# Phulki (TV series)

Phulki is a 2023 Indian Bengali romantic sports drama television series that premiered on 12 June 2023 on Zee Bangla. The show is also available on the digital platform ZEE5 before its telecast. The show is produced by Zee Bangla. It stars Divyani Mondal and Abhishek Bose.

## Plot

Phulki is a passionate love story.
Phulki, a bright and mentally strong underprivileged girl, while the male protagonist, Rohit, an ex-boxer who is trying to cope with his past trauma of disgrace and the burden of being responsible for his brother’s death.
While the boy is trapped in the past, the girl deals with life’s problems positively and wants to move ahead. They meet and get married. Phulki slowly and steadily brings in a positive vibe in the boy and the family and shows a new way of living to the boy. But she gets disheartened to learn that Rohit still loves his ex-wife, Shalini. On the other hand, Rohit tries to find a new way of living by realising his dream of being a champion boxer through Phulki and at the same time can’t forget his past with Shalini. While dealing with his past and present simultaneously, Rohit realises what is best for him.

## Cast
### Main

* Divyani Mondal as Phulki Roy Chowdhury (née Das): A vivacious girl; An aspiring boxer; Works in Roy Chowdhury's superstore; Aruna's daughter-in-law; Rohit's second wife and student.
* Abhishek Bose as Rohit Roy Chowdhury: An ex-boxer; Currently a successful business man and owner of a superstore; Boxing Coach of Anushilani (Boxing Academy); Priyojeet and Aruna's son; Phulki's husband and boxing coach also.

