa and Brotin's daughter; Siddhartha, Sree, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Som's adopted cousin; Rajib's wife; Srishti's mother.[7]
Sourav Chatterjee as Rajib Mitra – Animesh and Susmita's elder son; Ratul's brother; Dhara's cousin; Nanda's husband; Sristhi's father.
Enaira as Srishti Mitra – Sreenanda and Rajib's daughter; Shakya and Mishti's cousin.
Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Somdeb "Som" Modak – Tridibesh and Joyeeta's son; Samaresh and Arati's adopted son; Anuradha's step-son; Siddhartha and Sree's adopted brother; Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Sangita's fake love-interest; Torsha's husband.
Tonni Laha Roy as Torsha "Tess" Roy Modak – Reboti's daughter; Siddhartha's former obsessive lover, friend and colleague; Mithai's former rival; Som's wife.
Biswabasu Biswas / Omkar Bhattacharya as Sandeep "Sandy" Modak – Amaresh and Lata's son; Nipa's brother; Nanda, Siddhartha and Sree's cousin; Som's adoptive cousin; Pinky's former teacher and husband.[8]
Ananya Guha as Pinky Agarwal Modak – Omi and Aditya's sister; Sandy's former student and wife.[9]
Oindrila Saha as Sreenipa "Nipa" Modak Banerjee – Amaresh and Lata's daughter; Sandy's sister; Nanda, Siddhartha and Sree's cousin; Som's adopted cousin; Rudra's wife.
Soumili Biswas as herself – judge of cooking show Healthy হেশেল
Mimi Dutta as herself – Anchor of cooking show Healthy হেশেল
Jayanta Banerjee as himself – judge of cooking show Healthy হেশেল
Jojo Mukherjee as herself – an entertainer in the cooking show Healthy হেশেল
Ankush Hazra as himself at the Marriage Anniversary Party of Som and Torsha to promote to his web series "
Shikarpur".
Sandipta Sen as herself at the Marriage Anniversary Party of Som and Torsha to promote to her web series "
Shikarpur".
Production
Critics
The Times of India quoted the series that "Mithai will tell you a sweet love story".[19]
Viewership
Mithai became the most watched television series in Bengal. Beginning with a good viewership, after a few weeks, the series soon became the top rated Bengali television program garnering a record viewership, maintaining the first position consistently in the
BARC's weekly viewership charts.[20][21] As on week 4 of 2022, Mithai had been holding the top position on West Bengal Television
TRP charts since last 44 weeks starting week 13 of 2021.[22]
Special episodes
On 15 April 2021, Mithai held a Mega episode titled as "Mithai Boishakhi Halkhata" marking the 100th episode which is aired for two hours on Thursday.[23] This special episode successfully received 5.94 million impressions and occupied the first position of the TRP rating in Week 15 of 2021.[24]
On 14 February 2022, Mithai held a Mega episode titled as "1 ghanta Mahaparba" which is aired for one hours on Monday.[25]
In popular culture
There was a clip of an episode where Mithai (
Soumitrisha Kundu) made a new sweet named Uchche Babu. A fan made this sweet in real life and soon it went viral on social media.[26] Few days later, this sweet hit the markets.[27]
4 January 2021 (2021-01-04) – 9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)[1]
Mithai (
transl. Sweets) is a 2021 Indian
Bengaliromanticcomedydrama television series that aired on
Zee Bangla from 4 January 2021 till 9 June 2023.The show was also available on the digital platform
ZEE5 before its telecast. The show is produced by Zee Bangla. It stars
Soumitrisha Kundu as Mithai Modak and
Adrit Roy as Siddhartha Modak.During its broadcast period,it was the TRP topper of Bengali Television for 56 weeks,making it one of the most loved show of Bengali Television [2][3]
Plot
Mithai is a cheerful, uneducated village sweetseller mean while Siddharth is a grumpy gentleman who hates sweet. Later on both of them get married and the series is based on their sweet love life. Along with that the life of Ratul, Nipa, Sree, Rajib, Nanda, Rudra, Som, Torsha is also portrayed and the story also revolves around their family business "Siddheshwar Modak" named after Siddharth's grandfather.
Mithai Das Modak – A former sweet seller turned businesswoman of Siddheshwar Modak Group; Sudip and Parbati's daughter; Gulti's cousin; Siddhartha's wife; Shakya and Mishti's mother.
Adrit Roy as Siddhartha "Sid" Modak aka Ucchhe Babu / Ricky Roy (a Rockstar in disguise) – Former senior architect in PCG and Former head of Siddheshwar Modak Group turned Intelligence officer; Samu and Arati's son; Anuradha's step-son; Sree's brother; Som's adopted brother; Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Mithai's husband; Mithi's ex-husband; Shakya and Mishti's father.
Dhritishman Chakraborty as Shakya "Shakko" Modak – Mithai and Siddharth's son; Mishti's brother; Mithi's student.
