Durgesh Nandinii

Indian TV series or program

Durgesh Nandinii
A promotional logo image of "Durgesh Nandinii".
Created by	Shobhana Desai
Based on	Durgeshnandini by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Directed by	Arvind Babbal
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Durgesh Nandinii"
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	157
Production
Running time	approx. 22 minutes
Original release
Network	SET India
Release	5 February (2007-02-05) – 15 November 2007 (2007-11-15)

Durgesh Nandinii is an Indian television series that aired on Sony TV, which is loosely based on Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel Durgeshnandini,^{[citation needed]} the first Bengali romance and the first ever novel in Bengali that was published in 1865.^[1]

Plot

The story of Durgesh Nandinii represent two sides of Indian life – the modern, rich life on one side and the rural countryside life on the other. The story of this serial takes off when the millionaire industrialist Dharamadas Shrivstava dies and makes an unknowledgeable, parentless girl name Durgesh Nandinii, who lives a small countryside village (Lalgunj) the entire trustee of his property/business. After hearing the news that the father has given his entire business fortune to some stranger, the two sons and a daughter gets completely shocked. The whole family is greatly annoyed as Durgesh arrives in their bungalow with her family and cattle and sets up her own little village within their beautiful rich house. From hereon the story takes off.