### Recurring

* Ankita Majhi as Aruna Roy Chowdhury: Headmistress of Nababganj High School; Pallab's studen; Priyojeet's widdow; Rohit and Dhanu's mother; Phulki's mother-in-law.
* Sohan Bandyopadhyay as Pallab Roy Chowdhury aka Mastermashai: A political personality; Haimanti's husband, Rohit's elder paternal uncle; Labanya and Tathagata's father.
* Mishka Halim as Haimanti Roy Chowdhury: Pallab's wife; Rohit's elder paternal aunt; Labanya and Tathagata's mother.
* Avery Singha Roy as Kaberi Roy Chowdhury: Sayantan's wife; Rohit's younger paternal aunt; Tamal and Piyal's mother.
* Sanjay Basu as Sayantan Roy Chowdhury aka Shanu: Rohit's younger paternal uncle; Kaberi's husband; Tamal and Piyal's father.
* Kaushambi Chakraborty as Paromita Sengupta (Formerly Roy Chowdhury) aka Paro: Haimanti and Pallab's ex-daughter-in-law; Tathagata's widow; Angshuman's friend, love-interest turned wife.
* Arpita Mondal as Labanya Sanyal aka Labu (née Roy Chowdhury): Haimanti and Pallab's daughter; Tathagata's sister; Rohit, Tamal, Dhanu and Piyal's elder cousin sister; Rudra's wife; MLA in Nababganj; Leader of Janata Unnayan Party.
* Ridhish Chowdhury as Tamal Roy Chowdhury: Sayantan and Kaberi's elder son; Rohit's younger cousin brother; Ishita's husband.
* Ayendri Lavnia Roy as Ishita Roy Chowdhury (née Paul) (Antagonist): Sayantan and Kaberi's daughter-in-law; Tamal's wife; Rudra's ex-love interest turned rival.
* Sudip Sarkar as Rudrarup Sanyal aka Rudra/Rajababu (Main Antagonist): A corrupt politician; Son of Biru Badshah aka Birupaksha Sanyal; Labanya's husband; Pallab and Haimanti's son-in-law; Tatha and Rohit's friend, rival; Phulki's rival; Jhinuk and Ishita's ex-love interest and rival; Ricky's brother; Shalini's love interest.
* Debmalya Gupta as Piyal Roy Chowdhury: Youngest Son of Roy Chowdhury family; Sayantan and Kaberi's younger son; Tamal's brother; Rohit's youngest cousin brother; Payel's friend turned husband.
* Srijita Chakraborty as Payel Roy Chowdhury: Piyal's friend, love-interest turned wife.
* Ujjayini Chattopadhyay / Piyali Sasmal as Dhanshiri Roy Chowdhury aka Dhanu: A lawyer; Aruna's daughter; Rohit's younger sister.
* Banani Dey as Rankini Sanyal aka Ricky (Antagonist): Daughter of Biru Badshah aka Birupaksha Sanyal; Rudra's younger sister; Angshuman's obsessive lover.
* Fahim Mirza as Angshuman Sengupta aka Angshu: A police officer - Second officer of Nababganj Police Station; Paromita's college friend and second husband; Ricky's one-sided love interest but he loves Paromita from their college days.
* Sharly Modak as Shalini Mitra (Antagonist): A boxer; Rohit's ex-wife.
* Gulshanara Khatun as Sabita Das: Phulki's adoptive mother; Jhinuk's biological mother.
* Arup Roy as Bhombol: Phulki's neighbour.
* Raju Majumder as Nantu: Phulki's neighbour, he had a crush on Phulki.
* Aditi Ghosh as Sneha: A callgirl, who works for Rudra.
* Deepak Halder as Bibhuti Baba: A fake saint.
* Kaustuv Sengupta as Mr Banerjee: A Lawyer; Dhanu's senior.
* Bhavana Banerjee as Jiya Banerjee: An ambitious boxer, who could do anything to win; from Phulki's rival to her friend.
* Sulagna Chakraborty as Basanti Murmu: A boxer; Phulki's friend & supporter.
* Suchandrima as Madhubanti Chowdhury: Chief Editor of Naba Prabhat Media House.
* Sharanya Dey as Chhandak Majumder: Ishita's college friend; Joyeeta's husband.
* Purbasha Debnath as Late Joyeeta Majumdar (née Dutta): Chhandak's wife. (Dead)
* Joy Badlani as Senior Inspector Atul Pandey: From Delhi Crime Branch; Came to West Bengal to investigate the case of Rajababu.
* Oeandrila Banerjee as Kamalika Basu: Owner of a PR agency; She helped Phulki to save Rohit from false allegations.
* Judhajit Banerjee as Dr. Satyabrata Dutta: Rudra's crime partner; Shalini's doctor.
* Anindya Sarkar as Tarak Sengupta: A Retired Police Officer; Angshuman's father.
* Mallika Sinha Roy as Pratibha Sengupta: Angshuman's mother.
* Mishmee Das as Jhinuk Das aka Madhabilata (Fake identity): Sabita and Satyen's biological daughter; Phulki's elder sister, saviour and well-wisher; Rudra's ex-love interest and rival.
* Achin Kumar Moitro as Thakur Baba: Rudra's another rival.
* Subikash Paul as Mrinmoy: An active political worker of Rudrarup Sanyal.
* Sneha Chatterjee as Agnimita Guhaneogi: A Dancer; Workshopper in correctional home; Aruna's student.
* Paromita Mukherjee as Tagar: A notorious criminal; Rudra sent her to Jail to kill Ishita.
* Nilanjan Datta as Dr. Subramaniam: Phulki’s Eye Surgeon.

### Guest appearance "Janmashtami" special episode

* Pallavi Sharma as Alokparna Dutta from Neem Phooler Madhu.
* Uday Pratap Singh as Chayan Dutta from Neem Phooler Madhu.
* Soumi Chakraborty as Ruchira Mitra from Neem Phooler Madhu.
* Shaili Bhattacharya as Barsha Dutta from Neem Phooler Madhu.

### Guest appearance "Durga Puja" special episode

* Neil Chatterjee as himself.
* Ashmita Chakraborty as herself.