Anumegha Kahali as Mishti Modak – Mithai and Siddharth's daughter; Shakya's sister.[4][5]
Recurring
Biswajit Chakraborty as Siddheshwar "Sidhu" Modak – Head and Owner of Siddheshwar Modak Group; Sushoma's husband; Samaresh, Amaresh and Apa's father; Nanda, Siddhartha, Sandy, Sree and Nipa's grandfather; Som's adoptive grandfather; Shakya, Mishti and Srishti's great-grandfather.
Swagata Basu as Sushoma Ghosh Modak – Matriarch of Modak family; Sushovan's sister; Siddheshwar's wife; Samaresh, Amaresh and Apa's mother; Nanda, Siddhartha, Sandy, Sree and Nipa's grandmother; Som's adoptive grandmother; Shakya, Mishti and Srishti's great-grandmother.
Kaushik Chakraborty as Samaresh "Samu" Modak – Siddheshwar and Sushoma's elder son; Amaresh and Apa's brother; Arati's widower; Anuradha's husband; Siddhartha and Sreetama's father; Som's adoptive father; Shakya and Mishti's grandfather.
Moyna Mukherjee as late Arati Modak – Samaresh's first wife; Siddhartha and Sreetama's mother; Som's adoptive mother; Parbati's close friend; Shakya and Mishti's grandmother.
Bidipta Chakraborty as Anuradha "Anu" Modak – A famous interior designer; Lalita's daughter; Samaresh's second wife; Som, Siddhartha and Sree's step-mother; Shakya and Mishti's step-grandmother.[6]
Diya Mukherjee as Sreetama "Sree" Modak Mitra – Samaresh and Arati's daughter; Anuradha's step-daughter; Siddhartha's sister; Som's adopted sister; Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Ratul's wife.
Uday Pratap Singh Rajput as Ratul Mitra – Animesh and Susmita's younger son; Rajib's brother; Dhara's cousin; Mithai's friend; Sree's husband; Payel's teacher and her former love interest.
Prriyam Chakraborty /
Kaushambi Chakraborty as Sreenanda "Nanda" Bose Mitra – Apa and Brotin's daughter; Siddhartha, Sree, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Som's adopted cousin; Rajib's wife; Srishti's mother.[7]
Sourav Chatterjee as Rajib Mitra – Animesh and Susmita's elder son; Ratul's brother; Dhara's cousin; Nanda's husband; Sristhi's father.
Enaira as Srishti Mitra – Sreenanda and Rajib's daughter; Shakya and Mishti's cousin.
Dhrubajyoti Sarkar as Somdeb "Som" Modak – Tridibesh and Joyeeta's son; Samaresh and Arati's adopted son; Anuradha's step-son; Siddhartha and Sree's adopted brother; Nanda, Sandy and Nipa's cousin; Sangita's fake love-interest; Torsha's husband.
Tonni Laha Roy as Torsha "Tess" Roy Modak – Reboti's daughter; Siddhartha's former obsessive lover, friend and colleague; Mithai's former rival; Som's wife.
Biswabasu Biswas / Omkar Bhattacharya as Sandeep "Sandy" Modak – Amaresh and Lata's son; Nipa's brother; Nanda, Siddhartha and Sree's cousin; Som's adoptive cousin; Pinky's former teacher and husband.[8]
Ananya Guha as Pinky Agarwal Modak – Omi and Aditya's sister; Sandy's former student and wife.[9]
Oindrila Saha as Sreenipa "Nipa" Modak Banerjee – Amaresh and Lata's daughter; Sandy's sister; Nanda, Siddhartha and Sree's cousin; Som's adopted cousin; Rudra's wife.
Soumili Biswas as herself – judge of cooking show Healthy হেশেল
Mimi Dutta as herself – Anchor of cooking show Healthy হেশেল
Jayanta Banerjee as himself – judge of cooking show Healthy হেশেল
Jojo Mukherjee as herself – an entertainer in the cooking show Healthy হেশেল
Ankush Hazra as himself at the Marriage Anniversary Party of Som and Torsha to promote to his web series "
Shikarpur".
Sandipta Sen as herself at the Marriage Anniversary Party of Som and Torsha to promote to her web series "
Shikarpur".
Production
Critics
The Times of India quoted the series that "Mithai will tell you a sweet love story".[19]
Viewership
Mithai became the most watched television series in Bengal. Beginning with a good viewership, after a few weeks, the series soon became the top rated Bengali television program garnering a record viewership, maintaining the first position consistently in the
BARC's weekly viewership charts.[20][21] As on week 4 of 2022, Mithai had been holding the top position on West Bengal Television
TRP charts since last 44 weeks starting week 13 of 2021.[22]
Special episodes
On 15 April 2021, Mithai held a Mega episode titled as "Mithai Boishakhi Halkhata" marking the 100th episode which is aired for two hours on Thursday.[23] This special episode successfully received 5.94 million impressions and occupied the first position of the TRP rating in Week 15 of 2021.[24]
On 14 February 2022, Mithai held a Mega episode titled as "1 ghanta Mahaparba" which is aired for one hours on Monday.[25]
In popular culture
There was a clip of an episode where Mithai (
Soumitrisha Kundu) made a new sweet named Uchche Babu. A fan made this sweet in real life and soon it went viral on social media.[26] Few days later, this sweet hit the markets.[27]