## Reception

| Week | Year | BARC Viewership | BARC Viewership | Ref. |
| Week | Year | TRP | Rank | Ref. |
| Week 24 | 2023 | 7.2 | 2 | |
| Week 25 | 2023 | 7.4 | 2 | |
| Week 26 | 2023 | 7.9 | 2 | |
| Week 27 | 2023 | 7.7 | 3 | |
| Week 28 | 2023 | 7.3 | 3 | |
| Week 29 | 2023 | 8.2 | 3 | |
| Week 30 | 2023 | 8.5 | 3 | |
| Week 31 | 2023 | 8.1 | 3 | |
| Week 32 | 2023 | 8.4 | 2 | |
| Week 33 | 2023 | 7.6 | 3 | |
| Week 34 | 2023 | 7.9 | 3 | |
| Week 35 | 2023 | 7.5 | 3 | |
| Week 36 | 2023 | 8.3 | 2 | |
| Week 37 | 2023 | 7.8 | 3 | |
| Week 38 | 2023 | 7.9 | 3 | |
| Week 39 | 2023 | 8.0 | 2 | |
| Week 40 | 2023 | 7.8 | 2 | |
| Week 41 | 2023 | 7.6 | 2 | |
| Week 42 | 2023 | 6.9 | 4 | |
| Week 43 | 2023 | 6.4 | 3 | |
| Week 44 | 2023 | 7.6 | 2 | |
| Week 45 | 2023 | 7.8 | 2 | |
| Week 46 | 2023 | 7.0 | 3 | |
| Week 47 | 2023 | 7.6 | 2 | |
| Week 48 | 2023 | 8.0 | 2 | |
| Week 49 | 2023 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Week 50 | 2023 | 7.9 | 3 | |
| Week 51 | 2023 | 8.5 | 3 | |
| Week 52 | 2023 | 8.6 | 3 | |
| Week 1 | 2024 | 8.7 | 3 | |
| Week 2 | 2024 | 8.2 | 2 | |
| Week 3 | 2024 | 8.4 | 2 | |
| Week 4 | 2024 | 8.1 | 2 | |
| Week 5 | 2024 | 8.3 | 2 | |
| Week 6 | 2024 | 8.7 | 2 | |
| Week 7 | 2024 | 8.1 | 3 | |
| Week 8 | 2024 | 8.5 | 3 | |
| Week 9 | 2024 | 8.3 | 3 | |
| Week 10 | 2024 | 8.0 | 3 | |
| Week 11 | 2024 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Week 12 | 2024 | 8.4 | 1 | |
| Week 13 | 2024 | 7.6 | 2 | |
| Week 14 | 2024 | 7.6 | 2 | |
| Week 15 | 2024 | 7.6 | 2 | |
| Week 16 | 2024 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Week 17 | 2024 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Week 18 | 2024 | 6.6 | 1 | |
| Week 19 | 2024 | 5.9 | 3 | |
| Week 20 | 2024 | 6.5 | 2 | |
| Week 21 | 2024 | 6.8 | 2 | |
| Week 22 | 2024 | 6.8 | 1 | |
| Week 23 | 2024 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Week 24 | 2024 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| Week 25 | 2024 | 7.0 | 2 | |
| Week 26 | 2024 | 7.5 | 2 | |
| Week 27 | 2024 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| Week 28 | 2024 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| Week 29 | 2024 | 7.1 | 1 | |
| Week 30 | 2024 | 6.5 | 4 | |
| Week 31 | 2024 | 6.8 | 2 | |
| Week 32 | 2024 | 7.0 | 3 | |
| Week 33 | 2024 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Week 34 | 2024 | 6.6 | 2 | |
| Week 35 | 2024 | 7.1 | 3 | |
| Week 36 | 2024 | 7.1 | 2 | |
| Week 37 | 2024 | 7.1 | 2 | |
| Week 38 | 2024 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| Week 39 | 2024 | 7.2 | 3 | |
| Week 40 | 2024 | 7.1 | 1 | |
| Week 41 | 2024 | 6.6 | 1 | |
| Week 42 | 2024 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| Week 43 | 2024 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Week 44 | 2024 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| Week 45 | 2024 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Week 46 | 2024 | 7.1 | 1 | |
| Week 47 | 2024 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| Week 48 | 2024 | 6.9 | 4 | |
| Week 49 | 2024 | 7.0 | 2 | |
| Week 50 | 2024 | 7.4 | 1 | |
| Week 51 | 2024 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| Week 52 | 2024 | 8.1 | 2 | |
| Week 53 | 2024 | 7.7 | 3 | |
| Week 1 | 2025 | 7.7 | 2 | |
| Week 2 | 2025 | 8.0 | 2 | |
| Week 3 | 2025 | 7.8 | 2 | |
| Week 4 | 2025 | 7.2 | 3 | |
| Week 5 | 2025 | 7.5 | 2 | |
| Week 6 | 2025 | 7.5 | 2 | |
| Week 7 | 2025 | 7.3 | 3 | |
| Week 8 | 2025 | 6.6 | 3 | |
| Week 9 | 2025 | 6.4 | 3 | |